Sara Blair Winter-Rosenberg was recognized with award for Excellence in Teaching.

By PF Staff
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Mundelein, IL. – Golden Apple, a leading Illinois nonprofit committed to recognizing exemplary educators and developing future educators, surprised Sara Blair Winter-Rosenberg, a teacher at Mundelein High School, on Monday, March 18 with the highly respected Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. The annual award, which recognizes and honors outstanding teachers for their role in building a stronger, better-educated society, was presented in her classroom in front of students and school leadership.
Following a competitive process, the 2019 award recipients were selected from more than 550 nominations of high school teachers from 71 Illinois counties. The field was narrowed to 32 finalists and from that group 10 were chosen in Illinois.
Winter-Rosenberg has been teaching at Mundelein High School since 2012 in the World Languages department. She currently teaches Honors Spanish 5, Honors Spanish Heritage Learners 4 and Spanish Heritage Learners 3.
The 2019 award recipients will be featured on a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) one-hour TV program. The livestream of the show taping will air on Golden Apple’s Facebook page on May 18 and the edited PBS broadcast will air on multiple future dates.
As a highly-valued component of this recognition, Northwestern University, Golden Apple’s partner for more than 30 years, provides a Spring Sabbatical to award recipients at no cost. In addition, each Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching recipient receives a $5,000 cash award.
They also become Fellows of the Golden Apple Academy of Educators, a community of educators who support current and future teachers and deepen the learning of students. An important part of a Fellows’ mission is to share their expertise and mentor Golden Apple Scholars, who are aspiring teachers with a desire to teach in Illinois’ schools-of-need.
“In honoring and developing K-12 teachers, Northwestern University and the Golden Apple Foundation are committed to improving teaching, learning and the lives of kids across the state of Illinois,” said Timothy Dohrer, PhD, Director of the Master of Science in Education Program at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy.