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ASLA Early Career Teacher Librarian Award 2025

This prestigious national award recognises and celebrates an Australian Teacher Librarian who has made exceptional contributions to their school community and potentially beyond, all within their first five years in the role.

The award highlights an early career Teacher Librarian’s impressive achievement in professional knowledge, practice, and engagement, showcasing their positive influence on teaching and learning within their school.

An individual may nominate themselves; OR principals, professional colleagues and members of the school community are also encouraged to nominate their library staff members.

Prizes

The recipient of this award will receive:

complimentary 12 month Personal Professional Membership to ASLA
a $1,000 professional learning grant
a trophy and certificate

Nominee requirements

ASLA Membership is not required
Must be a resident in Australia
Hold a recognised Teacher Librarian qualification
Be within the first five years of working as a qualified Teacher Librarian

Addition requirements for nomination and acceptance are outlined briefly below but we recommend reviewing the full terms of entry document before submitting or recommending a nomination.

VIEW THE full terms of entry to the 2025 ASLA Awards document HERE

Nominations are open now and close on Friday 14 March 2025 at 12 noon (Eastern) sharp.

Please send any queries to: awards.team@asla.org.au or asla@asla.org.au

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Accordion Example

In addition to the other requirements, nominees for this award must also:

Address the following criteria (including school, state, national and/or international achievements where applicable): Professional Knowledge; Professional Practice; Professional Engagement – with a max. 500 word count for each section.
Include a Statement of Achievement (of up to 500 words).

Nominees will also be required to provide the following:

Scanned copies of qualifications
Graduation date
Employment start date
Other additional supporting evidence
Contact details for two referees are to be supplied (one being the school principal*), who will be contacted if the nominee advances to the final stages of the selection process

The Awardee will be required to submit a report to the ASLA Board detailing the professional learning experiences facilitated by this award.

The Awardee will provide certain consents to ASLA, as outlined in the Terms of Entry document

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