Release Date: 1/17/2013 Contact: Diana L. Spencer, 410-887-4243

Former Maryland Teacher of the Year, a BCPS educator, to be honored at national gala

What: Joshua Parker, 2012 Maryland Teacher of the Year and 2011¬-2012 Baltimore County Teacher of the Year, will be honored at the NEA Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Gala. He will be recognized as one of 38 recipients of the California Casualty Award for Teaching Excellence, one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for public school educators. Known as “the Academy Awards of public education," the gala attracts more than 850 of the nation’s leaders in public education, philanthropy, and business.

When: Friday, February 8, 2013, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Where: The National Building Museum
401 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Background:
Parker, now a Title I Gap Reduction Specialist for Baltimore County Public Schools, was English, Reading, and World Languages Department Chair at Windsor Mill Middle School.

A Randallstown resident, he was nominated by the Maryland State Educators Association, National Education Association’s state affiliate in Maryland. As a result of Parker earning this honor, Windsor Mill Middle School received a $650 award.

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