Two Uº£½ÇÉçÇø alums are º£½ÇÉçÇø Teacher of the Year finalists

August 25, 2021 Elementary Education, In the News, Literacy, News, School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development, School of Kinesiology, Physical Education and Athletic Training, School of Learning and Teaching, Secondary Education, Student & Alumni Profiles

Penobscot County Teacher of the Year Kelsey Stoyanova and Waldo County Teacher of the Year Hillary Hoyt, both graduates of the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø College of Education and Human Development, have been named finalists for 2022 º£½ÇÉçÇø Teacher of the Year.

Stoyanova is an eighth grade language arts teacher at Reeds Brook Middle School in Hampden. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø, she has a master of education in literacy education and is working to complete a master of education in educational leadership in 2023.

Hoyt is a third grade teacher at Leroy H. Smith School in Winterport, where she teaches math, reading, writing, social studies and science. She has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø.

The third finalist is Paige Fournier, the 2021 Cumberland County Teacher of the Year, who is a middle level special educator at Freeport Middle School.

The º£½ÇÉçÇø Department of Education shared a with more information about the three finalists, one of whom will be named 2022 º£½ÇÉçÇø Teacher of the Year in October.

The º£½ÇÉçÇø Teacher of the Year program is administered through a partnership between º£½ÇÉçÇø DOE, Educate º£½ÇÉçÇø, the º£½ÇÉçÇø County and State Teacher of the Year Association, and the º£½ÇÉçÇø State Board of Education.