Finalists chosen for Robbinsdale Area Schools Education Assistant of the Year award

The finalists for this year’s Robbinsdale Area Schools Education Assistant of the Year award are Cindi Bergquist, a special education resource education assistant at Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School; Annette Davis, a Centerbased ASD education assistant at Cooper High School; Rebecca Enderlein, a media center education assistant at Robbinsdale Middle School; and Karen Krussow, a Centerbase DCD education assistant at Robbinsdale Middle School.

“Education assistants are vital to the learning that occurs in our classrooms,” said Peter Eckhoff, president of the Robbinsdale Federation of Teachers. “This is a wonderful opportunity to highlight the tremendous role they play in Robbinsdale Area Schools.”

Nominees for the Robbinsdale Area Schools Education Assistant of the year must have served in the school district for a minimum of three years and have not been selected as Education Assistant of the Year in the last five years. There were 50 nominees for the Education Assistant of the Year award. This list was narrowed down to 12 names. These 12 applications were then submitted to a committee for review, and four were chosen. These four will be interviewed in April, and the winner will be announced later this spring.

This is the fifth year that Robbinsdale Area Schools has participated in the Education Assistant of the Year program, which leads to the state and national Education Support Professional of the Year awards. Robbinsdale Area Schools’ Education Assistant for 2014 was Sandi Lindstrom, a special education job coach.