Central Queensland University has announced its Teachers of the Year for 2006.

Staff from across all campuses were evaluated based on their applications for Teaching Excellence Awards.

Four individuals and 1 teaching team from across CQU’s campuses were honoured with an award.

The Vice-Chancellor's Teacher of the Year 2006 Awards went to:.

Teacher of the Year 2006: Bundaberg lecturer Karen Seary and Mackay lecturer Cecily Knight;.

Early Career Teacher of the Year 2006: Rockhampton lecturer Dale Trott and Brisbane lecturer Ken Staib; and.

Indigenous Education Teacher of the Year 2006: the Rockhampton Campus Nulloo Yumbah teaching team (including Laurel Hunt, Vicki Pascoe, Jonathan Makuwira, Laurence Armstrong and Kylie Radel).

The Teacher of the Year Awards are the second tier in CQU’s process for recognising teaching excellence and are chosen from the recipients of the Excellence in Teaching Awards, which is an annual award that has been established to provide public recognition of CQU’s best teachers.

Awardees are now eligible to be nominated for national Carrick Teaching Awards and Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.

For more information contact Leone Hinton on (07) 4930 9854.

Photos: The Vice-Chancellor congratulated several of the Teachers of the Year during the recent Learning and Teaching Showcase. Above is Dale Trott and below are members of the Rockhampton Campus Nulloo Yumbah teaching team (from left) Jonathan Makuwira, Vicki Pascoe, Kylie Radel and Laurel Hunt.