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Teacher of the Year
- Past Teachers of the Year:
- Back to the main Teacher of the Year page
Quicklinks
2006-2007 Teachers of the Year
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Patricia Carothers San Ramon Valley USD
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Patricia Carothers San Ramon Valley USD |
Gloria Payette Liberty UHSD |
Susan Yamashita Lafayette SD |
West Contra Costa USD |
Oakley UESD |
Mt. Diablo USD |
Byron USD |
Moraga SD |
Mt. Diablo USD |
John Swett USD |
Contra Costa CCD |
Contra Costa COE |
Walnut Creek SD |
Pittsburg USD |
West Contra Costa USD |
Knightsen SD |
Acalanes UHSD |
Brentwood USD |
Antioch USD |
CSU East Bay |
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2005-2006 Teachers of the Year
2004-2005 Teachers of the Year
Congratulations! 2004-2005 Teacher of the Year Beth McClelland (in red, with last year's Teacher of the Year Liane Cismowski and student). Beth teaches at Twin Creek Elementary in the San Ramon Valley USD
(Finalists bolded)
Jeff Adkins, Antioch USD (Deer Valley High)
Ambrose Amijioyi, West Contra Costa USD (Grant Elementary)
Kim Ambrosino, Oakley Union Elementary SD (Vintage Parkway Elementary)
Becky Arnott, CCC Office of Education (Marchus School)
Jessica Barry-Lindell, Byron Union SD (Timber Point Elementary)
Francisco (Kiki) Ceja, Brentwood Union SD (Bristow Middle)
Terence Elliott, CC Community College District (Contra Costa College)
Laura Filbert, Knightsen SD (Knightsen Elementary)
Heather Hayden, John Swett USD (John Swett High)
Laura Hill, Mt. Diablo USD (Valley View Middle)
Dinah Horner, Mt. Diablo USD (Sequoia Middle)
Jenny Macguire, Orinda USD (Del Rey Elementary)
Beth McClelland, San Ramon Valley USD (Twin Creek Elementary)
Byrne Sherwood, Jr., West Contra Costa USD (Richmond High)
Kari Stewart, Walnut Creek SD (Walnut Creek Intermediate)
Valorie Stillwell, Liberty Union High SD (Liberty High)
Linda Sturgis, Pittsburg USD (Heights Elementary)
Virginia Tiernan, Lafayette SD (Lafayette Elementary)
Doreen Wagner, Acalanes Union High SD (Miramonte High)
Jeanie Wieden, Moraga SD (Los Perales School)
CONGRATULATIONS To the 2003-2004 County Teacher of the Year
2003-2004 Teachers of
the Year
(Finalists bolded)
Kandy Aldana, Liberty Union High SD
Janie Bradford, Pittsburg USD
Van Boschetti, CCC College District
Deborah Brown, San Ramon Valley USD
Kori Ann Carey, Lafayette SD
Liane Cismowski, Mt. Diablo USD
Susan Collins, West Contra Costa USD
Norman Dea, Acalanes Union HSD
André Epstein, Antioch USD
Tré Frane, Orinda Union SD
Rozan Gautier, Walnut Creek SD
Michelle Genosick, Oakley Union Elementary SD
Nancy Goodmiller, Martinez USD
Jeannette Grogan, West Contra Costa USD
Thomas Jones, Knightsen SD
Deborah Joseph, Byron Union SD
Kathleen Laughland, Moraga SD
Beatrice Moore, Mt. Diablo USD
Teresa Rodriguez, Brentwood SD
Barbara Walker, John Swett USD
Veronica Wood, CCCOE
About the Teachers of the Year Program
In 1972, California began recognizing outstanding teachers, establishing the Teachers of the Year Program. This program is open to all teachers in public & private schools who teacher pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Contra Costa County has participated in the program since its beginning, when Joseph E. Davis, Jr., of the Acalanes Union High School District, was named the county's first representative.
Since that time, four teachers from this county have been State finalists: Janet Neill, San Ramon Valley Unified (1975); David Eakin, John Swett Unified (1981); William Thomas, Mt. Diablo Unified (1982); and Janice Bergamini, Mt. Diablo Unified (1991). In addition, William Pence, San Ramon Valley Unified (1999), was selected to represent California at the National Teacher of the Year level. And, in the last two years, the County has had two other state representatives – Mary Allan, Antioch Unified (2001) and Janet Gower, Mt. Diablo Unified (2002).
With such a high caliber of teaching professionals to draw from, the county uses a three-stage selection process:
- Application Screening: In late April/early May, a committee of educators and business partners carefully reviews the 20-22 applicants that are submitted from the school districts. Members rate each application separately. The top five to six teachers selected then advance to the next phase.
- Classroom Observation: A committee observes the selected teachers interacting with students in the classroom & spends time interviewing them on their teaching philosophy and technique. The results of the two screening processes are then combined to determine the three finalists.
- In late August, the three finalists each give a three-minute speech at a district new-teacher orientation, which is judged by a panel of educators and business representatives. All scores are then combined to determine the County Teacher of the Year.
The County representative is announced at the Awards Dinner in September at a gala affair that honors each district's Teacher of the Year. Local business and community organizations generously donate classroom grants, services and other items to each of the district winners.
Learn more about donating to the Teacher of the Year program.
Honor Our Teachers: Donate to the Teachers of the Year Program
There are four major categories or levels for donating to the T.O.Y. Program:
- Visionaries: $5,000 to $10,000 range
- Benefactors: $1,000 to $4,999 range
- Sponsors: $500 to $999 range
- Contributors: $499 or below in amount or services
Most sponsors earmark their grants for the teachers' classrooms or schools; Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc. sponsors the dinner itself, and the cost of dinner for each of the Teachers of the Year and three of their guests.
For more information, or to donate to the Program, please e-mail Jonathan Lance at jlance@cccoe.k12.ca.us
Many thanks to our generous donors who make this program a success!
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