The Hartford Schools’ Teacher of the Year will be announced on May 24th at a banquet in the Marriott, but first, the list needs to be narrowed. David Medina explains that each nominated teacher will “undergo an intensive screening and interview process conducted by a special district-wide Teacher of the Year committee made up of Hartford Public School curriculum directors, officials from the Hartford Federation of Teachers and former winners of the event.”
The next step, he said, is for the committee to narrow the field to three finalists, who will be video-taped at their respective schools. They will then be “asked to complete a series of written essay questions,” Medina said.
This year’s nominees are:
Autumn Baltimore – Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy
Beth Bashir – Naylor/CCCSU Leadership Academy
Heidi Bothameley – High School, Inc.
Irma Carrillo – Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts
Lisa Clayton – Martin Luther King Jr. School
Vernell Cohen – Simpson-Waverly Elementary School
Maribel Corbett – Bulkeley Lower School
Robert Field – McDonough Expeditionary Learning School
Megan Fitzgerald – Journalism & Media Academy
Christine Gauthier-Shackford – Global Communications Academy
Kevin Geissler – Clark Elementary School
Carol Gilberty-Rimondi – Maria Sanchez Elementary School
John Griffin – Pathways to Technology
Margaret S. Haeflich – Latino Studies Academy @ Burns School
Jasmin Harding – Dwight/Bellizzi Asian Studies Academy
Jennifer Higgins – Nursing Academy
Danielle Hodge – Kennelly Elementary School
Irene Killian – University High School of Science & Engineering
Ashley LaParre – Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy
Marianne Lizotte – Noah Webster MicoSociety Magnet School
Brian Morin – Expeditionary Learning Academy @ Moylan
William Morrison – Academy of Engineering and Green Technology
Lynne Reznick – Classical Magnet
Miriam Rodriguez – CommPACT School @ M.D. Fox
Ana Roman – Core Knowledge Academy @ Milner School
Jessica Sartori – Batchelder Elementary School
Keith Sevigny – STEM Magnet School @ Annie Fisher
Michael Sposito – Environmental Sciences Magnet School @ Mary Hooker
Kerry Swistro – Bulkeley Upper School
Kelly Taylor – Burr Elementary
Courtney Thomson – Breakthrough II
Christine Tofil – Culinary Arts Academy
Miriam Vazquez – Breakthrough Magnet
Maria Velazquez – America’s Choice @ SAND School
Judith Weiner – Rawson Elementary
Barbara Wolejko – Early Reading Lab @ Ramon E. Betances School
Mary Cavallo – West Middle School
Sherri Ziplow – Wish Elementary School
