Rochester Teacher is Semi-Finalist For MN Teacher of the Year
A Rochester educator has been named a semi-finalist for the 2021 Minnesota Teacher of the Year award.
Education Minnesota has narrowed the initial field of 75 candidates to a list of 25 semi-finalists that includes Century High School teacher Natalia Benjamin. She teaches English language and ethnic studies to students in grades nine through 12. Benjamin was previously honored as the Rochester Mayor Medal of Honor for Educational Excellence in 2019.
Benjamin s nomination and the nominations of the 24 other semi-finalists will be reviewed by a selection panel later this month before Education Minnesota names 10 finalists. The winner of the award will be announced at a ceremony later this year.
2 Local Teachers Candidates for MN Teacher of the Year
ST. PAUL Two local teachers are among the list of 75 candidates for this year s Minnesota Teacher of the Year.
Katherine Green is a language arts teacher at Tech as well as a yearbook advisor, and a teacher mentor in the St. Cloud Area School District.
Louise Ziegler is an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher at Hillside in the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District.
This year s program will name the 57th Minnesota Teacher of the Year. The field of 75 will be narrowed to a group of semifinalists in a few weeks, and then down to the list of finalists later in March. The scheduled Teacher of the Year banquet is set for May 2nd at the St. Paul RiverCentre.