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  • Social and Emotional Development & Accountability

    In this report we focus on measures of social and emotional learning and their efficacy in educator evaluation. Using literature review and three focus group panels, we examined what the field says about these measures and well as what expert teachers think

    Social and Emotional Development & Accountability

  • 2017 NNSTOY Federal Policy Survey

    In our 2017 Federal Policy Survey, State Teachers of the Year and Finalists from every state in the nation provide clear and useful
    counsel in four areas of public education policy:

    • educational equity,
    • teacher leadership,
    • social and emotional learning, and
    • funding for public schools.

    Read the data. Download NNSTOY's federal legislative priorities.

    2017 NNSTOY Federal Policy Survey

  • Social Justice Book List

    There  are more than 200 books to teach social justice and create equitable learning environments--all recommended by State Teachers of the Year and Finalists.

    The titles listed in this free resource cover all age groups from early learning to adult and touch on a variety of social justice issues, including racism, classism, religious persecution, sexism, xenophobia, LGBTQ issues and other forms of othering.

    Social Justice Book List

  • Exemplary Educators Identify Their Most Important Learning Excperiences

     

    The third in our Good to Great series, this research helps  states and districts make decisions about how best to invest their professional development resources, including those made available under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).  This report offers timely information to ensure scarce resources are used most wisely across the teacher career continuum to help teachers go from good to great.

    Exemplary Educators Identify Their Most Important Learning Excperiences

  • Teaching, Like Golf, is “No Easy Game”

    By Allison Riddle

    "Like learning to golf, when teachers first begin, they also struggle to master complex skills. Most enter the classroom with a basic understanding of pedagogy but very little practical experience. They are drawn to the seemingly green, lush fairways of teaching, but very soon they realize teaching is no easy game. The course each week is so different, with unexpected obstacles and some pretty difficult approaches."

    Teaching, Like Golf, is “No Easy Game”

  • After Charlottesville: Having Tough Conversations in an Age of Extremism

    by Nate Bowling

    "James Fields easily could have been one of my students. He graduated high school in 2015. He’s old enough to drive, not old enough to legally drink, but there were signals of his turn toward Nazism when he was in high school. The second I saw Fields’ tragic mugshot on the news I thought about a series of conversations I had with a former student."

    After Charlottesville: Having Tough Conversations in an Age of Extremism

  • SEL Skills Should be an Integral Part of Every Lesson We Teach

    By Lyon Terry

    "As I have come to understand and teach social and emotional skills (SEL), I’ve learned they can’t be—indeed, should not be—viewed as something separate from our lessons, or something to be taught one hour a week."

    SEL Skills Should be an Integral Part of Every Lesson We Teach

  • What Families Really Need From a Teacher’s Back-to-School Letter

    By Tom Rademacher

    "The beginning of the year is an especially important time to connect with families, but we often use it for some of our least important communication. Now isn't the time for reminders about materials and copying and pasting your district's tardy policy. Now is the time to let parents know what is most important to you as a teacher, what big goals you have for their students, and start forming the team that will get you there."

    What Families Really Need From a Teacher’s Back-to-School Letter

  • Let’s Be Honest: Professional Bullying in Schools Is a Thing

    By Angie Miller

    "When a teacher lives in fear of confrontation, ridicule or being talked about, this is professional bullying."

    Let’s Be Honest: Professional Bullying in Schools Is a Thing

Resources

The NNSTOY Resource Library is a collection of research reports, policy briefs, white papers, and other powerful documents that focus on today’s key topics in education. Browse our virtual library and review the topics that interest you.

NNSTOY Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is responsible for providing direction to and overseeing the affairs of the NNSTOY in the interests of the membership.  It consists of State Techers of the Year and other professionals. 

Member Blog

September 14, 2017 By Angie Miller A teacher recently told me about the ridicule she faced when speaking to an audience of teachers at her school. During her presentation, one colleague leaned back in his seat, ripped her handout into squares, crumpled two squares

Kevin Rutter, Illinois Teacher of the Year 2010

Kevin Rutter, Illinois Teacher of the Year 2010

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2010 Illinois Teacher of the Year


Kevin Rutter has been a teacher for 15 years and currently serves as the Department Chair for Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs at Carl... read more

Current Education News

In a Flash Poll conducted June 6-17, 2016, members of the National Network of State Teachers of the Year indicated that states and districts are doing little to engage them around the new Every Student Succeeds Act, as required by law. Data from... read more

NNSTOY News

Current News Melody Arabo (Minnesota 2015) co-authored a report recently released by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, The Right Tool for the Job: Improving Reading and Writing in the Classroom. Mike Soskil's (Pennsylvania 2017) article... read more

Teachers Leading Discussion Forum

We would like to invite you to join the conversation on our Teachers Leading discussion forum.  There is great conversation throughout the year about great teaching.

NNSTOY Video Series

Dennis Van Roekel, President, National Education Association

Dennis Van Roekel, President, National Education Association

Teachers want and deserve a leading voice in their profession.  Accomplished educators, like Teachers of the Year, thrive on staying in the classroom and taking on new roles and responsibilities centered on student growth and support of their colleagues.  Teacher leaders are among the greatest, under-tapped resources available to strengthen both practice and policy in public schools.  The NEA supports the efforts of NNSTOY in growing and promoting teacher leaders; we look forward to a strong partnership in this work. 

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