Politics & Government
Nominations Open For 2021 Minnesota Teacher Of The Year
Nominations are open for the 2021 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, a prestigious award given out annually by the state's teachers union.
By Rilyn Eischens
October 5, 2020
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Nominations are open for the 2021 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, a prestigious award given out annually by the state’s teachers union.
Anyone can submit a nomination online through Nov. 15. The Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be named in May and become the state’s candidate for National Teacher of the Year.
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Nominees must have five years of teaching experience and work at a pre-K-12th grade school, adult education program or family education program. Nominees are interviewed by a panel of education, business and government leaders, who then select the Teacher of the Year.
Four Minnesota teachers have gone on to win National Teacher of the Year.
The 2020 Teacher of the Year is Qorsho Hassan, a fourth-grade teacher in the Rosemount–Apple Valley–Eagan school district and the first Somali-American educator to receive the award.
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