{hand award} Excel Outstanding Educator Awards:

The Granite Education Foundation recognizes and honors superior teachers with a track record of improving student achievement, using innovative instructional strategies and making a difference in the lives of their students. These teachers are among a select few highlighted as Excel Outstanding Educators who are making a difference in the classroom.

The annual Excel Educators Awards publicly honor and recognize educators who raise the bar of their profession. Recipients are nominated by school administrators, parents, colleagues or students through an intensive application process reviewed by a selection committee. Officials from the Foundation and district office visit the classes (unannounced) of each Excel Educator winner to congratulate them on their success.

Winners are favored to a banquet celebrating their success sponsored by area business partners and KSTU, Fox 13 Television. Fox Television produces a series of vignettes showcasing the winners that are incorporated into their programming. A $1,000 check is awarded to each recipient by a local business leader. Additionally, $1,000 is awarded to each of the educator's schools for the purpose of expanding school libraries, supplies and resources.

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