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2009 Teacher of the Year Amber Damm (center) is honored May 13 at the state House of Representatives by Rep. Frank Hornstein and Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, both of Minneapolis, whose children Damm has taught at Barton Open School.
Background and eligibility for Minnesota's oldest and most prestigious educator recognition program.
The Minnesota Teacher of the Year program has honored excellence among educators for 44 years.
Damm, a seventh- and eighth-grade English and language arts teacher at Clara Barton Open School in Minneapolis, was named the 2009 Minnesota Teacher of the Year at a banquet May 3.
Watch the announcement of the 2009 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.
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