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The deadline to submit nominations for our Teachers Who Inspire awards has been extended to Monday, April 1, 4 p.m. See post below for guidelines.

21st Annual Teachers Who Inspire Awards

Deadline for nominations: Wednesday, March 27, 5 p.m.

Partners in Education is now accepting nominations for seven
Teachers Who Inspire Awards:

Six $1,000 awards and

One $500 award for a teacher with less than three years’ experience

Guidelines

Letters of nomination are accepted from Santa Fe public school teachers and principals only. The nominee must be a full-time, certified teacher in Santa Fe’s public schools with plans to continue teaching in Santa Fe for at least one more year. You may not nominate a relative or significant other.

To nominate any teacher, provide the following information in the order presented in a maximum of two pages. Use specific details and anecdotes. Don’t tell anyone about your nomination — it’s a surprise!
1. Nominee’s name and school
2. Nominator’s name and school
3. Nominee’s background — Include the number of years teaching in Santa Fe, subjects and grade levels taught.
4. In what ways does this teacher inspire kids to make them want to come to class and learn? How has this teacher helped his or her students make academic progress? Include anecdotes that support this.
5. How does this teacher help and inspire other teachers (and the school and the school district)?
6. In what ways does this teacher work with parents and the community at large?

DEADLINE: Applications must be received (not postmarked) by Wednesday, March 27, 5 p.m.
Mail to: -or- Send through school mail to:
Partners in Education Foundation Partners in Education Foundation
PO Box 23374; Santa Fe, NM 87502-3374

Or, Hand Deliver to Partners in Education Foundation, BF Young Professional Building, 1300 Camino Sierra Vista, Room 109 (across from Curriculum & Instruction)

Partners’ Teacher Warehouse is now open Mondays from 4 to 5:30 p.m., and the first Saturday of the month, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The warehouse phone number is 989-1209.

Partners announces MusicFest 2012 events benefiting music education in the Santa Fe Public Schools.

Partners’ Teacher Warehouse will now be open on Mondays and Tuesdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The warehouse is off Camino Carlos Rey, between the state library building and the skatepark, and near Santa Fe Public Schools’ Student Nutrition offices. The phone number is 989-1209.

During this school year, Partners’ Teacher Warehouse will be open Mondays and Fridays from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Teachers are invited to come in and “shop” for free. Donations from the public are also welcome during those hours.

Capital High’s Stephanie Gurule-Leyba and De Vargas Middle School’s Natasha Skora Choe are two of Partners’ 2012 Teachers Who Inspire. 

Thinking about a spring field trip? Partners still has funding left for trips for grades k-6. The deadline for reserving a bus is April 9. So be sure to get your request in ASAP by clicking the “Forms for Teachers” button on this page.

Partners’ Teacher Warehouse will be closed the week of March 12 during the school district’s Spring Break.  We will reopen Monday, March 19, 4-5:30 p.m.

Letters of nomination are accepted from Santa Fe public school teachers and principals only.  The nominee must be a full-time, certified teacher in Santa Fe’s public schools with plans to continue teaching in Santa Fe for at least one more year.  You may not nominate a relative or significant other.

To nominate any teacher, provide the following information in the order presented in a maximum of two pages.  Use specific details and anecdotes.  Don’t tell anyone about your nomination — it’s a surprise!

1.  Nominee’s name and school

2.  Nominator’s name and school

3.  Nominee’s background — Include the number of years teaching in Santa Fe, subjects and grade levels taught.

4.  In what ways does this teacher inspire kids to make them want to come to class and learn?  How has this teacher helped his or her students make academic progress?  Include anecdotes that support this.

5.  How does this teacher help and inspire other teachers (and the school and the school district)?

6.  In what ways does this teacher work with parents and the community at large?

DEADLINE:  Applications must be received (not postmarked) by Wednesday, March 28, 5 p.m.

Mail to: Partners in Education Foundation, PO Box 23374, Santa Fe, NM  87502-3374                    

Or, Send through school mail to: Partners in Education Foundation

Or, Hand Deliver to Partners in Education Foundation, BF Young Professional Building, 1300 Camino Sierra Vista, Room 109 (across from Curriculum & Instruction)

For more information, call Partners in Education at 474-0240.