• Civic Leader Educator Award Application 2026

    Complete each section and upload links to your organized artifacts folder before submitting.

  • Applicant Information

  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Award Level*
  • Grade Levels Taught*

  • Disciplinary Skills and Informed Action

  • Which social studies disciplinary skills do you regularly integrate into instruction?*
  • How often do students engage in informed action in your classroom?*

  • Classroom Rubric Alignment

  • For each criterion, rate your classroom on the Civic Excellence Rubric (3 = Model), explain in about 100 words how your classroom meets the Model descriptor, and name the artifact in folder 2 that shows it.
  • Instructional Models: Self-rating*
  • Student Driven: Self-rating*
  • Standards Alignment: Self-rating*
  • Focus on Process over Product: Self-rating*
  • Assessment Format: Self-rating*

  • Community Rubric Alignment

  • Same format. Name the artifact in folder 3.
  • Family Engagement: Self-rating*
  • Community Participation and Collaboration: Self-rating*

  • Educator Statement

  • Three short responses, about 150 to 175 words each (500 words total).

  • Leadership in Civics

  • Leadership roles you have held*
  • What types of leadership evidence are in folder 4?*

  • Letters of Support

  • Should be Empty: