Ten teachers received the Teacher of Vysočina 2024 award at the VŠPJ

The Teacher of the Highlands is traditionally announced at the Polytechnic University Jihlava. Ten teachers from primary, secondary and elementary art schools in the Vysočina Region were awarded for their exceptionally high quality teaching activities, which were judged by an expert jury according to set criteria. "A short video documentary about their work with pupils was filmed with all the winners in advance. Personally, I was impressed by the diversity of their focus, in addition to the usual subjects (mathematics, computer science, English, etc.), teachers dedicated to teaching the violin or the professional craft of goldsmithing were also awarded," says Vice-Rector for Studies Martina Kuncová, who presented the award for not only inspiring contribution in teaching, specifically Bc. Eliska Havránková, DiS., a teacher dedicated to the professional training of goldsmiths.

The Highlands Teacher of the Year 2024 award was presented to:

Bukáček Miloš - Vincenzo Makovsky Gymnasium Nové Město na Moravě

Havelka Jan - Gymnasium Žďár nad Sázavou

Havránková Eliška - Akademie Světlá nad Sázavou, secondary school and higher vocational school

Macháčková Lenka - Elementary Art School Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, contributory organization

Malkovska Solomiya - T. G. Masaryk Primary School, Jihlava

Medová Marcela - Primary and Kindergarten School Herálec

Nováková Lenka - Gymnasium Žďár nad Sázavou

Topinková Lucie - Primary School Žďár nad Sázavou, Komenského 2

Ulip Tomáš - Střední průmyslová škola stavební akademika Stanislava Bechyně Havlíčkův Brod

Vitiska Josef - Gymnasium, Secondary School and Vocational School Ledeč nad Sázavou

The aim of the Teacher of Vysočina is to promote the prestige of the teaching profession, to strengthen public awareness of the demands of its work in schools and, last but not least, to prepare candidates to participate in the prestigious competition for the Global Teacher Prize Czech Republic.

The promoter of the project Teacher of Vysočina is Vysočina Region in cooperation with Vysočina Education, partner is Global Teacher Prize CZ.