NREA Rural Teacher of the Year Applications
Nominate your school's best rural teacher!
Here's an opporttunity from the National Rural Education Association (NREA) to showcase a committed talented teacher in your rural school.
NREA is taking nominations for 2007 National Rural Teacher of the Year. Applications are open through May 31. The winner will be recognized in November at the NREA Convention and will receive a $2,000 honorarium. The teacher’s school district will also receive $1,000 toward the purchase of school supplies and instructional materials.
Teachers do not have to be members of NREA to be nominated, but they do have to be directly involved in PreK-12 classroom instruction.
The nomination involves a questionnaire to be completed jointly by the nominator and the nominee and also a description of the candidate and letters of recommendation.
Candidates in states with an NREA State Affiliate Organization are generally nominated by the Affiliate Organization. In the absence of an NREA State Affiliate or if the State Affiliate does not nominate a teacher, any teacher from that state may be a candidate.
You can learn more about the award, which is sponsored by John Deere, and download application materials here.