teacher of the year

PULASKI COUNTY, Ark. --The Pulaski County Special School District (PCSSD) is once again participating in the Arkansas Teacher of the Year program with the Arkansas Department of Education. The school-level winners for the 2023-2024 school year are vying to earn the spot of the 2025 Arkansas Teacher of the Year.

Through a rigorous selection process, each of PCSSD’s 26 schools selected one educator as their school teacher of the year. The following teachers were selected to represent their school based on nominations and recommendations from their peers.

SCHOOL

TEACHER

BAKER ELEMENTARY

Nakesha Cunningham

CATO ELEMENTARY

Katie Beard

CHENAL ELEMENTARY

Jeanie Wilcoxon

COLLEGE STATION ELEMENTARY

Brittney Larry

CRYSTAL HILL ELEMENTARY

Kaneisha Johnson

DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY

Katherine Osborne

HARRIS ELEMENTARY

Jarrod Haymond

LANDMARK ELEMENTARY

Britney Block

LAWSON ELEMENTARY

Dana James

OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY

Kim Lee

OAKBROOKE ELEMENTARY

Olydia Liddell

PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY

Sheree Tolefree

ROBINSON ELEMENTARY

Bridget Hudson

SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY

Leona Sanders

SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY

Stephanie Belin

WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON ELEMENTARY

Lakesha Banks

MAUMELLE MIDDLE

Whitney Walker

MILLS MIDDLE

Chantyana Gray

ROBINSON MIDDLE

Martha Melendez

SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE

Michael Boyd

SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH

Char Dupins

MAUMELLE HIGH

Joshua Jackson

MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGH

Amanda Davis

ROBINSON HIGH

Heather Moreland

SYLVAN HILLS HIGH

Robin Dunlap

DRIVEN VIRTUAL ACADEMY

Stephanie Johnson

CENTER OF INNOVATION

Emily Wyatt

A panel made up of District and school administrators will review the school-level teachers of the year to determine the PCSSD Teacher of the Year. The District winner will be announced at a celebration banquet next month.

PCSSD followed the Arkansas Department of Education Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Teacher of the Year guidelines, including the teacher’s impact on school culture, leadership in and out of the classroom, and student connections. The winner of the PCSSD Teacher of the Year will be submitted to DESE for consideration for the 2025 Arkansas Teacher of the Year.