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Riverside County Teachers of the Year selected
The 2008 Riverside County Teachers of the Year are: Tim Hively, Agricultural Science, Norte Vista High School, Alvord Unified School District; Scott Lockman, AVID, Ramona High School, Riverside Unified School District; and Monica Murillo, AVID, Sociology, English 3, Desert Mirage High School, Coachella Valley Unified School District (click links below photos for teacher bio).
They will represent more than 20,000 teachers from Riverside County’s 23 local school districts in the 2008 California Teacher of the Year competition. Winners are typically announced in November. Five state winners will be chosen. One of the state winners will enter the National Teacher of the Year contest, to be announced next May.
Winners are chosen by a committee, which includes former Teachers of the Year. The selection is based on information from nominators and site visits.
Locally, the 2008 Riverside County Teachers of the Year will be honored with administrators, confidential and classified employees next May at the Celebrating Educators event held in Riverside.
For information contact:
Rick Peoples,
Public Information Officer
Telephone: (951) 826-6642
Fax: (951) 826-6199
rpeoples@rcoe.us
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