Nominate a Life-changing Teacher

The Carlston Family Foundation strives...

-to find teachers who have a profound, life-changing academic influence on their students;

-to provide these teachers with recognition and reward;

-to work with these teachers to help shape the academic environment of the California public school system.

Nominating Form

If you have had a life-changing experience with a teacher, we'd like to hear about it. We are looking for people whose lives have been turned around academically and who attribute that turnaround to an extraordinary individual. If you are such a person, we'd like to hear your story.

Your name please:

(first) (last)

Email address:

Phone number:

Address:

City: State: Zip:

Your nomination

Please tell us in your own words what made your experience with this teacher so special and life-changing. Tell us about who you were before you met this teacher, who you became, and how this teacher made such a difference to you.

Specific examples of a teacher's teaching techniques and approaches to students are important to understanding what makes one particularly effective. Share with us some specific examples of things this teacher did that made him or her such an effective teacher.

The Details

Here are the little details about both you and your former teacher that we need in order to consider this nomination. Thank you for being as complete as possible.

Name of teacher you are nominating:

What subject did he or she teach?

What school did you attend when taught by this teacher?

School district?

In what years did you have this teacher?

What year did you graduate from high school?

As far as you know, is your nominee still teaching? Yes No I'm not sure

As far as you know, is your nominee still at your old school? Yes No I'm not sure

And now a little more about you...

Tell us about your academic life since high school, where you attended, dates, your major, accomplishments, degrees, etc.

If you are no longer in school or spent some time doing other things, please tell us about them too.

Finally, can you tell us about any special circumstances in your own life that made your academic success surprising or unusual?