Baltimore County Teacher of the Year named finalist for state honors: Patapsco High School’s Sean McComb one of seven contenders

TOWSON –Baltimore County’s 2013-2014 Teacher of the Year, Sean McComb of Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts, learned this morning that he has been selected as one of seven finalists for the Maryland Teacher of the Year honor. McComb, who teaches English and is the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) coordinator at Patapsco High School & Center for the Arts, was chosen as Baltimore County’s Teacher of the Year in May. “We are so proud to have Sean represent the excellence of BCPS educators. He exemplifies the expertise, energy and dedication our teachers bring to their classrooms every day,” said Dance. “We wish him well as he moves forward in the Teacher of the Year process and with his continued efforts, as he describes it, to help students ‘achieve, awaken and ascend.’” In addition to teaching at Patapsco, McComb has been an adjunct instructor at Towson University’s School of Education since 2009. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with both a bachelor’s and master’s degree, he has coached tennis and track at Patapsco and was captain of a men’s elite Ultimate Frisbee club. The seven finalists for the prestigious Teacher of the Year award were selected from among local teachers of the year in each of the state's 23 counties and Baltimore City. The state Teacher of the Year will be announced during a gala awards banquet on October 11 at Martin’s West in Woodlawn. The winner will receive a cash award; $20,000 in technology equipment from Smart Technologies, Apple Computers, and other companies; and a new car donated by the Maryland Automobile Dealers’ Association.