Educators of Excellence: Educator Application

Currently, we are accepting applications for the following Institutes:

Yellowstone in Winter Institute - January 14-20, 2026

Application deadline is Friday, October 24, 2025.

Educators, please make sure your supervisor submits your recommendation by the deadline.

All applications received by the deadline will be considered equally, so please do not rush your application! The selection process for this program can be competative, so please make sure you take your time and fully complete the application.

For which Institute are you applying:*

We ask that you choose one Institute to apply for during each application window. Applications for Summer 2026 will open in winter 2025-26.

Yellowstone in Winter Institute 2026

First Name*

Last Name*

Position Title*

Home Address*

City*

State*

Select or enter value

Zip / Post Code*

Home Phone

Cell Phone*

Work Email*

Home Email*

Note: We ask for both a personal and work email address because sometimes our emails do not go through to one of the other. If you have two different email addresses that you are willing to provide, this will help ensure that you do not miss important communications from us!

School/Organization Name*

School/Organization Address*

City*

State*

Select or enter value

Zip code*

County*

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School District

School/Organization Phone*

Subject(s)*

Total years teaching/supervising experience*

Education: Degree(s) and Date(s)*

Can you participate in the mandatory orientation session in Raleigh?*

Saturday, December 6, 2025 for Yellowstone in Winter Institute

Yes

Can you participate in the mandatory follow-up session in Raleigh?*

on Saturday, November 7, 2026

Yes

Are you planning to work in/with North Carolina students, teachers, and/or schools next year?*

Yes

Please briefly describe your previous travel experience, including destinations and dates (year).*

Have you applied for an Educators of Excellence Institute previously?*

Yes

Not sure

If so, which Institute and when?

Have you participated in an Educators of Excellence Institute previously?*

Yes

If so, which Institute and year?

Are you eligible for the Simple Gifts Scholarship?*

To be considered for the Simple Gifts Scholarship, applicants must:

Have not previously received the Simple Gifts Scholarship for an Educators of Excellence Institute.
Be a teacher, guidance counselor, media coordinator or assistant principal in a public school, in one of the following counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Plan to continue working in their current school system and county during the following school year.
Plan to continue working full time in education for at least 5 more years after participation in the Institute.
Help spread the word about future Educators of Excellence Institutes and the Simple Gifts Scholarship to other teachers

Yes

Would you like to be considered for the Simple Gifts Scholarship?*

You may only receive the Simple Gifts Scholarship for one Educators of Excellence Institute.

Previous participation in other programs funded by the Anonymous Trust or Simple Gifts Fund do NOT exclude you from receiving the scholarship for Educators of Excellence.

The Simple Gifts Scholarship covers the full cost of the Institute. Scholarship recipients will be responsible for paying a $200 deposit that will be returned to them upon successful completion of the program.

We will know by July 2025 if the Simple Gifts Scholarship is available from its funders for the 2026 Yellowstone in Winter Institute and will inform interested applicants.

Yes

I am not eligible.

I understand that the Institute has moderate to strenuous activity levels. I will be doing the following to prepare for the Institute for which I am applying: (list physical activity and frequency)*

Describe why you would like to be a part of this opportunity and what skills, interests, and experiences you would bring to it.*

Comment on ways you might bring this experience back to your school or other educational setting.*

Please elaborate on how you heard about the program (which email list, who you heard from, any other means)

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