PORTLAND — Full-time teachers with tenures of at least five years in Maine School Administrative District 52 are eligible to be nominated for the Patience W. Norman Prize for Teacher Excellence, the Maine Community Foundation has announced.
MSAD 52, based in Turner, also includes the towns of Green and Leeds. Nominations must be postmarked and mailed by Oct. 19.
The $5,000 prize was established at the Maine Community Foundation to recognize outstanding full-time teachers in the district who stimulate intellectual curiosity, raise aspirations and demand critical thinking in their classrooms. Last year’s Norman Prize went to April Hartford, a second-grade teacher at Turner Primary School.
Patience Norman was a history teacher who believed her students were capable of academic excellence. She challenged them to surpass her, and their own, expectations.
For guidelines and the nomination form, visit www.mainecf.org.
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