Meet the 2023 SCOLT Teachers of the Year!

Each state in the SCOLT region can send a Teacher of the Year candidate to SCOLT. Candidates participate in interviews on the Thursday of the conference and are honored at the Opening General Session. The SCOLT Teacher of the Year is announced at the Opening General Session and this person represents SCOLT in the ACTFL Teacher of the Year process. Each state’s Teacher of the Year is a model language educator.

Click on each picture to hear how the state Teacher of the Year answered the question, “What advice would you give someone starting the profession?”.

Sara Ahnell

Alabama

Luisa Meyer

Florida

DiAnne Johnson

Georgia

Ke Peng

Kentucky

Leigh Grace Rouyer

Louisiana

Julie Roberts

Mississippi

Bethanie Drew

North Carolina

Xiaolin (Rebecca) Feng

South Carolina

Ryan Sellers

Tennessee

Martha Davis

Virginia

Elizabeth Sanchez

West Virginia