Calico Rock AREA Teacher of the Year recognized

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The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas have recognized Calico Rock educator Connie Moser as the 2018 Arkansas Rural Education Association’s Teacher of the Year. Moser is a 42-year educator and serves as a special education teacher.

A recent press release from the electric cooperatives says Moser received the award earlier this year in a surprise event at the school’s gymnasium. During the event, the students and faculty gave her two standing ovations. She was presented with a crystal apple award and a check for $1,000 from the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas and then honored with a community appreciation reception immediately following the school-wide event.

Teacher-of-the-year nominations are vetted by the state’s 15 educational cooperatives, which then submit a finalist for each educational cooperative district to the Rural Education Association for consideration. Moser was nominated through the North Central Arkansas Education Service Cooperative in Melbourne.

Calico Rock Superintendent Jerry Skidmore says Moser’s kind of special to him. She influences not only the students, but adults as well. She helps with just about every function at the Calico Rock school, along with her own responsibilities as a special education supervisor, which involve a lot of paperwork and supervising of other employees in the special education department.

The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas have sponsored the Rural Teacher of the Year Award since 2004.

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