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Four Henderson County public school teachers have recently earned National Board Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards while 16 recertified their credentials in 2021. Read Story »
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Blue Ridge Community College recently recognized five outstanding individuals from its faculty and staff who received the College’s 2022 Faculty and Staff awards. Read Story »
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The Henderson County Education Foundation has launched a new scholarship program aimed at increasing diversity in the county school system’s teaching workforce. Read Story »
Tags: African-American history | teachers | black lives matter | diversity | equity and inclusion
An East Henderson High School teacher has been selected as a state finalist for the prestigious 2021 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. Read Story »
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Under the ruse of a Monday morning pep rally for a canned food drive, district administrators gathered the Mills River Elementary school community to surprise second grade teacher Ryan Mitchell with the news that he is the 2022 North Carolina Regional Teacher of the Year for the Western Region. Read Story »
Tags: teachers | schoolteachers | teacher of the year | Ryan Mitchell
Described as an emerging rock star in teaching, Haley S. Staton, an exceptional children teacher at Edneyville Elementary School, is Henderson County Public Schools’ nominee for the 2022 North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Beginning Teacher of the Year recognition. Read Story »
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RALEIGH — Public school teachers in North Carolina receive an average annual salary of $53,392 for the current school year, according to the latest figures from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. That puts the state second best in the Southeast — behind Georgia — in average teacher pay. Read Story »
RALEIGH —Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced on March 16 the creation of a task force dedicated to giving “students, parents, and school faculty a voice to speak out about cases of bias, inappropriate materials, or indoctrination they see or experience in public schools.” Read Story »
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Eleven educators in Henderson County public schools earned National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification this spring. Read Story »
The local Alpha Lambda chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International nominated three local educators for DKG awards. Read Story »
Tags: teachers | teaching | teacher of the year | Jan King | DKG
Team Fortitude, a three-person team of eighth-grade teachers, and a teacher assistant at Apple Valley Middle School have been recognized by the North Carolina Association for Middle Level Education for their outstanding performance in middle school education. Read Story »
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Shanice Hill, a 6th grade math teacher at Apple Valley Middle School, has been named a state finalist for the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching 2020 Prudential NC Beginning Teacher of the Year Award. Read Story »
Tags: Apple Valley Middle School | teachers | teacher of the year | STEM
A middle and high school English teacher from Henderson County has been named to the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a recognized national leader in professional development programming for North Carolina schoolteachers. Read Story »
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Three veteran teachers with nearly 100 years experience combined will be inducted into the 2020 class of the 2020 Education Hall of Fame, the Henderson County Education Foundation announced. Read Story »
Twelve more Henderson County public school teachers have earned certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, school administrators announced Monday. Read Story »
Thomas Savage, a science teacher at Henderson County Early College, will be presented with the 2019 NCSTA District Eight Outstanding High School Science Teaching Award at the annual NCSTA Conference at Benton Convention Center in Winston- Salem on Thursday. Read Story »
State Rep. Jake Johnson on Thursday applauded an education budget that would direct an additional $245,488,949 in pay raises for teachers and other school personnel. Read Story »
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Megan W. Ford, a seventh grade math and science teacher at Flat Rock Middle School, was awarded the 2019 Henderson County Teacher of the Year at a luncheon presented by AdventHealth held on Friday at the Hendersonville Country Club. Read Story »
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