Announcement in September, 2023

NMOLÉ invites you to nominate a colleague or yourself for the Teacher of the Year (ToY) Award. Please complete the nomination form by October 15th, 2023. Please feel free to download the NMOLÉ 2023 Teacher of the Year Candidates’ Manual. NMOLÉ will provide coaching for the ToY candidate and prepare the candidate for SWCOLT. Please direct your questions to the ToY committee chair Ms. Elizabeth Taylor at taylor_el@aps.edu.

NMOLE Board

Announcement in August, 2023

NMOLÉ invites you to nominate a colleague or yourself for various awards. Read the brief descriptions below. Please complete the nomination form by August 31st, 2023.

Link to the form: https://forms.gle/tsETZYLrpV3PeRfs7

NMOLE Board

Announcement in November, 2022

NMOLE is very excited to announce that Prof. Lucy Zollner is selected as our NMOLE 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year. Please join us in congratulating Prof. Zollner!

Lucy Zollner is an Associate Professor of German and Portuguese from the NM State University. She is going to representing NMOLE to compete for the regional Teacher of the Year at the SWCOLT 2023 Conference in Salt Lake City, UT in February 2023. We wish Prof. Zollner the best!

NMOLE Board

Each year NMOLÉ recognizes outstanding teaching, service, and dedication to the language education profession. Awards include:

  • NMOLÉ Teacher of the Year, recognizing a world language teacher who has demonstrated great potentials to represent New Mexican language educators at regional (SWCOLT) and national (ACTFL) levels.

  • Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring an individual for lengthy and dedicated service to the language education profession;

  • Excellence in Teaching Award, recognizing a world language teacher who has demonstrated exceptional ability and outstanding performance in classroom instruction;

  • Young Educator Award, recognizing a world language teacher in their first five years of service who shows uncommon potential for the development and implementation of ideas in the classroom;

  • Outstanding Administrator Award, honoring an administrator for contributing in a significant way to the promotion of the teaching and learning of world languages.

2019 NMOLE Young Educator Award Winner: Kayla Scheer

2019 NMOLE Excellence in Teaching Award Winnter: Hsu Rubing