MACSS Awards
2025 Rural Teacher of the Year
The Montana Association of County Superintendents of Schools is seeking nominations for its annual Rural Teacher of the Year Award to be presented by MACSS during its spring conference. This award is designed to honor a teacher who has demonstrated outstanding qualities as an educator and who is currently serving in a rural school setting with no assigned administrator except for a principal and/or the County Superintendent. The award will include a $500.00 endowment and an all-expense paid trip, including a substitute teacher, to the MACSS spring conference where the winner will make a short presentation The winner must also attend the Evening of Excellence Award Dinner in Helena in June and has the option of attending the 2024 NREA conference. Expenses are also paid for attending these events.
If you would like to nominate a teacher whom you believe deserves this award,please complete the enclosed application and forward it to the County Superintendent of Schools in the county where the individual being nominated is presently teaching.
All applications are due as hardcopy form or electronic form to the selection committee chairman by 5:00 on January 31, 2024. The selection of the Montana Rural Teacher of the Year will be completed by February 7, 2024.
2025 Rural Teacher of the Year Nomination Form
2024 Montana County Superintendent of the Year
Rhonda Long, Fergus County
2024 Rural Teacher of the Year
Jamie Matthew
