BEA Honors 2013-4 Teachers and Students of the Year

Teacher of the Year and three Excellence in Teaching honors were awarded to teachers from Birmingham Public Schools at the annual Birmingham Education Association BEA banquet on May 21. Doug Baltz, a Science teacher from Seaholm High School, received the Teacher of the Year recognition along with $1,000 and use of a new car for the next year. Baltz was nominated by fifteen of his peers who wrote that Doug is someone who teaches with “such passion and dedication,” with an “unending optimism about what school can be,” and “inspires his colleagues to truly understand what it means to be a great teacher.” Presenting the award to Baltz was BEA President Scott Warrow, who noted that, “Seaholm is fortunate to have such a dedicated and innovative educator.” Added Warrow, “This prestigious award is an acknowledgement by fellow teachers who understand the difficulty, complex demands of the job, and know the “real story” of what the honored teacher does in the classroom and school.”