2011 Regional Teacher of the Year Gathering

The ATPE Foundation--in keeping with its mission to advance public education through educator recruitment and retention efforts--invited the 40 Texas Regional Teachers of the Year to a gathering June 7-9 at the Hyatt Lost Pines in Bastrop. The foundation’s goal was to compile focus group information for use by education organizations, state agencies, school districts and legislators as they work to improve public education.

The educators invited had all been honored through the Texas Education Agency’s Texas Teacher of the Year program as either their region education service center’s Elementary or Secondary Teacher of the Year. The foundation serves all Texas educators, so the educators’ professional association affiliations were unknown.

The 22 teachers that attended participated in four discussion sessions conducted by Creative Consumer Research (CCR) of Houston. For three of these sessions, the educators were split into elementary and secondary groups; these sessions covered support and professional development, teacher preparation and mentoring programs and excellence in teaching. The entire group participated in the final discussion on the future of teaching.

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	Twenty-two Texas Regional Teachers of the Year gather June 9 at the Hyatt Lost Pines in Bastrop for ATPE Foundation focus groups on the state of the education profession. Joining them are the 2010-11 ATPE Foundation Board President Richard Wiggins and 2010-11 ATPE State President David de la Garza.
	ATPE Executive Director Doug Rogers, Texas Teacher of the Year Daniel Leija and 2010-11 ATPE State President David de la Garza attend a welcome reception.
	ATPE Foundation Board member Julleen Bottoms visits with Regional Teachers of the Year Rachael Brunson and Walter Lee.
	2010-11 ATPE Foundation Board President Richard Wiggins closes the gathering June 9 with a few remarks on the foundation’s plans for the information gathered during the focus groups.