The National Dance Association K-12 Dance Educator of the Year Award is given to K-12 teachers who are members of both MAHPERD and NDA/AAHPERD and who demonstrate exemplary teaching abilities in respective grade levels and dance education. A dance educator as defined by NDA, includes those educators who are employed full time in a K-12 school and teach dance at least 50% or more of the time.
Teachers selected for this award may also have their names submitted for recognition at Central District AAHPERD. Central District AAHPERD then forwards its awardees on for a possible recognition at the National AAHPERD Convention.
