Nominations for Teacher of the Year (TOY) and Behavior Health Professional of the Year (BHPOY) are Open

To be considered for Teacher of the Year, candidates must:

Have taught, continuously or intermittently, for a cumulative period of three years or more in a Delaware public school prior to the date of such person’s nomination. (Preferably in our district).
Have been formally nominated.
Be actively teaching in the district at the time of their nomination and continue to teach in the district for the duration of the year of his/her nomination.
Nominees must meet all requirements for a Standard Certificate for the position held and hold a valid and current license, as approved by the Professional Standards Board, Department of Education, and State Board of

Education.

The candidate must be a teacher who teaches classes. (Media Specialists may be considered if they have regularly assigned classes they are required to teach. Nurses, guidance counselors, paraeducators and therapists are not eligible.)
Teachers who have received recognition as a Delaware Teacher of the Year are not eligible for nomination.
Those who have been recognized as a District Teacher of the Year in the previous three (3) years are not eligible for nomination.
Teachers who have been recognized previously as a school-level Teacher of the Year are eligible.

If you would like to nominate a teacher for a building level Teacher of the Year please use the link https://www.seafordbluejays.org/apps/form/form.SEASD.turQq7B.Gi_

The nomination period is from February 1, 2023 through February 28, 2023.

If you would like to nominate an employee for Behavior Health Professional of the Year for the district, you can do so electronically at https://www.seafordbluejays.org/apps/form/form.SEASD.turRafB.1uT_

To be considered for the District Behavior Health Specialist of the Year candidates must:

The nomination period is from February 1, 2023 through February 28, 2023.

Please consider nominating someone you feel is deserving for either recognition.