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The Academy of Teachers is made up of all former Golden Apple recipients. This group of outstanding teachers meets regularly to share best practices for excellence in teaching. The purpose of the Academy of Teachers is to inspire and support excellence in education.

Academy members volunteer regularly to assist The Foundation with projects such as the Golden Apple Dinner and the Take Stock in Children Auction and hold workshops on writing Classroom Grants for all interested teachers.

Some of the goals the Academy of Teachers are working on:

assist with providing feedback to GA Selection committee members about the Golden Apple Process
utilize their expertise as classroom teachers for modeling and assisting other teachers
developing strategies for how we can share excellent teaching skills with fellow teachers
business/school adoption
look into some of the unmet needs our teachers have that the business community could assist with.
mentor teachers going through the Golden Apple process and share their experiences and what to expect.
assist with getting more schools and teachers trained in Sterling/Glasser Quality Training, possibly training the trainers.


1988:	Georgia Brown Janice H. Cook William A. Dubee Betty Larkin Lee E. Werst Sr. Kenneth Wright	1989:	Daniel Aleman Susie Kinkead Susan Miller Amy Sijan Diane Stewart Vicki Stockman
1990:	Carl Burnside Robert Fain Susan Fussell Lucille Schonbrun Sybil Knight	1991:	Howard Berryman Karen Conners Dr. John Miller, Jr. Louise Taylor Deborah Tihen
1992:	Linda Campochiaro Timothy Ferguson Judith Stacy Gault Mark Kelly Denise York	1993:	Maryjane Boisvert Rosanne Lieberman Sandra "Cindy" McClung Ruth Rigby Lynn Titus
1994:	Dorothy Gortonn Kimberly Lunger Betty Maher Carol Shelton Connie Whiteside	1995:	Lyn K. Brownn Dr. Lynda Levine-Brown Lisa B. Shirey Mary Kaye Stevens Lemeul Teal
1996:	Dorothy Jeterr Betsy Lawton Ceclyn Mullings Cheryl Powell Gretchen Wahlberg	1997:	Tese Bedwell Willis Marcia Fain Leona Lynn Herell Richard Lawton Georgianna McDaniel
1998:	Irene Linnn Jandy McCoy Leanne Migliore Donna Robson Nancy Wiseman	1999:	Stacey Chadwick Brownn Derrick L. Donnell Helen Garcia-Valdez Betsy Binkley Henry Dorothy Lillian Kiesel
2000:	Ingela Conley Catherine mp Walter McGee Caren Pearson Susan Pearson Evelyn Rivera	2001:	Hana Z. Ahmad Cheryl Dooley Charlotte Gomez-Lippincott Jeff Kulie Lorna Matteson Beth Williamson
2002:	Karen Cabai Carolyn Gora Linda Graham Carlos Negron Peter Rausch Aimee Roles-Coston	2003:	Brandie Beryy Lori Faase Brooks Susan Joiner Dianne Konkel Francine Waltman Debra Wheeler
2004:	Mary Anne Delacenserie Jamie Newlin Kirschner Joseph LaGrange Ron Riis Pamela Schwantes Michelle Talbott	2005:	Ileane Flores Erin Groeneveld SFC John Hyler Beverly "B.J." Nelson Patricia Scott John Witt
2006:	Mark Dahlberg Alex Dworzanski Virginia Diane Elswick Jane Nordquist Anita Ramirez Jamie Reid	2007:	Michael Cook Jackie Corey Patricia Loverock Lauri Ann Brown Terri Ganey Robert Snyder
2008:	Ella Grady Jim Knecht Debra Leith Dyann Miller Suzanne Roberts Dawn Voyer	2009:	Debra Hornick Leisha Roy Tilisa Skerczak Debbie Suhrie Jennifer Tomlinson Mirta Torres
2010: 2012:	Kristin Cohen Morgan Kirk Nancy Loughlin Kathryn McKinnon Lisa Vazquez Renee Wagner-Pachiva Billy Lansberry Heather Millican Charles O'Connor Laura Reed Eric Riemenschneider Kimberly Smith	2011:	Candyce Bond Patricia Buitrago Jennifer Einstein James Guffey Donald Payne Paula Sizemore

Academy of Teachers Newsletter:

Issue 2 - March 2012

Issue 1 - June 2011

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