Everyone has that one teacher. The one who made them realize they loved math or the one who helped them get over their fear of public speaking, or maybe the one who helped their kid through a really hard year.
If you’re familiar with what we do here at LINK nky, you may have seen our Team of the Week contest, which highlights some of the high school teams that are playing that week and asks the community to rally behind their team with virtual votes.
At the end of the season, we take all the weekly winners and ask our audience to choose a team of the season.
We have loved seeing the community rally around its high school athletes, so we thought we would expand this idea to people who are really at the heart of NKY’s success: Our educators.
Click here to nominate an educator
That’s why we’re launching Educator of the Week, highlighting a local teacher or counselor or college professor who is making a difference in the everyday lives of Northern Kentuckians.
Nominations are officially open, and will remain open indefinitely. Beginning the week of Jan. 12, voting will be open for three finalists each week starting Monday and ending Friday, with the winners being announced later that day.
You may be wondering who counts as an educator? We know there are many roles who play the part of an educator, so we aren’t including solely classroom teachers.
Educators can include classroom teachers, but also principals, counselors, librarians, paraprofessionals/aides, coaches, administrative staff with direct student impact, early-childhood and adult-ed instructors, college/university faculty and staff, homeschool and alternative-program instructors—anyone who teaches people.
We encourage you to share the link to the voting form with your friends, family, students and coworkers: Since you can vote as many times as you’d like, the more people who know about your nominee, the more votes they’ll earn.