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The NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence 2007

Congratulations to James A. Brooks, the 2007 recipient of The NEA-Member Benefits—NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence. Nominated by the North Carolina Association of Educators, Mr. Brooks is an English, Introduction to Film, and Photojournalism Teacher at West Wilkes High School in Millers Creek, North Carolina.The award, which was presented at the Foundation's annual gala on February 8, 2007, recognizes, rewards, and promotes excellence in teaching and advocacy for the profession.

The 2007 Recipient of The NEA-Member Benefits—NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence
James A. Brooks

The 2007 Recipients of The Horace Mann—NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence

As recipients of The Horace Mann—NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence, these five educators will receive a personal gift of $10,000 from the NEA Foundation and the Horace Mann companies. In addition, one of these five will be selected to receive the NEA Member Benefits—NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence and a additional $25,000.


James A. Brooks, nominated by the North Carolina Association of Educators, is a film and photojournalism teacher at West Wilkes High School in Millers Creek, North Carolina.
	Trent Daniel, nominated by the Florida Education Association, is an eighth- and ninth-grade chemistry and biology and chair of the science department at Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Florida.
Kimberly Oliver, nominated by the Maryland State Teachers Association, is a kindergarten teacher at Broad Acres Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland.
	Pamela Sime, nominated by the Pennsylvania State Educators Association, is a science teacher at Unami Middle School in Chalfont, Pennsylvania.
Donald Jay Stanforth, nominated by the Arizona Education Association, is a third- and fourth-grade teacher at Hendricks Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona.

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 Member Benefits—The NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence. They also receive funding to attend the gala from the I CAN Learn® Education Systems.

2007 Recipients of The I CAN Learn®—NEA Foundation
Awards for Teaching Excellence

Lisa Beckerink New York State United Teachers Jamestown Teachers Association	J-Petrina McCarty-Puhl Nevada State Education Association Washoe Education Association
Debra Jeanne Biegel MEA-MFT Bozeman Education Association	Ginger R. Mendenhall Oklahoma Education Association Ponca City ACT
Adele Bravo Colorado Education Association Boulder Valley Education Association	Teresa Meredith Indiana State Teachers Association Shelbyville Central Teachers' Association
James A. Brooks North Carolina Association of Educators Wilkes County Association of Educators	RJ Mirabal NEA-New Mexico NEA-Los Lunas
Nyssa Maria Brown Education Minnesota Park Association of Teachers	Virginia E. Neil Virginia Education Association Highland County Education Association
Yvonne H. Brown Federal Education Association American Education Association of Okinawa (AEAO)	Joan Nelson North Dakota Education Association Fargo Education Association
Liane Cismowski California Teachers Association Mount Diablo Education Association	Kimberly Cherise Oliver Maryland State Teachers Association Montgomery County Education Association
Trent Daniel Florida Education Association Seminole Education Association	Roxie Peterson Kansas-NEA Wamego Teacher's Association
Barbara Desnoyers South Dakota Education Association Clark Education Association	Scott Rolando Michigan Education Association Huron Valley Education Association
Diane W. Doersch Wisconsin Education Association Council Neenah Education Association	Karen Shepherd Texas State Teachers Association Plano Education Association
Vicki Frei Washington Education Association Clarkston Classified Association	William R. Shriver Ohio Education Association The Mount Vernon Education Association
Robert Goodman New Jersey Education Association Bergen County Voc-Tech Schools EA	Pamela Sime Pennsylvania State Education Association Central Bucks Education Association
Anita A. Grundy Illinois Education Association-NEA Taylorville Education Association	Dori T. Sippial Alabama Education Association Montgomery County Education Association
Joan S. Heap Utah Education Association Ogden Education Association	Donald Jay Stanforth Arizona Education Association Flowing Wells Education Association
Joel Hilbun Louisiana Association of Educators Lafayette Parish Association of Educators	Mary Elizabeth Sugden Connecticut Education Association Region 16 Education Association
Tracy L. Hoilman Tennessee Education Association Johnson City Education Association	Lois Gene Sutton Idaho Education Association Midvale Education Association
Margaret Hoy Hawaii State Teachers Association Kohala Chapter	Ruth Ann Sweazy Kentucky Education Association Spencer County Education Association
Kathleen M. Keane Massachusetts Teachers Association Foxborough Education Association	Girard B. Thornton, Jr. Missouri-NEA Francis Howell Education Association NEA
Garrett Lydic Delaware State Education Association Laurel Education Association	Jackie Rae Warnstadt Iowa State Education Association Sioux City Education Association
Mary C. McCarthy Maine Education Association Kennebunk/Kennebunkport Educators Association	Douglas Wehner Vermont-NEA Lamoille UHS E.A.

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