Five Characteristics of a Broward County Arts Teacher of the Year:
Vision, Optimism, Compassion, Creative Nurturer, and Courage. 

The Broward County Arts Teacher of the Year Award is a very successful program in its 24th year. Created by the Broward County Cultural Division in 1985, it annually recognizes the most outstanding arts teacher in Broward County schools. It is the County’s unique way of honoring a very special person, in a very significant role in the community. The Arts Teacher of the Year Award is the only program of its kind in the United States.

“This award and the Arts Education program that facilitates it, is important for Broward County as it salutes an important fabric of the community,” says Mary A. Becht, director Cultural Division. “It gives credence to arts in education and acknowledges some of the many unsung heroes in the school system.”
 

Application Process

Application: 
Click to download:  2009 Nomination Form & Instructions (pdf)

• Who is eligible?
  Teachers whose primary assignment is an arts discipline (including drama, music, visual arts, media arts), and who have professional certification in that area.
  
  
  Benefits:
• Public Recognition for having a positive and life changing impact on some of the children of Broward County
• Gala Awards Ceremony at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts
• $10,000 Scholarship to Nova Southeastern University
• $2,500 Cash Award
• Crystal Apple by Tiffany & Co.
• Gifts from cultural organizations and businesses
• Inscribed brick on Riverwalk
• Honored with a County Proclamation with a day named after the recipient