The CWLP Teacher Leader Award is sponsored by the California World Language Project.
This award is presented to the individual who, in addition to being an outstanding teacher, has made a significant contribution to world languages and cultures teacher training and/or professional development, has demonstrated a strong commitment to service within the profession, and has actively advocated for the advancement of language education, while being recognized as a leader in the field.
Affiliates and individuals may nominate CLTA members.
Nominees must be CLTA members in good standing for at least the current and previous year.
Requirements are listed below.
Requirements:
All items below need to be ready to upload by the nominator when filling out the online form.
- Evidence that the nominee is a member of CLTA. Get & upload an email confirmation from membership@clta.net.
- Letter of nomination from a CLTA Affiliate or CLTA member in good standing describing attributes and contributions.
- Brief professional resumé or CV of nominee obtained from nominee.
- Evidence that the nominee is currently employed as a teacher of world language other than English obtained from the nominee’s administrator or HR department.
- A recent high-resolution photograph of nominee suitable for display and social media use.
- Three letters of recommendation from persons not CLTA board members (You may want to provide those who write letters of recommendation with the scoring rubric).
Online Nomination form can be found here: Application/Nomination Form
Past Winners
2024 Dr. Layla Bahar Al-Aloom
2023 Dr. Eduardo Muñoz-Muñoz and Angela Martinez
2022 Dr. Vicky Xiong-Lor
2020 Tina Dalton
2019 Peggy Kao
2018 Michael Silva
2017 Baocai Paul Jia
2016 Nancy Pérez
2012 Elizabeth Matchett
2009 Dr. Mercedes Thompson
2008 Dominique Van Hooff
2007 Carol Moir
2005 Ursula Weaver
2003 Carol Eberhart
2000 Brandon Zaslow