![]() Educators are unable to apply for the award through a formal recommendation or application. Known as the “Oscars of Teaching,” the award recognizes early to mid-career educators across the country with roughly five to 18 years of experience. “I want them to have a different foundation laid for them than what was laid for me.” “When I got into high school, after all of the struggling, I officially decided I'm going to become an educator so that I can help students feel successful and find what it is they're good at, so I can bring that out of them at a young age,” Tinkler said. Although she often struggled academically and socially when she was in school, that only encouraged her to help others. ![]() Tinkler, a graduate of Perry Meridian High School, said she remembers wanting to be a teacher ever since she was in kindergarten, playing school and making worksheets for her little sister and stuffed animals. “Money aside, to get this award fills my soul,” Tinkler said. Elizabeth Gabriel / WFYIĪ second grade teacher in Indianapolis was surprised with a national award Tuesday that honors excellent and innovative educators.īrittany Tinkler of Rosa Parks Elementary in the Metropolitan School District of Perry Township received the Milken Educator Award, which includes an unrestricted cash prize of $25,000, during what she believed was a normal assembly. Brittany Tinkler, center, of Rosa Parks Elementary in the Metropolitan School District of Perry Township stands in the school’s cafeteria as she receives the Milken Educator Award on Wednesday, Feb.
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