Nominations for HCPSS Principal and Teacher of the Year Due Jan. 3, 2025

November 4th, 2024

Nominations are now open for the annual Howard County Public School System Principal of the Year and Teacher of the Year awards. All nominations are due no later than midnight, Friday, January 3, 2025. Submission information and full details can be found in each nomination packet below. HCPSS will publicly announce its principal and teacher nominees in the spring, following The Washington Post annual Teacher and Principal of the Year announcement.

Questions may be directed to:

HCPSS Office of Communications, publicinfo@hcpss.org
For Teacher of the Year – Juliann Dibble, juliann_dibble@hcpss.org
For Principal of the Year – Scott Ruehl, scott_ruehl@hcpss.org

Teacher of the Year

The award honors excellence in teaching, and encourages creative and quality instruction. HCPSS selects one teacher to serve as the school system nominee for The Washington Post Teacher of the Year, and one as the nominee for Maryland Teacher of the Year.

HCPSS offers additional support to those completing the nomination package. Details can be found on the Teacher of the Year Canvas page.

Nominations may be submitted by teachers, students, former students, parents, administrators or the general public. Teachers may not nominate themselves.

Download the Teacher of the Year nomination guidelines and packet

Principal of the Year

The award seeks to recognize those principals who go beyond the day-to-day demands of their position to create an exceptional educational environment. HCPSS selects one principal as the HCPSS Principal of the year. That individual also serves as the Howard County nominee for The Washington Post Principal of the Year.

Nominations may be submitted by teachers, students, former students, parents, administrators or members of the general public. Principals may not nominate themselves.

Download the Principal of the Year nomination packet