Walnut School reading specialist Jill Lynch was named as the district’s nominee for Kansas Master Teacher during a ceremony at the school Wednesday.
Lynch says a successful teacher works daily on building relationships with students.
Lynch is celebrating her 30th year in education.
The Master Teacher program is organized by Emporia State University. Established in 1954, it honors teachers who have served the profession “long and well” and who exemplify the best qualities of good teachers. Once the panel is named, it then travels across Kansas to meet with other educators, offering tips and learning different teaching methods at the same time.
Emporia has had 27 Master Teachers since the program was initiated, including five this decade and two the last two years. Prior Master Teachers from Emporia include:
2018: Matt Irby
2017: Laura Schwinn
2014: Signe Truelove
2011: Janice Romeiser
2010: Eleanor Browning
2009: Jeline Harclerode
2007: Marilyn McComber
2006: Jo Ellen Dambro
2004: Trish Weidert
2002: Barbara Fowler
1998: Carol Strickland
1997: Darla Mallein
1996: Nancy Robohn
1995: John Harclerode
1994: Kathryn Taylor
1991: Susan McKinney
1989: Carolyn Koch
1988: Carolyn Kuhn
1985: Thomas Fowler
1983: Catherine Ann Brown
1982: Elizabeth Voorhees
1980: Patricia Samuelson Bonds
1976: Harry Hart
1974: Wanda Franzen
1972: Carl James
1968: Hazel Miller
1956: Mamie Mellinger
Photos by Chuck Samples/KVOE News
{gallery}Master Teacher Nominee Dec 12 2018{/gallery}
