North Dakota County Teachers of the Year from Jamestown region named

BISMARCK — State Faculty Superintendent Kirsten Baesler praised the 42 North Dakota educators who’ve been named as County Lecturers of the Yr for 2023, saying their ardour for serving college students and households uphold the state’s custom of excellence in public schooling.

“Our county Lecturers of the Yr are amongst our greatest at educating the subsequent technology of younger North Dakotans. They communicate information in studying, math, science, and different topics, and so they do it with ardour, empathy, creativeness, and a spirit of service,” Baesler stated. “They embody the very best qualities of the educating career.”

The 2023 county winners from the Jamestown area are:

Barnes: Kelly Scott, Barnes County North, Wimbledon

Dickey: Kelli Gebhardt, Oakes Public Faculties, Oakes

Eddy: Laura Hager, New Rockford-Sheyenne Public Faculty, New Rockford

Emmons: Joan Hettich, Linton Public Faculty, Linton

Griggs: Marissa Dahl, Griggs County Central, Cooperstown

Kidder: Jennifer Kallenbach, Kidder County Public Faculties, Steele

LaMoure: Daybreak Schmitt, LaMoure Public Faculty, LaMoure

Logan: Tina Nitschke, Gackle-Streeter Public Faculty, Gackle

McIntosh: Jessica Schmidt, Ashley Public Faculty, Ashley

Ransom: Kortney Groettum Vesel, Lisbon Excessive Faculty, Lisbon

Stutsman: Danny Fischer, Medina Public Faculty, Medina

Wells: Kori Jensen, Harvey Public Faculty, Harvey

Baesler’s purpose has been to have County Instructor of the Yr honorees from all of North Dakota’s 53 counties.

County Instructor of the Yr candidates have been nominated in January and February. A complete of 146 educators have been nominated from 48 counties; of these, 83 utilized for a county award. The purposes have been then reviewed and scored, and winners from 41 counties have been chosen earlier this month. Nominations got here from college students, members of the family, lecturers, and college directors. Anybody who believes a North Dakota instructor is deserving of recognition might make a nomination.

The county awards are a part of North Dakota’s state Instructor of the Yr recognition program. County Instructor of the Yr winners shall be despatched purposes to be thought-about for state Instructor of the Yr.

North Dakota legislation requires that the 2024 state Instructor of the Yr be named earlier than Sept. 30, 2023. The 2024 North Dakota Instructor of the Yr’s time period begins Jan. 1, 2024, and can run by way of Dec. 31, 2024. Extra particulars

in regards to the choice course of and {qualifications}

are listed on the North Dakota Division of Public Instruction’s web site.