Education Notebook

Local teachers nominated for 'Teacher of the Year'

This year's "Teacher of the Year" campaign is underway, and a handful of southeastern Minnesota teachers have been nominated. In all, 106 teachers were tabbed. Here's the release, as well as our local teachers. The campaign is sponsored by Education Minnesota, the state teachers union.

RELEASE: One-hundred-six teachers have accepted their nominations and completed the required candidate materials to become eligible for the honor of 2010 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.
 
This year’s program will name the 46th Minnesota Teacher of the Year, celebrating the tradition of excellence in teaching in Minnesota. Candidates include pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers, from public or private schools.
 
The 2010 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be announced Sunday, May 2, at The Northland Inn in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Over the coming weeks, a 22-member panel of community leaders will name a group of semifinalists, and then finalists.

Local nominees:

Tom Fritz, Austin
Bryan Johnson, Kasson-Mantorville
Matthew McCartney, Owatonna
Nancy Matti, Triton
Patti Darbo, Winona

Dwayne Voegeli, Winona

Swipe: Two local school board members named to state school board

Two local school board members have been appointed to the 2010 All-State School Board, the most prestigious award of the Minnesota School Boards Association.

MSBA officials named Lloyd Henslin of the Triton school board and Rocky Ramboldt of the Goodhue school board to this year’s group. Seven board members were chosen from the nearly 2,300 officials statewide.

“These are school board members who are committed to student achievement, determined to build support for their local schools and unwavering in their support of what’s best for students,” MSBA Executive Director Bob Meeks said in a release.

Award winners are selected for demonstrating: strong leadership; excellence in boardsmanship; communication skills; visionary thinking; and concern for students, staff and taxpayers. Board members are nominated by superintendents, fellow board members, parents and community members. The entire list of winners will be released Jan. 1.