5 native educators representing faculties in Del Mar, Nationwide Metropolis, Poway, San Ysidro, and Chula Vista have been named San Diego County Lecturers of the 12 months. The honorees have been introduced at a reception Friday evening as a part of the thirty second annual “Cox Presents: Salute to Lecturers,” delivered to you by San Diego County Credit score Union in partnership with the San Diego County Workplace of Training (SDCOE).
The 2022-23 San Diego County Lecturers of the 12 months are:
- Stephanie Cluxton, Torrey Hills Faculty, Del Mar Union Faculty District
- Jacqueline Ma, Lincoln Acres Elementary, Nationwide Faculty District
- Aimee McCoy, Mesa Verde Center Faculty, Poway Unified Faculty District
- Juanita Nuñez, Ocean View Hills, Sundown, Smythe, Willow, and La Mirada elementary faculties, San Ysidro Faculty District
- Melissa Rains, Fort Park Center Faculty, Sweetwater Union Excessive Faculty District
“Educating has all the time been a difficult but rewarding occupation. These previous couple of years have actually examined us and thru all of it, academics throughout the county have continued to persevere and guarantee that our college students are cared for and have all of the helps they should succeed,” stated Dr. Paul Gothold, San Diego County superintendent of colleges. “The academics we’re celebrating right here tonight are revolutionary in what they do and passionate in regards to the college students they serve. It’s an honor to be recognizing these wonderful educators and people.”
The 5 Lecturers of the 12 months will signify San Diego County within the California Trainer of the 12 months program. The state winners will probably be introduced subsequent month.
In partnership with SDCOE, Cox Communications will produce a one-hour “Cox Presents: Salute to Lecturers” tv particular to acknowledge native academics, highlight the academics of the yr, and share highlights from the reception. The present, hosted by Meals Community character and San Diego Journal proprietor Troy Johnson, will air at 9 p.m. Oct. 2 on YurView Community (Cox Channel 4) and can replay a number of instances in October and November.
“Cox is happy with our 31-year partnership with the San Diego County Workplace of Training to acknowledge our native public faculty academics. Their dedication to their college students, particularly in the course of the pandemic, has been awe-inspiring,” stated Ingo Hentschel, senior vice chairman and area supervisor for Cox Communications. “’Cox Presents: Salute to Lecturers’” is a manner for the neighborhood to say ‘thanks’ to our academics, and we’re excited to focus on their ardour for instructing, dedication to their college students and creativity within the classroom.”
“SDCCU is proud to help this excellent awards occasion celebrating the extraordinary work of academics and educators who impression our neighborhood and college students,” stated SDCCU President & CEO Teresa Campbell. “Because the presenting sponsor of Salute to Lecturers, we acknowledge all academics for his or her laborious work and dedication to schooling and shaping the way forward for at present’s youth.”
The 2022-23 County Lecturers of the 12 months have been chosen from amongst 40 academics nominated by their faculty districts for his or her dedication to college students, instructing, and lifelong studying. The winners have been chosen based mostly on a assessment of their purposes and interviews by a panel made up of former County Lecturers of the 12 months, district and county workplace of schooling directors, and a PTA consultant. They have been chosen based mostly on school-community involvement, instructing philosophy, information of present academic points and developments, promotion and improvement of the instructing occupation, faculty tradition, and talent to function ambassadors of schooling.
Since 1974, 191 academics have been named San Diego County Trainer of the 12 months. Of these, 23 have been named California Trainer of the 12 months, and three went on to be named Nationwide Trainer of the 12 months.
Along with the present’s producers, Cox Communications and the San Diego County Workplace of Training, supporters of “Cox Presents: Salute to Lecturers” embody presenting sponsor San Diego County Credit score Union, Feeding San Diego, Procopio, iHeart Radio, KPBS, Meritage, The Mightier 1090, and The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Transient bios of the 5 San Diego County Lecturers of the 12 months are included beneath together with a testimonial, and images could also be discovered on this Google folder. You could view right here a full record of the 40 nominees from whom the 5 County Lecturers of the 12 months have been chosen.
Stephanie Cluxton, Kindergarten, Torrey Hills Faculty, Del Mar Union Faculty District
Torrey Hills Faculty (Del Mar Union Faculty District) kindergarten trainer Stephanie Cluxton strives to create a classroom atmosphere the place college students take possession of their studying, deepen their curiosity, and uncover their items. She believes in instructing and interesting the entire baby, counting teachers and social-emotional studying as equally vital. Her connections with college students and households transcend the classroom to offer the absolute best experiences for the younger learners in her classroom.
