Global Teacher Prize

Global Teacher Prize
Awarded forteacher who has had an inspiring impact on his students and in his community.
Location United Kingdom
2nd Floor, St Albans House 57-59 Haymarket London, SW1Y 4QX
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byVarkey Foundation
Reward(s)Prize money of $1 million
First awarded2015; 10 years ago (2015)
Websitewww.globalteacherprize.org

The Global Teacher Prize is an annual US$1 million award by the Varkey Foundation to a teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession.[1][2][3] Nominations of teachers who meet specific criteria are open to the worldwide public, and teachers can also nominate themselves.[4] The judging is done by the Global Teacher Prize Academy, consisting of head teachers, education experts, commentators, journalists, public officials, tech entrepreneurs, company directors, and scientists from around the world.[4][5]

The annual prize was launched at the second annual Global Education and Skills Forum in March 2014 and received over 5,000 nominations from 127 countries.[6][7][8]

The Global Teacher Prize, which has been referred to by journalists as the Nobel Prize for teaching,[9][10][11][12] highlights and celebrates the profession while giving greater recognition to the work of teachers all over the world[13][14] The head of the Varkey Foundation has asserted that, "We want to promote teachers as stars and to support the quality of education to highlight the enormous impact teachers have on our lives";[15] "Teaching needs to be the most important profession in the world and they've got to be given their due respect."[16]

Since 2018, Portugal has the 'Global Teacher Prize Portugal',[17] which is an annual 30,000 EUR award by the Varkey Foundation as well, sponsored by Delta Cafe, partnered with Fundação Galp, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, and audited by PWC.

History

The first annual Global Teacher Prize was awarded in March 2015 to Nancie Atwell, an innovative and pioneering English teacher and teacher trainer in rural Maine in the United States, who founded and runs a school where students read an average of 40 books a year, choose which books they read, and write prolifically.[10][11][18] Atwell has authored nine books on teaching, including one which has sold more than half a million copies.[18][19] She donated her $1 million prize to the upkeep, development, and scholarships of her school, the nonprofit Center for Teaching and Learning, which is also a demonstration school for developing and disseminating teaching methods.[11][18][20][21]

Awarded

Year Image Name Country Occupation
2015 Nancie Atwell  United States English teacher and teacher trainer.
2016 Hanan Al Hroub  Palestine Palestinian teacher.[22]
2017 Maggie MacDonnell  Canada Inuit teacher.[23]
2018 Andria Zafirakou  United Kingdom Arts and textiles teacher.[24][25][26][27]
2019 Peter Tabichi  Kenya Science teacher.[28]
2020 Ranjitsinh Disale  India Indian teacher.[29]
2021 Keishia Thorpe  United States English teacher.[30][31][32]

References

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  6. ^ Quimby, Beth and Dennis Hoey. "First 'Nobel Prize for Teaching' goes to Mainer". Portland Press Herald. March 15, 2015.
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  8. ^ Press Trust of India."Three Indians Shortlisted for $1 Million Prize for Outstanding Teachers". NDTV. 8 December 2014.
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  13. ^ "Teachers From India Urged to Apply for Global Teacher Prize 2016". The New Indian Express. 30 May 2015.
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  28. ^ "Peter Tabichi - The 2019 Global Teacher Prize Winner". Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  29. ^ "Ranjitsinh Disale - The 2020 Global Teacher Prize Winner". Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  30. ^ Foundation, Varkey (10 November 2021). "Keishia Thorpe - The 2021 Global Teacher Prize Winner". Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  31. ^ White, Taneasha (11 November 2021). "Maryland High School English Teacher Wins Global Teacher Prize". Inside Edition.
  32. ^ AP, CBS (11 November 2021). "Maryland high school teacher Keishia Thorpe wins $1 million Global Teacher Prize". CBS News.