Nominees for the award should fulfill the following criteria:

  • A full-time teacher in a primary school, secondary school or a junior college/centralised institute in Singapore;
  • Possess at least three years of teaching experience in Singapore; and
  • Demonstrate exemplary character, initiative, integrity, altruism and a proven record of service to their schools and students.

While demonstration of good teaching practices and the ability to deliver excellent examination results are part of the selection criteria, the emphasis of the award is on the humanistic qualities of the teachers.
School Level Awards
The School Level Awards are a means for schools to acknowledge their most ‘Caring Teachers’ through a preliminary selection. Nomination forms from the public will be submitted to the schools of the nominated teachers directly, and each school may select up to a maximum of five winners. For mixed-level schools, they can submit a total of 10 winners – five from each level.

Upon receipt of the winners’ names, the CTA 2012 Organising Committee will provide specially designed award certificates that schools can present to these winners. These teachers will then be officially recognised as ‘Caring Teachers’ and thus serve as important role models within the school.

Schools are encouraged to submit individual nominations rather than class nominations. Nominations are invited from the public between 12 October and 30 November 2011.
National Level Awards
Schools may then nominate one of their School Level winners for the National Level Awards. Mixed-Level schools may nominate two teachers for the National Level awards, i.e. one Secondary level teacher and one Junior College teacher. In their submission of the School Level winners to NIE, schools will need to indicate the nominee for the National Level Awards.

The original nomination forms of the nominee for the National Level awards will need to be sent to NIE for evaluation. Short-listed nominees will then be interviewed by a panel of judges comprising representatives from NIE, ExxonMobil and external organisations. The judges will select one teacher each from a primary school, secondary school and junior college/centralised institute as National Level winners.
No. Event Date Details  
1
 Nomination Opens 12 Oct 2011 Nominations are open to the public, including students, parents, teachers and principals.
The nomination form can be downloaded at www.cta.nie.edu.sg.
The completed forms should be submitted to the schools of the nominated teachers.		  
2
 Nomination Closes 30 Nov 2011 Schools to collate nominations and select a maximum of five School Level winners from the nominations received. Mixed-level schools can select a total of 10 winners. i.e. five teachers from each level.  
3
 Selection of CTA winners 18 Jan 2012 Schools to submit names of School Level winners and National Level nominees to NIE.
The original nomination forms will need to be sent to:

Caring Teacher Awards 2012
c/o Public, International and Alumni Relations Department
National Institute of Education
1 Nanyang Walk, #02-08A
Singapore 637616 		 
4
 Award Ceremony 8 May 2012 Presentation of awards to National Level winners.