22 Apr 2024 PCSSD announces school-level teachers of the year

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PULASKI COUNTY — The Pulaski County Special School District (PCSSD) is once again participating in the Arkansas Teacher of the Year program with the Arkansas Department of Education. The school-level winners for the 2023-2024 school year are vying to earn the spot of the 2025 Arkansas Teacher of the Year.

Through a rigorous selection process, each of PCSSD’s 26 schools selected one educator as their school teacher of the year. The following teachers were selected to represent their school based on nominations and recommendations from their peers.

SCHOOLTEACHER
BAKER ELEMENTARYNakesha Cunningham
CATO ELEMENTARYKatie Beard
CHENAL ELEMENTARYJeanie Wilcoxon
COLLEGE STATION ELEMENTARYBrittney Larry
CRYSTAL HILL ELEMENTARYKaneisha Johnson
DAISY BATES ELEMENTARYKatherine Osborne
HARRIS ELEMENTARYJarrod Haymond
LANDMARK ELEMENTARYBritney Block
LAWSON ELEMENTARYDana James
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARYKim Lee
OAKBROOKE ELEMENTARYOlydia Liddell
PINE FOREST ELEMENTARYSheree Tolefree
ROBINSON ELEMENTARYBridget Hudson
SHERWOOD ELEMENTARYLeona Sanders
SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARYStephanie Belin
WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON ELEMENTARYLakesha Banks
MAUMELLE MIDDLEWhitney Walker
MILLS MIDDLEChantyana Gray
ROBINSON MIDDLEMartha Melendez
SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLEMichael Boyd
SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGHChar Dupins
MAUMELLE HIGHJoshua Jackson
MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGHAmanda Davis
ROBINSON HIGHHeather Moreland
SYLVAN HILLS HIGHRobin Dunlap
DRIVEN VIRTUAL ACADEMYStephanie Johnson

A panel made up of District and school administrators will review the school-level teachers of the year to determine the PCSSD Teacher of the Year. The District winner will be announced at a celebration banquet next month.

PCSSD followed the Arkansas Department of Education Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Teacher of the Year guidelines, including the teacher’s impact on school culture, leadership in and out of the classroom, and student connections. The winner of the PCSSD Teacher of the Year will be submitted to DESE for consideration for the 2025 Arkansas Teacher of the Year.