Robertson teacher award seeks nominees

The Children’s Theatre Foundation of America is seeking nominations for the 2012 Reba R. Robertson Award, which recognizes the important work of secondary school theatre and drama teachers in public schools throughout the United States of America. The award includes:

• transportation expenses up to $500 for the recipient to travel to the organization’s theatre medallion awards event;

• $6,000 to the honoree to use as he or she chooses for the purpose of expanding professional interests (for example: study with a master mentor, travel, research, develop learning tools);

• $1,000 to the honoree’s school to enhance the high school theatre/drama program.

Candidates must be at mid-career level and anticipate serving at least ten additional years in the profession; dedicated to guiding students through curricular, co-curricular, and/or extracurricular programming in the theatre arts; personify mentoring qualities; demonstrate artistic excellence; verify artistic achievement; and confirm broad influence on school, community, state, region and beyond, as exhibited by the award’s namesake, Reba R. Robertson.

Deadline for application is January 15, 2012. You may download the application by clicking here, or contact Jo Beth Gonzalez for more at jgonzal@wcnet.org.