Maine Teacher of the Year

Nominate someone

As a longtime supporter of the Maine Teacher of the Year program through our partnership with Educate Maine, Bangor Savings Bank is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 County Teachers of the Year, one of whom will be selected as the 2021 Maine Teacher of the Year.

Do you know an exceptional teacher? A teacher who inspires students? A teacher who is a leader in the profession and deserves recognition for their great work with students? Here is your chance to nominate him/her for County Teacher of the Year!

Nominate a Teacher!

Teachers may be nominated by students, parents, teaching colleagues, principals, superintendents or anyone from the community who wants to honor an outstanding educator. 

Publicly recognizing outstanding teachers encourages students to think about teaching as a career, and provides the community a sense of pride and investment in their teachers who are making a positive impact on student’s lives every day

To nominate an outstanding teacher as a 2020 County Teacher of the Year click here. Thank you.

Deadline for nominations is 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 3, 2020.

About the Teacher of the Year Program

The Maine Teacher of the Year program starts with your nomination!
To be considered, the teacher must:

• Hold the appropriate professional certification for their teaching position;
• Be employed by a Maine public school, including a Career and Technical Education center, public charter school; or be employed by a publicly supported secondary school (a private school that enrolls 60 percent or more publicly funded students, sometimes referred to as “town academies” and
• Have been teaching for a minimum of 5 years – 3 of which are in Maine.
• Be actively teaching students at least fifty percent of full-time employment at the time of nomination and during the year of recognition.
• Not have been a County Teacher of the Year within the past 5 years.  

From those nominees, one exemplary teacher from each of the 16 Maine counties will be selected as a 2020 Maine County Teacher of the Year. From the 16 County Teachers of the Year, 8 semi-finalists are selected. The field is narrowed to 3 state finalists, one of whom will be announced as the 2021 Maine State Teacher of the Year at a surprise school assembly in the fall of 2020.

The Maine Teacher of the Year program is administered by Educate Maine in partnership with the Maine Department of Education.

The Maine State Teacher of the Year represents Maine at the national level and becomes eligible for the National Teacher of the Year award.

Please contact Dolly Sullivan at Educate Maine if you have questions or want more information on the process.

NOMINATE

Please don’t miss this opportunity to honor and recognize a great Maine Teacher!