Cary teacher among first recipients of governor's education award

Gov. Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Business Committee for Education announced the first recipients of the Governor's Educator Discovery Award on Tuesday.

Posted 3:30 p.m. Feb 6, 2019 — Updated 3:39 p.m. Feb 6, 2019

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Business Committee for Education announced the first recipients of the Governor’s Educator Discovery Award on Tuesday.

Teachers Seth Hardison of Cary, Amanda Hoke of Wilmington and Emily Warnke of Charlotte will each receive a $1,000 award to help them pursue professional development opportunities.

The award was created to support North Carolina educators in their professional development at all phases of their careers. The award provides a stipend of up to $1,000 for preK-12 traditional public and public charter school teachers to pursue a professional development experience of their choosing.

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Hardison, a visual design in career and technical education teacher at Green Hope High School in Cary, will use his award to attend Adobe MAX—The Creativity Conference in Los Angeles, where he will learn more about the software in his curriculum and collaborate with developers, designers and other educators from around the county.

Hoke, a music teacher at Forest Hills Global Elementary School in Wilmington, will participate in the Carolina Kodály Institute at Lenoir Rhyne University. The opportunity will support Forest Hill’s commitment to music literacy and intercultural engagement.

Warnke, a teacher at Winget Park Elementary School in Charlotte, will attend the International Society for Technology in Education 2019 Conference to learn how to revolutionize technology in the classroom.

To be eligible for the Governor’s Educator Discovery Awards, teachers must submit a proposal that includes details about their teaching experience and the professional development activity they wish to pursue. Applicants also need to describe how their participation in the professional development experience will enhance their efforts to create a work-based learning activity for their students.

The next round of applications was available starting Feb. 1, with selections announced April 30. Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of business leaders and educators. Awardees will be notified of their selection via email at the address provided in their application.

The Governor’s Educator Discovery Awards are funded by NCBCE member companies. NCBCE hopes to raise additional funds to expand the program in future years.

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