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 Last updated 12.13.05

The NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence 2005

Congratulations to Philip Robert Forgit, the 2005 recipient of The NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence. Nominated by the Virginia Education Association, Mr. Forgit is a fourth-grade teacher at Rawls Byrd Elementary School in Williamsburg, and a U.S. Navy reservist stationed in Iraq. The award, which was presented at the foundation's annual gala on December 9, 2005, recognizes, rewards, and promotes excellence in teaching and advocacy for the profession.

2005 Recipient of
The NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence, Philip Robert Forgit

 

2005 Finalists & Recipients of
The Horace Mann–NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence

James D. Harris, nominated by the Texas State Teachers Association, is a seventh- through ninth-grade resource/special education English teacher at Atkins Junior High School in Lubbock, Texas.
Donna McCreadie, nominated by the California Teachers Association, is a ninth- through twelfth-grade economics teacher at Temple City High School in Temple City, California.
Kathleen H. Thomas, nominated by the Delaware State Education Association, is a ninth- through twelfth-grade marketing & distributive education teacher at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Delaware.
Stephanie Winkler, nominated by the Kentucky Education Association, is a fourth-grade science and English teacher at White Hall Elementary in Richmond, Kentucky.

These five were selected from the recipients of The I CAN Learn®–NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence, listed below. The I CAN Learn®–NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence are given to everyone nominated by their NEA state affiliate for The NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence. They also receive funding to attend the gala from the I CAN Learn® Education Systems.

2005 Recipients of
The I CAN Learn®–NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence

Johnnetta Evette Baskin
Alabama Education Association
Montgomery County Education Association

Maridella Carter
Missouri NEA
Blue Springs NEA

Jim Clark
Nebraska State Education Association
Laurel-Concord Education Association

Deborah Kay Cornelison
Oklahoma Education Association
Byng Education Association

Michel Courchesne
Maine Education Association
Lewiston Education Association

Susan Taylor Fisher
Florida Education Association
United School Employees of Pasco #3600

Philip Forgit
Virginia Education Association
Williamsburg–James City Education Association

Deepa Ganschinietz
Ohio Education Association
Columbus Education Association

Jill Van Glubt
Washington Education Association
Lake Washington Education Association

James D. Harris
Texas State Teachers Association
Lubbock Educators Association

Leesa Haugland
South Dakota Education Association
Spearfish Education Association

Pamela K. Hill
Massachusetts Teachers Association
Massachusetts State College Association

Louis Lessor
Wisconsin Education Association Council
Sun Prairie Education Association

Cherie Love
NEA–New Mexico
NEA–Las Cruces

Ruth Elaine Maenpaa
Colorado Education Association
Mapleton Education Association

Callie Marksbary
Indiana State Teachers Association
Lafayette Education Association

Donna McCreadie
California Teachers Association
Temple City Education Association

Nancy Mueller
Idaho Education Association
Coeur d’Alene Education Association

Brendan H. O’Connor
Wyoming Education Association
Powell Education Association

Scott Panik
Nevada State Education Association
Clark County Education Association

Horace Puglisi, Ph.D.
Vermont–NEA
Essex Educators’ Association

Suzanne Swenson Reed
Illinois Education Association–NEA
McHenry Classroom Teachers’ Association

Mary Cathryn D. Ricker
Education Minnesota
St. Paul Federation of Teachers, Local 28

Peggy Stewart
New Jersey Education Association
Vernon Township Education Association

Kathleen H. Thomas
Delaware State Education Association
Caesar Rodney Education Association

David L. Volk
North Dakota Education Association
Fargo Education Association

Michael Vose
Connecticut Education Association
Killingly Education Association

Michelle Walter
NEA New Hampshire
Shaker Regional Education Association

Stephanie Wallace
North Carolina Association of Educators
Forsyth County Association of Educators

Jane White
Arizona Education Association
Cave Creek Education Association

Gary Wilkerson
Kansas NEA
Derby NEA

Stephanie Winkler
Kentucky Education Association
Madison County Education Association

Mary Eileen Wren
MEA–MFT
Great Falls Education Association

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