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 [...]
Posted in Author: Mike Smart, Teacher of the Year on June 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Finally catching up on that list of things to write about…
(This is the second part of three that describes the Teacher of the Year Selection Weekend. Here is a link to Part I)
The Saturday morning of the interview—although I had set my alarm for 8:00 a.m. in hopes of catching up on sleep—I snapped wide-awake [...]
Posted in Author: Mike Smart, Education, Teacher of the Year on May 29th, 2007 No Comments »
A few people have asked to see the essays that I wrote for the Teacher of the Year application. They have been included in the official press release, but for the sake of easy access, I’m posting them here in PDF format. Clicking on the links below will allow you to save them to your [...]