(10/06/2022) Education Minnesota, the voice for professional educators and students in Minnesota, is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Minnesota Teacher of the Year award program.
Online nominations are open now through Nov. 14. The 2023 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be named at a ceremony May 7, 2023, at the Saint Paul RiverCentre. The Minnesota Teacher of the Year also becomes Minnesota’s candidate for National Teacher of the Year.
To be eligible for the award, nominees must meet the following criteria:
- Teach in a public or nonpublic pre-kindergarten-12th grade school, or in an Adult Basic Education or ECFE program, working at least 50 percent of the time directly with students.
- Hold a bachelor’s degree and a Minnesota teaching license.
- Have completed at least five full years of teaching by the nomination deadline.
- Intend to teach during the 2023-24 school year.
Nominations will be accepted online. For more information or to receive a paper nomination form, call Ashley Behrens at 651-292-4862 or 800-652-9073.
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