Teacher of the Year Award Nominations Open!
Nominations for 2023 Teacher of the Year
We are currently seeking nominations for Teacher of the Year 2023. The nomination process is simple: a brief letter describing why the nominee deserves the award. You can send it by email, or use the friendly nomination form on this page. No great detail is required for the initial nomination. There are so many deserving candidates in our state – please consider making a nomination for this honor. (NCMTA members only, please, may make a nomination.)
Teacher of the Year Award Program
The NCMTA Teacher of the Year Award program was established in 2008. This award recognizes a teacher who makes a significant difference in the lives of students, contributes to the advancement of music in a community, and is an outstanding example of a music educator.
Whether the nomination period for the NCMTA Teacher of the Year Award is open or closed, you can always be thinking about a colleague deserving of this recognition. For more information contact Vicky Fischer Faw, Chair of the Past Presidents Advisory Council (formerly known as Planning Senate). planningsenate@ncmta.org or fischer@elon.edu.
NCMTA 2022 State Recipient – Dr. Jeanine Skinner!
Jeanine is well-known to us as the NCMTA President who brought us successfully through the pandemic/virtual conference years with grace and effectiveness. Serving now as NCMTA Immediate Past President, she is a musician, artist and teacher of tremendous versatility and experience with a long and varied career of independent and college faculty teaching.
She is accomplished in teaching students of all ages. This brilliant entrepreneur has created a thriving business supporting a multitude of teachers, providing training and opportunities for many, many students in a wide array of instruments, subjects and styles. Read more about Jeanine and Music Academy South in Wake Forest, NC at musicacademysouth.com/meet-the-owner
