Educator Effectiveness and Licensure

Milken Educator Award

Jonesboro Teacher Named Milken Educator

Grant Harbison, Band Director at The Academies at Jonesboro High School is a 2021-2022 Milken Educator Award winner.  Harbison received a $25,000 prize from the Milken Family Foundation during a surprise announcement on May 11, 2022.  

To learn more about Harbison, please visit https://www.milkeneducatorawards.org/educators/view/grant-harbison.  You may also view this press release.

Watch the award notification video here. 

(Photo and video are courtesy of the Milken Family Foundation).

 

Bentonville Teacher Named Milken Educator

Kamisha Burlingame, a 4th-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Bentonville, is a 2021-2022 Milken Educator Award winner.  Burlingame received a $25,000 prize from the Milken Family Foundation during a surprise announcement on April 27, 2022. 

To learn more about Burlingame, please visit https://www.milkeneducatorawards.org/educators/view/kamisha-burlingame.  You may also view this press release. 

Watch the award notification video here. 

(Photo and video are courtesy of the Milken Family Foundation).

For more information, please contact:

Venus Torrence, Educator Impact Coordinator
Arkansas Department of Education
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office of Educator Effectiveness
Four Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-683-4786
Email: Venus.Torrence@ade.arkansas.gov