{"id":126857,"date":"2026-08-07T11:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/?p=126857"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:21:13","slug":"applications-and-nominations-for-the-global-teacher-prize-2027-are-officially-open-educators-who-are-transforming-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/applications-and-nominations-for-the-global-teacher-prize-2027-are-officially-open-educators-who-are-transforming-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications and nominations for the \u2018Global Teacher Prize 2027\u2019 are officially open: educators who are transforming the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The <\/b>Varkey Foundation<\/b><\/a> has officially opened applications for the<\/b> Global Teacher Prize 2027<\/b><\/a>, an initiative which, for over a decade, has recognised the mission and dedication of educators who are transforming the world and committed to the future of children and young people.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Sunny Varkey launched the Global Teacher Prize in 2014, the idea was simple: find the best teacher in the world and give them US$1 million. Since Nancie Atwell became the first winner in 2015, <\/span>the \u2018Nobel Prize for Teaching\u2019 has grown into the largest award of its kind<\/b>, drawing tens of thousands of nominations from well over a hundred countries,\u201d reads the competition\u2019s website.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

A recognition of excellence<\/b><\/h2><\/div>

Recognising excellence in learning environments has been one of the principles and <\/span>eligibility criteria<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>\u201cSince its launch, the Prize has centred on the classroom teacher<\/b>: someone teaching children face-to-face, for a minimum number of hours per week, with the plans to stay in the profession. That description still sits at the heart of the Prize. The updated criteria recognise that, alongside these teachers, exceptional educators are making a profound impact in an increasingly diverse range of learning environments.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard, <\/span>this year\u2019s edition of the Prize includes nominations for digital educators <\/b>who reach groups of learners through videos or other published formats, as well as the founders and leaders of educational programmes \u2014 individuals whose role is to design and manage structured learning for children, often through networks of centres, facilitators or volunteers across multiple learning environments. <\/span>Teachers working in refugee education and other non-formal settings <\/b>are now also explicitly included.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe judging criteria have been adjusted to match,\u201d explain the organisers. Consequently, \u201cevidence of impact can now come from platform data or independent testimony, not only classroom assessments\u201d. Furthermore, \u201crecognition can come from the institutions and learning communities a digital educator works within, not only from schools. And a<\/span> criterion on global citizenship has been expanded to include the harder, more urgent skill of resolving conflict<\/b>, not just being comfortable with difference\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lasallian teachers worldwide are also eligible to apply<\/b>! From those carrying out their educational mission in schools, community environments and digital platforms, to those committed to the education of migrants and refugees and in out-of-school settings, overcoming obstacles to make quality education possible even in geographical and existential peripheries, and amongst the most impoverished. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Lasallian educators, to <\/span>submit your application for the Global Teacher Prize<\/b>,<\/span> click here<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>Find out about the eligibility criteria here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

If you know a teacher who deserves this recognition, you can <\/span>nominate them: <\/b>click here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":126855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3373,3367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institutions-and-organizations","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126858,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126857\/revisions\/126858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}