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 |
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.