2024 Minnesota Teacher of the Year
Nomination Form

Eligibility requirements

Nominees must teach in a public or nonpublic Pre-K through 12th-grade school, ECFE or Adult Basic Education program, working at least 50 percent of the time directly with students. The teacher must also have a Minnesota teaching license, have completed at least five full years of teaching by nomination deadline, and intend to teach in Minnesota during the 2024-25 school year.

The nomination deadline is Wednesday, Nov. 15.

Eligibility requirements

  • Oct. 2, 2023: Nomination period opens.
  • Nov. 15, 2023: Nomination period closes. Nomination forms must be on file in the state program office.
  • Jan. 2024: Completed materials must be postmarked, emailed to the state program office.
  • Feb. 2024: Semifinalists are selected.
  • March 2024: Finalists are selected.
  • May 5, 2024: Recognition banquet. All candidates are acknowledged and the 2024 Minnesota Teacher of the Year is announced.