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Educator of the Year Nomination Form

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.)

DAFT's Educator of the Year Nomination Form

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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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