Feb 6, 2020 | TXTOY Perspective
by Karen Sams, 2020 Texas Teacher of the Year Every morning, when I walk into my classroom, I look up and read a quote that I have posted by Dr. Rita F. Pearson. “Every child deserves a champion — an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of...
Oct 25, 2019 | Press Release, TASA News, Texas Teacher of the Year
TASA, which facilitates the Texas Teacher of the Year program, named Texas’ top teachers for 2020 at the Texas Teacher of the Year awards luncheon at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin October 25, 2019. Both state-level winners will receive a cash award...
Sep 14, 2018 | Press Release, TASA News, Texas Teacher of the Year
TASA, which facilitates the Texas Teacher of the Year program, has named Rhonda Peña, a fifth-grade mathematics teacher from Mission CISD, the 2019 Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year, and Jeff Wheatcraft, an eighth-grade science teacher from Alamo Heights ISD, the...
Aug 20, 2018 | Press Release, TASA News, Texas Teacher of the Year
TASA announced today that six outstanding educators from across Texas have been chosen as finalists in the 2019 Texas Teacher of the Year program. Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year Finalists Rhonda Peña, Bryan Elementary School, Mission CISD “Our students are our...
Sep 15, 2017 | Press Release, TASA News, Texas Teacher of the Year
TASA, which facilitates the Texas Teacher of the Year program, has named Marissa Torres, a third-grade teacher from White Settlement ISD, the 2018 Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year, and Tara Bordeaux, a media arts teacher from Austin ISD, the 2018 Texas Secondary...
