2024 Georgia Teacher of the Year Christy Todd – a music technology teacher at Rising Starr Middle School in Fayette County Public Schools – is one of four finalists for the 2024 National Teacher of the Year, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) announced today.
Todd, who has spent the past year serving as a voice for public education as the 2024 Georgia Teacher of the Year, will compete for the national honor along with three other teachers from Alaska, New Jersey, and Tennessee.
“I could not be prouder of our Georgia Teacher of the Year, Christy Todd, and I can’t think of anyone more deserving of this phenomenal honor,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said. “Christy expands students’ horizons and prepares them for potential careers in Georgia’s growing creative industries by combining technology with the fine arts. Her creativity, commitment, and skill are gifts to her students in Fayette County, and her outstanding advocacy for students and teachers have been gifts to the state of Georgia this year. She is the ideal candidate to represent the profession as the 2024 National Teacher of the Year, and I have no doubt she will represent our state with distinction.”
The four finalists announced today will go on to conduct interviews with the National Teacher of the Year Program’s Selection Committee. CCSSO will announce the 2024 National Teacher of the Year this spring, and that individual will spend the next year serving as an ambassador and advocate for all teachers and students across the U.S. states, territories, and District of Columbia.
“I am honored and humbled by this opportunity to represent Georgia as a 2024 National Teacher of the Year finalist, and want to thank my family, colleagues, students, mentors, and community who have been by my side every step of the way,” Todd said. “This work is not mine alone, and I’m overjoyed to shine a light on the dedicated educators who are shaping…
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