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During a festive event, the winners of the Teacher of the Year 2022 election were announced! For one year they are the face of the profession and ambassador within their sector.
We congratulate all the nominees and the final four winners:
? Steffie van der Meijden of VSO Heuvelrug college (Zeist) - Special Education
? Lennart van der Meulen of RK Basisschool De Gouden Griffel (Berkel en Rodenrijs) - Primary Education
? Erik Ex from The Cygnus Gymnasium (Amsterdam) - Secondary Education
? Dimitri van Dillen of ROC van Twente (Hengelo) - Secondary Vocational Education.
Dennis Wiersma, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science presented the lucky winners with the coveted trophy.
Ambassadors of education
The title Teacher of the Year is awarded in four categories: primary education, special education, secondary education and secondary vocational education. The four winners are the face of the profession and ambassador within their sector for a year. That means they make an impact during the year by promoting the teaching profession at various times and championing issues that affect the quality of the profession. They are often invited to talk shows, participate in education debates with colleagues, policy makers, politicians on radio and TV and make contributions in education trade magazines. For example, they are guests at Big Improvement Day, a day that traditionally highlights positive developments in education, among other things, and are often invited as guest speakers at a variety of education events.
For all 12 nominees, they have been fulfilling this role very enthusiastically for almost a year. The curl that the winners received therefore symbolizes the recognition and appreciation for all teachers in the Netherlands.
The expert jury...
The jury consists of teachers from the various sectors and representatives of the most important organizations in education. The jury looks at the teacher's qualities, (teaching) career, motivation and nomination. The jury then comes to a decision based on an interview in which they also consider the extent to which the teacher knows how to inspire others.
Members of the expert jury
Special education: president: Chantal Goedertier
Danielle Woestenberg, President CNV Education
Alida Oppers, Inspector General at Inspectorate of Education
Patrick Banis, Director CAOP
Geert Diever, Member Board of Governors SO Frylân
Kete Kervezee, former chief inspector at the Inspectorate of Education / former chairman of the PO Council
Gerard Baars, Director NRO
Basic education: chairman: Anouk Huijs
Sharon Martens, Chairperson Lerarencollectief
Jaap Versfelt, Chairman Foundation leerKRACHT
Ursie Lambrechts, former Member of Parliament D66 and organization school leaders PO
Freddy Weima, Chairman PO Council
Jan Willem Hengeveld, Teacher-official at OCW
Petra van Haren, Chairman AVS
Secondary education: Chairman: Lucelle Deneer
Paul Rosenmöller, Chairman VO-raad
Jelmer Evers, chief executive officer AOb VO sector
Leezan van Wijk, Marnix gymnasium, former chairman school leaders organization VO
Harm Tiggelaar, Chairman Platform VVVO
Jelle Kaldewaij, a.o. former director NRO and former chairman Platform Professional Associations
Marco Snoek, Lecturer Learning and Innovation HvA
Senior secondary vocational education: Chairman: Dirk Megens
Jilles Veenstra, Chairman FvOv
Joany Krijt, Chairman CVB MBO Utrecht and member MBO Council
Edith Hooge, Chairman Education Council
Lisa Westerveld, Member of Parliament GroenLinks
Michel Rog, former Member of Parliament CDA and former Chairman CNV Education
Andries Knol, chairman of BVMBO
Hans Schutte, Chairman of the Executive Board of ROC Mondriaan
Photo: © Fred Ernst / Leraar24.nl
From left to right: Dimitri van Dillen, Minister Dennis Wiersma, Lennart van der Meulen, Erik Ex, and on the right Steffie van der Meijden[/column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row].
