The undersigned hereby assures that Mike Huggins is a full-time classroom teacher without administrative duties who expects to continue in an active teaching position in the Grove Public Schools School District during the 2012-2013 school year.
It is understood that if our local teacher of the year is selected to be a , he/she will be required to submit a DVD, not to exceed ten (10) minutes of classroom teaching, and attend interview sessions with the Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Selection Committee to be held at the Oklahoma State Department of Education, Oliver Hodge Education Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in September 2012.
In addition, Oklahoma’s Teacher of the Year will also be Oklahoma’s Ambassador of Teaching. As Ambassador, the teacher will share his or her knowledge and resources with fellow educators around the state. It is understood that if our local teacher of the year is selected as , he/she will be released from his/her classroom duties. The State Legislature has funded the Oklahoma Ambassador of Teaching position to provide for a full-time certified teacher in the classroom of Oklahoma’s Teacher of the Year.