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Once a each year, Kansas colleges and universities that offer teacher preparation programs are invited to select two teacher education students identified as Teachers of Promise to participate in a specific professional learning and recognition opportunity. Currently, 23 institutions offer teacher preparation programs and most participate in these opportunities.
The selection process is left to the discretion of each college and university; however, most institutions choose one elementary student and one secondary student to represent them.
The Teachers of Promise selected are invited to attend a half-day workshop presented by the current Kansas Teacher of the Year Team, comprised of the Kansas Teacher of the Year and the seven state finalists or Kansas Regional Teachers of the Year. The Teachers of Promise also are invited to attend the Kansas Teacher of the Year State Awards Banquet where they are recognized and receive a certificate of recogniton. The workshop is held in conjunction with the Kansas Teacher of the Year State Awards Banquet in September. Teachers of Promise attend the workshop Saturday morning and then the awards banquet that evening.
The Teachers of Promise initiative was developed a number of years ago, and it has been very well received and supported by the state’s colleges and universities. The designation is special to the students who are selected to represent their college or university as a Teacher of Promise. They have wonderful opportunities to learn from and network with excellent educators and policy leaders.
This program has been in place long enough that individuals who were selected as Teachers of Promise have been recognized through other programs. This is first evident when these individuals, after completing their first year of teaching, are selected as Horizon Award educators. The Horizon Award program recognizes up to 32 outstanding teachers each year who have completed their first year of teaching and are in their second year of teaching. Equally exciting is that these promising teachers are going on to be recognized in other awards programs administered by the Kansas State Department of Education.
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Tamla Miller (785) 296-4950 tmiller@ksde.org
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