A committee met to decide this year’s Teacher of the Year Finalists in Robbinsdale Area Schools. They are Julie Baumeister, Northport Elementary; Jill Bryan, Sonnesyn Elementary; Sandy Hawkinson, Cooper High School; Cindy LaVan, Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion; Anne Norstad, the School of Engineering and Arts; and Stephanie Trump, Armstrong High School.
After an educator is nominated, they are asked to fill out a survey of questions describing their teaching practices and six finalists are invited to interview with a committee. The
Teacher of the Year announcement is made at an event in the spring with the Seven Dreams Foundation.
“It is such a great opportunity to celebrate great teaching and great teachers here in Robbinsdale Area Schools,” said Peter Eckhoff, President of the Robbinsdale Federation of Teachers.
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The winner of the district is nominated by the Robbinsdale Federation of Teachers as a candidate for the State Teacher of the Year, through the program Education Minnesota. The district teacher of the year for 2012 was Kristine Browers, a science teacher at Robbinsdale Cooper High School.