Deadline extended for Kent Teacher of the Year Awards

There is still time to nominate an unsung colleague in the Kent Teacher of the Year Awards as the event’s organisers have extended the deadline.

Kent Teacher of the Year launch 2018 from KM Charity Team on Vimeo.

Members of the judging panel made a final call for nominations celebrating standout individuals or teams who are making a real difference to their schools.

Joanne Winkler of Kent County Council said: "It's not just teachers but volunteers, teaching assistants and everyone who works for the school. This is just one way that we feel teachers and volunteers can be rewarded for their work in education."

Catriona Jamieson of Medway Youth Trust is also keen to see individuals rewarded for their efforts. "MY Trust work really closely with schools across Kent and Medway,” she said. “We see firsthand the amount of pure passion, dedication, and hard work to secure really good outcomes - and the best education for young people."

For Richard Langshaw of LoopCR, the subject of IT is of particular interest - both for teachers encouraging IT as a career and for the day to day work of IT support staff in schools.

"It's important that children learn how to use IT,” he said, “but also we need more people to take up IT support - particularly girls, because it's one of the things in which girls are particularly under-represented.”

The awards are organised each year by the KM Charity Team and anyone can place a nomination including members of school staff, parents, and pupils.

Winners will be invited to the Mercure Maidstone Great Danes Hotel in May for an award ceremony described by Dominic Di Cara, general manager of the hotel, as “a fantastic event with over 50 schools represented from the length and breadth of Kent."

Also judging the entries will be representatives from Medway Council, Kent Sport, Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent Further Education, the University of Greenwich, Three R’s Teacher Recruitment, Social Enterprise Kent, Beanstalk, CXK, Salus, the University of Kent, Kreston Reeves, and Diggerland.

Nominations will be accepted up until the final cut-off date of noon on Wednesday, March 7 at the Kent Teacher of the Year website

Simon Dolby of the KM Charity Team said: “Nominating is very easy - just fill in the simple online form. It’s a great way to give a colleague their moment to shine and put your school in the spotlight.”

Schools can promote the Kent Teacher of the Year Awards in school and to their external contacts using the promotional materials available for free download here

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Karen Brinkman
Telephone: 08442 640291
Email: kbrinkman@thekmgroup.co.uk