Rockwood School District teachers are eligible to nominate and vote on the annual Teacher of the Year program. All full-time teachers are eligible.

Each school selects its own Teacher of the Year who then completes the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) application for the district level program. Each school's Teacher of the Year will be recognized in the spring during the ROSE award ceremony. At that time, the Elementary, Middle School, and High School Teachers of the Year also will be announced. These announcements are followed by the announcement of the Rockwood Teacher of the Year.