TOWSON, MD. – Five Baltimore County Public Schools educators have been named finalists for the school system’s annual Teacher of the Year award for 2013-2014.
“Our Teacher of the Year program allows us to celebrate the teaching profession and the high quality of educators employed by Baltimore County Public Schools,” said Superintendent Dr. S. Dallas Dance. “The five teachers named finalists this year represent diverse subject areas and levels of instruction, but they share an extraordinary commitment to the academic and personal success of their students. In honoring these five finalists, we hope to bring positive attention to all 8,800 BCPS teachers and the work they do each day to ensure that we graduate globally competitive young men and women.”
The finalists are:
- Andrea Bissell, a mathematics teacher at Chesapeake High School in Essex
- Lynn Detter, a Grade 4 teacher at Riderwood Elementary School in Towson
- Cara Detwiler, a Grade 4 teacher at Johnnycake Elementary School in Woodlawn
- Sean McComb, an English teacher and AVID coordinator at Patapsco High School & Center for the Arts in Dundalk
- Kay Soonfah-Senior, a Spanish teacher at Cockeysville Middle School in Cockeysville