TESOL Outstanding Advocate Honor Award

TESOL members in good standing who are public officials, institutional leaders, or community professionals. Any TESOL member may nominate another member for this award.

A commemorative plaque is given to the recipient.

The recipient is selected according to evidence of:

• Dedication, leadership, and efforts that have positively affected a policy or implemented change over a period of time with direct positive impact on multilingual learners and/or TESOL professionals.
• A long-standing commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) in the TESOL field.
• An enduring passion for advocacy in the TESOL field as demonstrated by nominee’s achievements and activities.
• Advocacy efforts align with the vision, mission, values, and commitments of the association.

You will be asked for the following information to complete the nomination process. You are strongly encouraged to gather this information before you begin the application to expedite the nomination process.

• Nominee's information: full name, affiliation or institution (place of work), residence (city, state/province, country), email address, and phone number.
• The nominee's professional 3rd-person bio.
• Description of the nominee's achievements and activities that demonstrate their advocacy at the local/public level and efforts towards advancing DEIA (500 words max).
• The nominee's CV (5 pages max).

For more details, please see the Evaluation Rubric.