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This year, twenty\-seven education professionals have made it to the finals of the sixth annual Professional Teaching Awards Cymru, which celebrate the inspiring education workforce across Wales. 

For the first time, the awards, which recognise the excellent work of our education workforce in Wales, were open to colleges as well as schools.

Nominations for the most inspiring, talented, and dedicated education professionals were received from parents, carers, learners and colleagues across Wales. 

The 10 award categories include Headteacher/Principal of the Year, Inspirational Use of the Welsh Language, Outstanding New Teacher, Teacher of the Year in a Primary School, Learners’ Award for Best Teacher/Lecturer, Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School, Learning Support Assistant, and Betty Campbell (MBE) award for promoting the contributions and perspectives of Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Plus new for this year, Lecturer of the Year and Learners’ Engagement in School/College.

The new Learners’ Engagement in School/College category was created to award a school or college that has demonstrated an excellent approach to help improve learner engagement and   
attendance. 

The three schools and colleges which have gone above and beyond to improve learner engagement, and are finalists for the new Learners’ Engagement award are Bishop Vaughan Catholic School, Gower College Swansea, and The College Merthyr Tydfil. 

Engagement in school/college impacts attainment, well\-being and citizenship, and the award celebrates where learners have been supported in this area.

Sadie Thackaberry (Coleg Cambria, Mold), Emma Smith (Gower College, Swansea) and Katie Davies (Bridgend College, Bridgend) are the finalists for the new Lecturer of the Year award.

Cabinet Secretary for Education, Lynne Neagle, said: 


> I’m delighted to reveal the finalists for this year’s Professional Teaching Awards Cymru. We received the highest number of nominations to date and, as ever, there is an incredibly high standard, highlighting the inspiring education professionals we have in Wales.
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> This year we wanted to recognise the good work happening in Wales to improve learner engagement and attendance. While many of the concerns around the wellbeing of young people pre\-date the COVID\-19 pandemic, it has introduced more complexities. The new award for ‘Learners’ Engagement in School/College’ is a recognition of the amazing teams and of individuals that are working hard to put extra support in place.
> 
> I look forward to celebrating these incredibly motivated individuals who are so committed to getting the best out of their learners.

Join the conversation with \#TeachingAwardsCymru2024 or follow @WG\_Education.  
  
For more details visit: www.gov.wales/teachingawards.







Translation:


 
Eleni, mae saith ar hugain o addysgwyr proffesiynol wedi cyrraedd rhestr fer Gwobrau Addysgu Proffesiynol Cymru, sy’n dathlu gweithlu addysgu ysbrydoledig Cymru. Mae’r gwobrau bellach yn eu chweched flwyddyn. 

Am y tro cyntaf erioed roedd y gwobrau, sy’n dathlu gwaith ardderchog ein gweithlu addysg yng Nghymru, yn agored i golegau yn ogystal ag ysgolion.

Derbyniwyd enwebiadau ar gyfer yr addysgwyr proffesiynol mwyaf ysbrydoledig, talentog ac ymroddgar, gan rieni, gofalwyr, dysgwyr a chydweithwyr ledled Cymru.

Mae 10 categori’r gwobrau’n cynnwys: Pennaeth y Flwyddyn, Defnyddio'r Gymraeg mewn modd sy'n ysbrydoli, Athro Newydd Eithriadol, Athro’r Flwyddyn mewn Ysgol Gynradd, Gwobr y Dysgwyr am yr Athro/Darlithydd Gorau, Athro’r Flwyddyn mewn Ysgol Uwchradd, Cynorthwyydd Cymorth Dysgu, a Gwobr Betty Campbell (MBE) am hyrwyddo cyfraniadau a safbwyntiau cymunedau Du, Asiaidd ac Ethnig Leiafrifol. Yn ogystal mae dwy wobr newydd eleni, sef Darlithydd y Flwyddyn ac Ymgysylltiad Dysgwyr yn yr Ysgol/Coleg.

Crëwyd gwobr newydd Ymgysylltiad Dysgwyr yn yr Ysgol/Coleg er mwyn gwobrwyo ysgol neu goleg sy’n dangos agwedd ardderchog i wella ymgysylltiad a phresenoldeb dysgwyr. 

Mae tair ysgol/coleg wedi mynd y tu hwnt i’r gofyn er mwyn gwella ymgysylltiad dysgwyr ac yn deilyngwyr ar gyfer gwobr newydd Ymgysylltiad Dysgwyr, sef Ysgol Gatholig Bishop Vaughan, Coleg Gŵyr Abertawe, a Choleg Merthyr Tudful.

Mae ymgysylltiad yn yr ysgol/coleg yn cael effaith ar gyrhaeddiad, lles a dinasyddiaeth, ac mae’r wobr yn dathlu’r gefnogaeth y mae dysgwyr yn ei dderbyn yn y maes hwn.

Mae Sadie Thackaberry (Coleg Cambria, Yr Wyddgrug), Emma Smith (Coleg Gŵyr, Abertawe) a Katie Davies (Coleg Pen\-y\-bont ar Ogwr) yn deilyngwyr ar gyfer gwobr newydd Darlithydd y Flwyddyn.

Dywedodd Lynne Neagle, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Addysg: 


> Mae’n bleser gen i gyhoeddi’r teilyngwyr ar gyfer Gwobrau Addysgu Proffesiynol Cymru eleni. Fe dderbyniwyd y nifer uchaf o enwebiadau erioed, ac fel bob amser, roedd safon y gystadleuaeth yn eithriadol, gan ddangos mor ysbrydoledig yw’r addysgwyr proffesiynol sydd gyda ni yng Nghymru. 
> 
> Eleni roedden ni am gydnabod y gwaith da sy’n digwydd yng Nghymru i wella ymgysylltiad a phresenoldeb dysgwyr. Er bod nifer o’r pryderon ynglŷn â lles pobl ifanc yn bodoli cyn pandemig COVID\-19, mae’r pandemig wedi cyflwyno cymhlethdodau pellach. Mae’r wobr newydd ar gyfer ‘Ymgysylltiad Dysgwyr yn yr Ysgol/Coleg’ yn gydnabyddiaeth o’r timoedd anhygoel a’r unigolion hynny sy’n gweithio’n galed i sicrhau bod cefnogaeth ychwanegol ar gael.
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> Rydw i’n edrych ymlaen at ddathlu’r unigolion brwdfrydig ac arbennig hynny sydd wedi ymrwymo i gael y gorau o’u dysgwyr.

Ymunwch â’r sgwrs gyda \#GwobrauAddysguCymru2024 neu dilynwch @LlC\_Addysg.  
   
Am ragor o fanylion ewch i: https://www.llyw.cymru/gwobrau\-addysgu\-proffesiynol\-cymru.