What is your ethnicity?

• White (A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. Not Hispanic or Latino.)
• Hispanic or Latino (A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin.)
• Black/African American (A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.)
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.)
• Asian/Indian Subcontinent (A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.)
• Native American/Alaskan Native (A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America [including Central America], and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.)

* The Connecticut Teacher of the Year will be selected without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

All information and materials contained in ths application are subject to release under Connecticut's Freedom of Informatiom Act. I hearby give my permission for materials contained in this application to be shared with persons interested in promoting the Connecticut and National Teacher of the Year Programs. I also acknowledge that if selected as State (and/or National) Teacher of the Year, I will be released from classroom responsibility when appropriate to fulfill the obligations inherent in the honor(s).