Skip the apple. Thank the teacher who made a difference in your or your kid’s life with a Jazz game honor and a classroom grant.
Instructure, a Salt Lake-based educational technology company, is sponsoring the fourth annual Utah Jazz Most Valuable Educator award.
You can nominate a Utah teacher, kindergarten through college, to receive two tickets to a Jazz home game, including dinner in the Toyota Club and on-court recognition, and a personalized jersey. In addition, winners receive $1,000 classroom grants from Instructure and surprise classroom visits or organized assemblies with the Jazz Bear and personnel from Instrutcture and the team.
According to Instructure, several winners have been honored so far this year, and 60 MVEs have been honored since the award’s inception. Typically, nominations come from students or their parents, and the teachers are usually surprised.
“Instructure began the Most Valuable Educator Program to highlight the critical role educators play in our society. This program connects directly to our company’s mission to elevate student success, amplify the power of teaching and inspire everyone to learn together,” said Ryan Lufkin VP of Global Academic Strategy at Instructure.
You can nominate a teacher on the Utah Jazz website and visit Instructure’s site for a list of past winners.
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