Describe who may nominate, your criteria, and the deadline. Makeform creates a form for students or staff to name a teacher, explain why, and share an example.
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Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a school-ready example, adapt it, or send the prompt into the Makeform builder.
Audience
Middle and high school students
Format
Short, student-friendly nomination
Prompt size
339 chars
Example form structure
Short, student-friendly nomination
Your grade and optional name
Teacher name and subject
What quality are you recognizing?
Share one specific example
Nomination month
Suggested routing tags
Student nomination
Staff nomination
Ready for review
Ask for one observable example tied to a named criterion, not a popularity vote or general praise.
Step 1
Nominate
a student or staff member identifies a teacher
Step 2
Explain
one specific example supports the reason
Step 3
Review
administrators compare consistent entries
Step 4
Recognize
approved wording supports the announcement
Better nominations
A useful nomination names the teacher, connects a school value, and explains what happened.
Required nominee, criterion, month, and example fields prevent name-only submissions.
Turn teaching, encouragement, collaboration, growth, or your own values into clear choices.
Ask what the teacher did and how it helped so reviewers can compare substantive nominations.
Welcome every perspective
Keep criteria consistent while tailoring questions to each nominator group.
Use plain-language criteria and ask for a classroom moment that shows why the teacher mattered.
Collect role, department, collaboration examples, and impact from colleagues who see work beyond the classroom.
Add campus, grade band, and department so each nomination reaches the correct review pool.
Capture award month, deadline, and review status without rebuilding the form for every cycle.
Build the workflow
Provide your program rules, check the questions, and share one nomination link.
Name eligible teachers and nominators, deadlines, criteria, campuses, and the evidence reviewers need.
Add your teacher list, clarify each criterion, and remind nominators to exclude private student information.
Place the link in student and staff channels, with the closing date visible in the introduction.
Filter nominations by month, campus, nominator type, or criterion for committee review.
Choose a collection method
A structured online form gathers the same decision-useful information from every student or staff nominator.
Field guide
Gather useful detail without turning appreciation into a long application.
Nominator
Ask whether the person is a student or employee. Collect contact details only for follow-up.
Nominee
Use a teacher dropdown where practical, or combine a full name with campus, department, subject, or grade level.
Criteria
List recognized qualities and briefly describe each one for students and staff.
Reason and example
Pair a short reason with one recent, observable example and its impact. This produces more useful material than a rating alone.
Award cycle
Month, campus, and grade-band fields organize a recurring program. State the submission deadline in the form introduction.
Recognition copy
An optional public-facing summary can help with announcements, but administrators should edit it and remove private details before sharing.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for school administrators running a recurring teacher recognition cycle.
Include nominator type, teacher name, campus or department, award month, selected criterion, nomination reason, and one specific example. An optional citation can support the announcement after administrator review.
Yes. Start with a nominator-type choice, then show tailored questions. Give students plain-language prompts; staff may add role and department. Keep criteria and evidence questions consistent.
Ask what the teacher did, where it happened, and how it affected learning, collaboration, or school community. Provide a word range and behavior-focused example.
Choose the approach that fits your process. Require identity, make the name optional, or hide it from reviewers. Explain who can view responses and whether follow-up is possible.
Make award month and campus required selections. Add department or grade band when these define separate review pools, then filter submissions for each committee. Keep the visible closing date current.
Publish clear criteria, require an observable example, and review evidence rather than nomination counts alone. Use the teacher name plus campus to group duplicates; several submissions may still offer distinct perspectives.
Yes. Makeform provides unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and reuse the nomination form without a response cap. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Add an optional citation prompt and explain its intended use. Before publishing, have an administrator edit the wording, remove private student information, and follow the school's communication and permission process.
Make nominations useful.
