Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence

Congratulations!

We are happy to announce the recipients of the 2007-08 Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence. They will be honoured with a special ceremony during Education Week – April 28 to May 2.

2007-2008 Recipients

Teacher of the Year	Jay Fedosoff Roberta Bondar Public School Peel District School Board
	Paul Finkelstein Stratford Northwestern Secondary School Avon Maitland District School Board
	Donna McAdam Unionville High School York Region District School Board
	Merrill Pierce Northlake Woods Public School Waterloo Region District School Board
	Nathan Tidridge Waterdown District High School Hamilton Wentworth District School Board
New Teacher of the Year	Leah Kindornay Park Street Collegiate Simcoe County District School Board
	Tracy Napper Sharpe Spruce Ridge Community School Bluewater District School Board
	Andrew Schmitt Joyce Public School Toronto District School Board
Excellent Support Staff	Douglas Browne Golden Avenue Public School District School Board Ontario North East
	Kathleen Galloway Elmcrest Public School Peel District School Board
	Mark Latour St. Catherine of Siena Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board
Excellence in Leadership	Heather Gibson E.C. Drury Provincial School for the Deaf Provincial Schools
Excellence in Leadership	Jonathan Young Elliot Lake Secondary School Algoma District School Board
Lifetime Achievement	Eleanor Currie West Carleton Secondary School Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Team of the Year	Special Needs Education Assistants Sacred Heart High School Ottawa Catholic District School Board

Thank you

We would like to thank everyone who was involved in the awards.

Thank you for promoting the awards to staff, students and the community
Thank you for nominating someone or supporting a nomination
Thank you to the panel for their hard work in selecting the recipients.

And a special thank you to the thousands of exceptional educators and support staff across the province. You are the reason the Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence were created.

Information on the 2008-09 awards will be available in the fall.