Rules

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So how does the Gold Star Award process work?

Glad you asked!

The most important thing is to nominate your teacher.
All nominations must be submitted on or before midnight on March 1, 2011.

Here are some other details:
Who can be nominated?

Your nominee must be employed full-time as non-administrative staff, hold a current teaching certificate and be a teaching Pre-K through 12 at a school approved by the Iowa Department of Education and located in Black Hawk County, Iowa. The Gold Star Award Committee will strive to select award recipients from the full range of grade levels. Members, relatives and employees of the McElroy Trust, KWWL and the Gold Star Award Committee are ineligible for nomination.
Who can nominate a teacher?

Anyone familiar with the teacher’s classroom work can nominate a teacher for an award. This includes students, parents, fellow teachers, administrators and staff members, community members and even teachers who self-nominate. (Go ahead and toot your own horns, teachers!)
What happens after the nomination?

Nominees will be contacted by the Gold Star Award Committee and asked to complete an application. The Gold Star Award Selection Committee will review both nominations and applications. They will contact references submitted by nominees in their applications. And then, they will choose the 10 superstar award recipients.

In May, we hold a loud, flashy awards ceremony where all of our recipients’ fans can whoop it up and cheer them on! And to top it all off, we give each Gold Star Award-winning teacher $1,000 in cash.
What if my teacher isn’t selected for an award?

Each year, the Gold Star Award program receives over 900 nominations for teachers. Of those 900 nominations, usually about 150 teachers will apply. One reason a teacher may not have been chosen is because he or she decided not to apply. Another reason could be that if they did apply, there were so many great applicants that they did not make the top 10.

Even if your nominee isn’t in the final 10, your teacher will still get to read your kind words and feel like a superstar. And, you can always campaign for your favorite teacher to be nominated again next year.