Posted in Author: Mike Smart, Education, Teacher of the Year on August 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Mike Geisen, the 2008 National Teacher of the Year, has started blogging about his adventures this school year. As National Teacher of the Year, Mike leaves the classroom for one school year to travel the world and speak about education. He will serve in this role through May of 2009. In addition to his sharp [...]
Posted in Author: Mike Smart, Blog Communication, Teacher of the Year on August 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Congratulations to Derek Olson for being named our new 2008 Minnesota Teacher of the Year! Derek received the award in the wake of Carleen Gulstad’s resignation for personal reasons in June of this year. Derek will make an excellent Teacher of the Year, and is incredibly deserving of the honor. He is a highly respected [...]
Posted in Author: Mike Smart, Blog Communication, Teacher of the Year on June 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
I wanted to make a quick post first and foremost to congratulate our new Minnesota Teacher of the Year, Carleen Gulstad. She is both articulate and enthusiastic, and will be a wonderful representative for Minnesota educators! Congratulations, Carleen! I’m very happy for you!
In speaking with Carleen about the future of this blog, we decided that [...]
Posted in Author: Mike Smart, Teacher of the Year on February 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Congratulations to the newly announced 28 semifinalists for the 2008 Minnesota Teacher of the Year honor!
Personally, it was a treat to be able to get a chance to learn about so many wonderful teachers in Minnesota during the first stage of the process. I’ve mentioned this in speeches, but seeing so many fine candidates for [...]
Posted in Author: Mike Smart, Blog Communication, Teacher of the Year on January 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
Being the Minnesota Teacher of the Year has been both the most challenging and the most rewarding year I have spent in education. The three months since my last post in this blog have rocketed by, and it’s hard to think that in only three and a half more months there will be a new [...]
Posted in Author: Mike Smart, Education, Teacher of the Year on October 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
Time, which usually flies, is simply rocketing along this year. I can’t believe it’s been nearly six months since I was selected as the 2007 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Already the process to select the 2008 Minnesota Teacher of the Year has begun. The process begins with a six-week nominated period, during which time [...]
Posted in Author: Mike Smart, Blog Communication, Teacher of the Year on June 30th, 2007 4 Comments »
Whoops. Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve updated. With the flurry of activity at the end of school, things got fairly busy during the first half of June. By the time things wrapped up, I was fairly spent. After a week of playing with my children, entertaining visiting friends, and watching some movies, I’ve [...]