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TEACHER OF THE YEAR

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Jessica and Cynthia
Jessica Garner with Cynthia Marshall, President, AT&T North Carolina


Jessica and Walter
Jessica Garner with Walter Dalton, Lt. Governor, North Carolina


Jessica & June & Bill
Jessica Garner with Dr. June Atkinson, Superintendent, Public Schools of North Carolina and Dr. Bill Harrison, CEO and Chairman, North Carolina State Board of Education

 

Jessica Garner

Jessica Garner, 2009-2010 AT&T North Carolina Teacher of the Year
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Congratulations to the 2009-2010 AT&T North Carolina Teacher of the Year Team

2009-2010 Teachers

From Left to Right: Jo Peterson Gibbs (Asheville City Schools/West Region); Jessica Garner (Union County Public Schools/Southwest Region); Robert Turner (Hickory Public Schools/Northwest Region); Matthew Bristow-Smith (Edgecombe County Public Schools/North Central Region); John Hall (ArtSpace Charter School/Charter School’s Teacher of the Year); Phillip Little (Chatham County Schools/Piedmont-Triad Central Region); Gina Beaman (Pitt County Schools/Northeast Region); Nicole Murray (Duplin County Schools/Southeast Region); and, Martha Anderson (Richmond County Schools/Sandhills-South Central Region)


OVERVIEW

For more than 50 years our nation has honored teachers with the National Teacher of the Year Program. The National Teacher of the Year Program, sponsored by the ING Foundation, is a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers. Since 1970, North Carolina has participated in this program recognizing outstanding teachers.

In accordance with national guidelines, North Carolina chooses a candidate who is "dedicated and highly skilled, a candidate proven capable of inspiring students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn." Because the Teacher of the Year will be asked to travel, speak on behalf of education and demonstrate master teaching skills, the candidate must be poised, articulate, and energetic in order to meet the demanding responsibilities. The individual selected as the State Teacher of the Year is given the year off from the classroom to serve as an ambassador for public schools and the teaching profession. He/She also advises the State Board of Education and actively works to bridge the gap between the business and educational communities.

The program recognizes teachers at the school, local, regional and statewide levels. Individuals who are chosen to represent their school as Teacher of the Year advance to competition at the local school system level. Once that selection has been made, LEA Teachers of the year and representatives of the public Charter Schools vie for the regional Teacher of the Year in the eight educational regions and Charter Schools of the state. Using a regional process including a portfolio, interviews, a formal speech, and group activity, the statewide Teacher of the Year is chosen from among the eight regional winners and the Charter Schools by a selection committee consisting of professional educators and community leaders. The Teacher of the Year finalists, along with the state Teacher of the Year, comprise the Teacher of the year Team and work collaboratively on issues critical to education in North Carolina. The regional Teachers of the Year also assist in planning and implementing a Teacher of the Year Symposium/Celebration. The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, along with its corporate sponsor, AT&T, administers the program.

In the 40 years of the program in North Carolina, three state Teachers of the Year have become National Winners. Four have become National Finalists and one has been inducted into the National Teachers' Hall of Fame. Thirteen North Carolina Teachers of the Year have taught at the elementary school level, seven at the middle or junior high school level and twenty at the high school level.


REPRESENTATIVE, FINALISTS AND WINNERS


The AT&T North Carolina Teacher of the Year Program


2008-09 Teacher of the Year

Cindi Rigsbee, AT&T 2008-2009 North Carolina Teacher of the Year is a finalist for 2009 National Teacher of the Year

Cindi Rigsbee

 

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