Cooperative Link: Winter 2006

Outstanding Educator Award Nomination Deadline Draws Near — CAE Partners with MRSA Members to Name Regional Semi-Finalists

The WEM Foundation and the Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) invite you to help recognize and honor the outstanding K-12 educators who help make Minnesota a national leader in teaching and learning—March 1, 2006 is the deadline for these nominations.

CAE is accepting nominations for the eighth annual WEM Foundation Outstanding Educator Awards. Educators are honored in three categories: Academic Challenge Coach of the Year (for outstanding coaches of activities endorsed by Minnesota’s Academic League Council), Teacher Achievement (for teachers who excel in advancing student learning in alternative or challenging settings), and Ethics in Education (with individual and team recognitions for promotion of ethical behavior in school curriculum or policy and personal practice).

Currently-practicing educators from public and non-public schools, including public charter schools, are eligible for nomination. Nominations are particularly encouraged from students, parents and colleagues. Nominees will be asked to complete and return an application package by March 15, 2006; therefore, early nominations are recommended to give nominees ample time to respond.

This year, in partnership with the service cooperative members of the Minnesota Regional Service Agency (MRSA), CAE and the WEM Foundation will recognize semi-finalists in the MRSA regions. From these semi-finalists, a blue-ribbon judging panel will name six honorees to help showcase academic excellence in Minnesota. Each honoree will receive an unrestricted $10,000 prize from the WEM Foundation, which was established by Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan to honor the “unsung heroes” of the education profession.

Additional information about the awards criteria, including an online nomination link, is available at CAE’s website: http://www.mncae.org/wem_foundation.html. Nomination forms also are available by calling CAE at 507-389-2461, or email cae@mncae.org.


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