South Bend Community School Corporation names 2022 Teacher of the Year
Posted: May 4, 2022 11:05 AM EST
Avery is a second-grade teacher at Madison STEAM Academy.
Twenty-eight nominees were honored at the ceremony, which was held in-person for the first time since 2019.
Nominees were chosen by peers in their respective schools. Of the 28, a group of ten were chosen as an “honors group” by a panel of retired and current teachers.
Avery and the runner-up were chosen from the honors group.
The runner-up Teacher of the Year is Pamela Hirschler, a fourth-grade teacher at Swanson Traditional School.
As the SBCSC Teacher of the Year, Avery will receive a $2,500 Professional Growth Grant from the South Bend Education Foundation.
She will also represent the school corporation as a 2021-22 Indiana Teacher of the Year candidate.
