97-10-21 Advisory: Teacher of the Year to Speak

                          NEWS ADVISORY:
        TEACHER OF THE YEAR TO SPEAK TO EDUCATORS OCT. 23

     Sharon Draper, Ohio and National Teacher of the Year for
1997, will deliver a keynote speech Thursday (10/23) on teacher
education to members of the Ohio Confederation of Teacher
Education Organizations.  Draper’s remarks will begin at
approximately 7:30 p.m. during a banquet at the Marriott North,
6500 Doubletree Ave., in Columbus.

     Nancy Zimpher, dean of The Ohio State University College of
Education, will present Draper with the confederation’s
Excellence in Education Award during the event.  Zimpher is
president of the Ohio Association of Colleges for Teacher
Education, which is part of the confederation.

     Draper has taught in Cincinnati public schools for 27 years,
and currently teaches literature and composition at Walnut Hills
High School.  In 1995, she was among the first group of 150
teachers in the country to be certified by the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards.  She also has received the Ohio
Governor’s Educational Leadership Award and the National Council
of Negro Women’s Excellence in Teaching Award.

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Contact: Nancy Nestor-Baker, College of Education, (614) 292-2581


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 15:13:34 -0400 (EDT)]
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