Each year, DAFT honors one of Michigan's amazing educators at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival. Now it's your turn to tell us who deserves the next award! (See list of previous winners at the bottom of this page.)
Previous DAFT Michigan Educators of the Year
2020 - Scott Galeski, Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium
2019 - Michael Kaufman, Pankow Center (L'Anse Creuse)
2018 -- Roger Smith, Lake Orion HS
2017 – Kurt Mayry, MPI
2016 – Brian Stackpoole, Grosse Pointe North HS
2015 - John Wood, Detroit School of the Arts
2014 – Julie Vanderlaan, Byron Center HS
2013 – no award
2012 – Kara Clayton - Thurston HS (Redford)
2011 – Chris Weagel – CMNTV
2010 – Tom Ludwig –Education for the Arts, Kalamazoo
2009 - Steve Julin – Media Power
2008 - Kevin Walsh - West Bloomfield HS
2007 - Vic Spicer, DAFT
2006 – Randy Calcaterra – Boyne ISD
2005 - Kurt Doelle, Dearborn HS
2004 - Maureen McCarthy, SCOOP, Detroit
2003 - Joe Elliott, Utica Henry Ford II
2002 – Fred Attebury, retired WSU
2001 – Jamie Stewart-Laidlaw, Shrine, Royal Oak HS
2000 – Elaine Shapiro, Troy HS
1999 – Annette Frank, Dearborn Schools
1998 – Donna Learmont, Bloomfield Hills
1997 – Dick Rockwell, Royal Oak Schools
1996 – Dean Cobb, Farmington HS
1995 - Margaret Culver, Farmington Schools
1994 - Len Radjewski, Huron Valley
1993 - Russ Gibb, Dearborn Schools
1992 – John Prusak, Westland
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