“Once you meet Stephanie, you immediately really feel heat and fuzzy inside. Her enthusiasm, love, and fervour for instructing and for her college students radiates. My oldest daughter had her in 2020 when issues abruptly shifted from in-person normalcy to distant studying. In a time of nice uncertainty Stephanie’s calm voice echoing over Zoom calls comforted each college students and fogeys alike. She gracefully dealt with distant studying, connecting with kindergarteners and their households throughout unimaginable circumstances. It was then that it actually felt like she was a part of our household. Her kindness, cheerfulness, and unmatched persistence are qualities I enormously admire.”
Lauren, guardian, Torrey Hills Faculty
Jacqueline Ma, Grade 6, Lincoln Acres Elementary, Nationwide Faculty District
Jacqueline Ma is a sixth grade trainer at Lincoln Acres Elementary in Nationwide Metropolis, a part of the Nationwide Faculty District. She considers the relationships she maintains together with her college students her biggest accomplishments. She has spearheaded a schoolwide STEM enchancment plan, bringing in outdoors organizations – together with the Salk Institute, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, the Fleet Science Heart, and the San Diego Zoo – and offering alternatives for college kids to work together with professionals doing the work to higher visualize a path to a rewarding STEM profession.
“I can’t think about a extra certified and passionate educator to obtain this honor. The creativity, initiative, collaboration, and 100% dedication Ms. Ma has for her college students and the college is immeasurable. When college students depart Ms. Ma’s room, they’re extra assured college students, extra engaged residents, and extra considerate adolescents who know they’re beloved.”
Kathy Melanese, principal, Lincoln Acres Elementary
Aimee McCoy, Grade 8 Humanities and AVID, Mesa Verde Center Faculty, Poway Unified Faculty District
Aimee McCoy is an eighth grade language arts trainer and AVID coordinator at Mesa Verde Center Faculty, situated in Poway Unified Faculty District. She believes that permitting college students to “really feel valued by sharing and asking questions” is important to the success of the entire class. She enjoys bringing the neighborhood to campus so college students can study in regards to the vary of profession and academic paths they will pursue. Her encouragement and instruction encourage her college students and fellow educators.
“In our AVID class, we had a very various group of scholars from all completely different backgrounds and skills, however Ms. McCoy appeared to find time for every one among us and appeared to attach and respect every particular person pupil. This particular connection Ms. McCoy makes together with her college students meant she was actually there for you if you have been having a tough time. She’s not simply targeted on the lecturers, but additionally on college students and their well-being. Ms. McCoy is a tremendous instance of what a trainer must be: educated, enjoyable, capable of join, and a very good mentor. I’ll eternally be glad about and look as much as her.”
Callie, former pupil
Juanita Nuñez, Ocean View Hills, Sundown, Smythe, Willow, and La Mirada elementary faculties, Grades 4-6 STEM/Bodily Training, San Ysidro Faculty District
Juanita Nuñez is a STEM and bodily schooling trainer throughout 5 completely different faculties inside the San Ysidro Faculty District. She engages 370 college students every week in 80-minute “Sci-Phy” lessons, the place a mix of science and bodily schooling instruction is roofed. Juanita grew up a baby of migratory farm staff, and her early experiences have formed her right into a compassionate and provoking educator. Those that know her say Juanita pours her coronary heart, soul, and thoughts into making studying enjoyable and significant for her college students.
“Juanita is the kind of uncommon and delightful human being that may mesh each side of the mind to instruct college students in superior materials whereas completely having fun with themselves. She’s clever and able to instructing robotics, however humorous and charismatic on the similar time. Her college students love her and bond together with her. She teaches them life classes proper together with science and expertise classes. Her college students come again years later and pinpoint what they discovered from her. Some of those vital classes are life classes which have saved lives. She has the capability to construct belief and connections with college students. These college students confide in her and he or she dedicates infinite hours to supporting them and ensuring they’re in a very good mind-set. As soon as they’re able to study, she takes them to superior ranges of rigor in science and expertise. Ms. Nuñez’s college students are lucky to have such a proficient, clever, and nurturing trainer.”
Elva De Baca, useful resource trainer, San Ysidro Faculty District
Melissa Rains, Grade 8 Science, Fort Park Center Faculty, Sweetwater Union Excessive Faculty District
College students in Melissa Rains’ Fort Park Center Faculty (Sweetwater Union excessive Faculty District) science class are greeted with a every day “Query of the Day” designed to gauge how they’re feeling coming into class. The solutions information the primary matter of dialog when class begins, and the group segues right into a “aware second” earlier than the science lesson of the day. Melissa believes that her connection together with her college students is the muse from which they will discover and recognize science.
“One step into Melissa’s classroom and you may really feel the belief among the many college students and the mutual respect that they share with their trainer. Melissa has mastered the artwork of being a ‘heat demander,’ the fragile steadiness of setting excessive expectations and the help in place for all college students to realize their highest potential. She has cultivated a tradition and local weather in her classroom that’s exemplary of what all of us in schooling wish to see occurring throughout the nation.”
Luis Lopez, fairness and tradition curriculum TOSA, Sweetwater Union Excessive Faculty District
