The Kansas Teacher of the Year team is coming to Emporia State University on Tuesday.
Team members have presentations to students and faculty ahead, along with a tour of the National Teachers Hall of Fame and a recording of the ESU Teachers College podcast, “How We Teach This.”
USD 233 middle school history teacher Taylor Bussinger is the Teacher of the Year at the state level. The list of regional Teachers of the Year is online with our story at KVOE.com.
The Kansas Teacher of the Year program is sponsored by the Kansas Department of Education and is designed to identify and recognize “representatives of excellent teaching.” The team serves as ambassadors for education with public stops across the state.
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Regional Teachers of the Year
*Cherryl Delacruz, honors algebra high school teacher for Highland Park High School, Topeka USD 501
*Gretchen Elliott, art teacher for Smoky Valley High School, Smoky Valley USD 400
*Joanna Farmer, high school teacher for Southeast High School in Wichita USD 259
*Melissa Haney, K-4 Project Lead the Way science teacher at Explorer Elementary School in Goddard USD 265
*Erin Pittenger, K-4 art teacher at St. George Elementary School in Rock Creek USD 323
*Michelle Tapko, sixth-grade teacher in Shawnee Mission USD 512
*Fonda Telthorst, music teacher at Piper Prairie Elementary School, Kansas City USD 203
