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107 teachers are candidates for Minnesota Teacher of the Year

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Doug Dooher
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Lonnie Hartley
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St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 26, 2010 – One-hundred and seven teachers have accepted their nominations and completed the required candidate materials to become eligible for the honor of 2010 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

This year’s program will name the 46th Minnesota Teacher of the Year, celebrating the tradition of excellence in teaching in Minnesota. Candidates include pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers, from public or private schools.

The 2010 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be announced May 2 at The Northland Inn in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Over the coming weeks, a 22-member panel of community leaders will name a group of semifinalists, and then finalists.

Education Minnesota organizes and underwrites the Minnesota Teacher of the Year Program, which receives program and award support from the following organizations: The SMARTer Kids Foundation, The Northland Inn, the Harvard Club of Minnesota Foundation, United Educators Credit Union, McDonald’s Restaurants of Minnesota, TruStone Financial, Pearson Education and Education Minnesota ESI.

The candidates for 2010 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, listed by their school districts, are:

Sherrie Gayken, Albert Lea
Marcia Brucciani, Anoka-Hennepin
Carrie Genser, Anoka-Hennepin
Marcia Nelson, Anoka-Hennepin
Debbie Moss, Archdiocese of
St. Paul and Minneapolis
Tom Fritz, Austin
Rebecca Dostal, Badger
Tanya Hensch, Battle Lake
Marcia Erickson, Becker
Deb Begin, Bloomington
Kimberly Mason, Bloomington
Carmen Meyer, Bloomington
Dyan Otten, Bloomington
Kelly Yackel, Bloomington
Sharron Stalock, Burnsville-Eagan
-Savage
Jill Pring, Carlton
Kathleen Zimmermann, Carver-Scott Educational Coop.
Chris Ripken, Centennial
Jackie Jenko, Chisholm
Karen Thoreson, Climax-Shelly
Tracey Raguse, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley
John (Pete) Koenig, Cromwell-Wright
Lea Tiili-Anderson, Cromwell-Wright
Christy Branes, Delano
Clare Chopp, Duluth
Peggy Ehlert, Duluth
Julie Myhr, Eastern Carver County
Zong Heng, Eden Prairie
Jared Johnson, Eden Prairie
Sharon Borgert, Eden Valley-Watkins
Kristine Maher, Edina
Robert Schneider, Edina
Jon Zetah, Edina
Shannon Jung, Elk River
Barbra Pruett, Fairmont
Randall Ferguson, Farmington
Patty Nygren, Farmington
JoEllen Johnson, Fergus Falls
Amy Greenfield, Forest Lake
Robert Marzolf, Forest Lake
Katherine Johnson, Grand Rapids
Michelle Kirk, Hastings
Jon Hinrichs, Hawley
Tyrone Hanson, Herman-Norcross
Michelle Nelson, Hibbing
Mary Peters, Intermediate District 287
Erin Gay Phelps-Stark, Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate District
Dorothy Sankey, Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate District
Debra Larson, Ivanhoe
Jessica Oelke, Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
Bryan Johnson, Kasson-Mantorville
Kim Pelzer, Kimball

Kelli Isaacson, Lake Park Audubon
Matthew Hoffman, Mahtomedi
Kristin Bro Halda, Mankato
Cay Gjertson, Minneapolis
Jennifer Kraft, Minneapolis
Ralph Sievert III, Minneapolis
Pamela Wolfe, Minneapolis
Janetta Gong, Minnetonka
Polly Patrick, Minnetonka
Richard Halterman, Montevideo
Ronda Buysse, Moorhead
Darcy Halverson, Mora
Lori Boettcher, Morris
Timothy Cannon, Morris
Roxanne Britz, Mounds View
Katherine Crockett, Mounds View
Shelly Mangskau, New Richland Hartland Ellendale Geneva
Mary Jean, Nicollet
Paul Hamilton, Orono
Matthew McCartney, Owatonna
Barbara Bostrom McLean, Pillager
Julie Pyle, Prior Lake-Savage
Brita Comstock, Roseau Linda Albertson, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan
Joe Bartos, Roseville
Amy Dahlin, Roseville
Laurie Schlossmacher, Roseville
Brooke Haubrick, Saint Paul
Laura Livingston, Saint Paul
Juanita Robertson, Saint Paul
Thanh Tran, Saint Paul
Ryan Vernosh, Saint Paul
Joletta Falknor, Sauk Rapids-Rice
Luke Olson, South Saint Paul
Phil Bratnober, South Washington County
Brent Comeau, South Washington County
Regina Seabrook, South Washington County
Ann Vogel, South Washington County
Mark Voigt, Spring Lake Park
Anna Maakestad, St. Croix Preparatory Academy
Michael Summers, St. Louis County
Yoko Cheatham, Stillwater
Lori Delahunt, Stillwater
Monica Headlee, Tracy
Nancy Matti, Triton
Sheri Brewer, Verndale
Ikhlas Abdelkhalig, W. St. Paul-Mendota Hgts.-Eagan
Tracy Westman, W. St. Paul-Mendota Hgts.-Eagan
Kari Werdahl, Waconia
Jill Marie Wright, Wheaton
Scott Manni, White Bear Lake
Laura Alvstad, Windom
Patti Darbo, Winona
Dwayne Voegeli, Winona
Jeanette Jenson, Worthington


 

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