Award Nominations - due Jan 15, 2025

CSPD Region IV Award Nominations

Open NOW through January 15, 2025

Presented at MCEC 2025 in Butte April 2nd and 3rd, 2025

Our CSPD Region IV is accepting Teri Fisk Paraeducator of the Year and Paraeducator/Teacher Team of the Year award nominations! If you work with or know of a deserving individual or team in one of the below areas within Region IV, be sure to submit a nomination before January 15, 2025.

Region IV covers the following counties:

• Granite

• Deer Lodge

• Silver Bow

• Beaverhead

• Powell

• Lewis and Clark

• Madison

• Jefferson

• Broadwater

• Meagher

• Gallatin

• Park

Teri Fisk Paraeducator Award: Teri Fisk was a dedicated paraeducator at Grantsdale Elementary School in Hamilton School District for over fifteen years. She worked one-on-one with students, and conducted small reading intervention groups, but her true passion was supporting struggling students in math. She was an integral part of the school community--doing lice checks, baking for school and faculty dinners, taking tickets at games--and giving of herself every day to nurture kids and help them grow. 

Teri also worked diligently with the OPI State Paraprofessional Consortium through the years and was most proud of being part of the MEA-MFT PASS program and the state paraprofessional documentation of highly qualified status. 

The characteristics of a great para that were most important to Teri were:

1.Applying skills learned through professional learning.

2.Sharing those skills with others.

3.Growing professionally.

4.Being a positive, contributing member of the school community.

Paraeducator/Teacher Team of the Year: Do you know an eager, earnest, effective, efficient, encouraging enthusiastic paraeducator*/teacher team who endeavors to enrich their students’ lives every day? 

We would love to honor that team! 

A Paraeducator/Teacher Team should include at least one paraeducator and at least one certified staff member.

Please fill out this brief form and nominate this exceptional team for the Paraeducator/Teacher Instructional Team of the Year Award.

To nominate the individual or team you have in mind, go to:

Teri Fisk Paraeducator Nomination Form: HERE!

Paraeducator/Teacher Team of the Year: HERE!