Kabourek receives Freda Drath Battey Distinguished Educator Award

12 Jun 2012    

CEHS proudly announces that Andrea Kabourek, English teacher at Lincoln East High School, is this year's recipient of the Freda Drath Battey Distinguished Educator Award. Kabourek was honored for her educational leadership during a June 1 luncheon at UNL.

Kabourek's high school principal described her as, "student centered, instructionally driven, a student leader, and intelligent." Her department chair echoed these sentiments: "She is a dynamic professional who makes students the focus in everything she does, from classroom work to coaching, and now as a long-term advocate for education leadership."

The families of Freda Drath Battey, a UNL graduate and former public school teacher, have established a "Distinguished Educator Award" in her memory. Students in the College of Education and Human Sciences nominate candidates for this award. The criteria for the award are "excellence in teaching coupled with recognition in other complementary education activities, such as counseling of students or initiation of student-oriented programs."

The Freda Battey Distinguished Educator Award is given each year to an exemplary Nebraska secondary school teacher and only students at UNL College of Education and Human Sciences may make nominations. CEHS students identify a teacher role model who encouraged them to be a teacher and inspired them to achieve excellence.