Outstanding Beginning Teachers Award

1. To be eligible for consideration the individual nominated should:

• have worked in a voluntary capacity
• be a financial member of the nominating Association,
• be serving, or have served, as an elected or co-opted Board/Committee member during the current calendar year
• have made an outstanding contribution to the Association’s support of teachers and their students in NSW during their first five years of teaching:
• Examples of how the nominee may have contributed to the association could include;
• journal and/or newsletter editor
• professional development coordinator
• award coordinator
• accreditation coordinator
• ICT coordinator
• financial management
• developing teaching and learning resources for the Association

2. To be eligible for consideration by the Awards Committee nominations must be:

• submitted online using the OBTA Nomination form in recognition of an individual,
• signed by the Association’s current President as nominator and another current office bearer as seconder. In case of the nominee being the current President, or in the absence of the President, signed by two current office bearers of the Association as nominator and seconder,
• accompanied by a citation of a minimum 100 to a maximum of 300 words outlining the reason/s for the award, uploaded at the time of the nomination,
• received by the closing date.

3. Incomplete nominations, those without supporting citation (minimum 100 to maximum 300 words), in non-standard format or those received/sent after the dates and times indicated under the heading below Lodgement Steps will not be considered by the PTC NSW Awards Committee. Joint nomination of two people for one award will not be considered.

4. Previous recipients of an Outstanding Beginning Teacher Award are not eligible to be nominated again. However, this does not exclude the recipient of an Outstanding Beginning Teacher Award from being nominated again after their fifth year for the Outstanding Professional Service Award.

5. Unsuccessful nominations for an Outstanding Beginning Teacher Award from previous years are eligible for nomination to the current award.

6. The decision of the awards committee will be final.

• Closing date: Monday 12th October 2026 by 5pm.
• Lodge your application form online

The PTC NSW Office will acknowledge the receipt of each application within one week of its receipt. If receipt of your application has not been acknowledged within this timeframe please contact the PTC NSW Office.

Nominees will be notified by email by Friday 30 October 2026 of the PTC NSW Awards Committee’s decision regarding the success or otherwise of their nomination.

Strict adherence to the Guidelines will be applied. Late or incomplete nominations will not be considered by the PTC NSW Awards Committee.