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The Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards have found that great teachers are dedicated, innovative leaders in their field.
Candidate Qualifications
- employed and working directly with children birth through age eight a minimum of 30 hours per week in a public, private, or parochial school, preschool, childcare center, Head Start program, or licensed family child care home
- completed a minimum of five full years as an early childhood teacher
- works in Cook County, Illinois
- will sign a certificate of agreement to actively participate in Academy activities if a winner
Three winners will be selected and each will receive:
- A $5,000 cash prize
- A $1,000 cash prize for his or her school or center
- A visit from the StoryBus: America's Children's Museum on Wheels
- A graduate-level course at Chicago's renowned Erikson Institute
- Induction into the Kohl McCormick Academy of Outstanding Educators
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