Baltimore County's Teacher of the Year to be announced during May 5 ceremony
What: Baltimore County Public Schools will announce the selection of its Teacher of the Year for 2008-2009 during a special ceremony. Always a highlight of the school year, the Teacher of the Year ceremony will feature BCPS Superintendent Dr. Joe A. Hairston and three finalists for Teacher of the Year honors - John Billingslea, an AP social studies teacher at Franklin HS; Deirdre Austen, a 4th grade teacher at Lutherville Laboratory elementary school; and Judith Henderson, a reading specialist at Lutherville Laboratory. Members of the Board of Education, past honorees, and county officials also are expected to join in the celebration of teachers and the teaching profession.
When: Monday, May 5, 2008, beginning at 11:00 a.m.
Where: Board of Education meeting room, ESS Building, Greenwood
6901 Charles Street, Towson
Background:
The annual Teacher of the Year ceremony is a prelude to the state Teacher of the Year competition. Baltimore County's winner will move on to state competition, beginning with recognition from the State Board of Education on May 29 and culminating with the announcement of Maryland's Teacher of the Year in October. For the Baltimore County winner, the county's business community has joined with BCPS as partners for the event, including the Baltimore Area Toyota Dealers, who each year present the BCPS Teacher of the Year with the use of a new Toyota for one year.
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