Four area teachers are in the running to be the next "Minnesota Teacher Of The Year". Education Minnesota today (Friday) announced the list of 128 candidates from the state's public and private schools.
An educator from Winona has been named the 2011 Teacher of the Year. She's Katy Smith, an Early Childhood Family Education teacher at Goodview School in the Winona district.
A teacher from Cold Spring Elementary is a finalist for this year's Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Joyce Baumann is one of 10 finalists for the award presented by Education Minnesota.