We are proud to feature the finest educators and teaching talent in our Louisiana schools.
DOLLY PARTTON’S
IMAGINATION LIBRARY
OCTOBER 2023
Lake Charles Charter Academy, Lake Charles Charter Academy Foundation
Third Grade Teacher
Math and Science
2024 Louisiana State Teacher of the Year Semifinalist
KAYLA HEBERT
SEPTEMBER 2023
Terrebonne Parish School District
Ellender Memorial High
Supervisor of Special Education Services
Principal Ellender Memorial High
2024 Louisiana Principal of the Year Semifinalist
BLAISE PELLEGRIN
AUGUST 2023
Ascension Parish School System
Lakeside Primary
First Grade Teacher
Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Social Studies
2022-23 Milken Educator Award recipient
ELISE FREDERIC
JULY 2023
West Baton Rouge Parish
Cohn Elementary School
2022-23 Milken Educator Award recipient
5th Grade Science Teacher
DEREKA DUNCAN
JUNE 2023
Lafayette Parish School System
Green T. Lindon Elementary School
3rd, 5th Grade
ELA, Social Studies, and Science Teacher
2022-23 Milken Educator Award recipient
CORRIE CAMPBELL
MAY 2023
St. Charles Parish Public Schools
Destrehan High School
2023 Louisiana New Teacher of the Year
JORDYN VICKNAIR
APRIL 2023
DeSoto Parish
North DeSoto High School
2023 High School Principal of the Year
TAMRA PHILLIPS
MARCH 2023
Orleans Parish – NOEEN
Wilcox’s Academy of Early Learning, Wilcox Academy Too, Wilcox Academy Central City and Wilcox Academy at SUNO
2023 Louisiana Early Childhood Leader of the Year
ROCHELLE WILCOX
FEBRUARY 2023
Principal, Lowery Middle School
2023 Middle School Principal of the Year
MICHAEL HILTON
JANUARY 2023
2023 Louisiana State High School Teacher of the Year
English IV, AP English Literature and Composition, and Duel Enrollment Composition II
Chalmette High School/ St. Bernard Parish
JUSTIN TEMPLET
DECEMBER 2022
2023 Louisiana Elementary School State Principal of the Year
Haynesville Elementary School, Principal/Claiborne Parish
HEATHER BROOKS
NOVEMBER 2022
2023 Louisiana State Principal of the Year
Harry Hurst Middle School,
Principal/St. Charles Parish Public Schools
DR. DAVID SCHEXNAYDRE, JR.
OCTOBER 2022
2023 Louisiana State Teacher of the Year
St. Charles Parish – Hahnville High School
Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry
BRITTANY BONNAFFONS
SEPTEMBER 2022
Teacher, 11th and 12th Grade
Caddo Parish
C.E. Byrd High School
AP European History, AP Research & AP Psychology
JOHN LARY
AUGUST 2022
2022 Louisiana Public Interest Fellow
St. Charles Parish
Lulling Elementary School, Assistant Principal
BRIAN GOUGH
JULY 2022
2022 Louisiana Exemplary Educator
St. Tammany Parish
Carolyn Park Middle and
Mayfield Elementary Instructional Coach
DANIELLE TROULLIER
JUNE 2022
2021-22 Milken Educator Award recipient
East Feliciana Public Schools
Slaughter Elementary School
English Language Arts
3rd Grade Teacher
LAURA LAICHE
MAY 2022
Teacher, 9th and 10th Grade
Orleans Parish
Benjamin Franklin High School
Geometry and Algebra I
2021-22 Milken Educator Award recipient
JAY WEISMAN
APRIL 2022
Richland Parish
Holly Ridge Elementary School
ERNEST HILL
MARCH 2022
2021 State Teacher of the Year Finalist
5th Grade Teacher at Stem Magnet Academy of Pointe Coupee
Pointe Coupee Parish Schools
BRIDGET BERRY
FEBRUARY 2022
Lake Elementary
in Ascension Parish
2022 Louisiana Middle School Principal of the Year
DR. JEREMY MUSE
JANUARY 2022
Beauregard Parish
South Beauregard Elementary
2022 Louisiana Elementary School State Teacher of the Year
KAITLYN RICHARD
DECEMBER 2021
Calcasieu Parish
Washington Marion Magnet High School
2022 Louisiana High School State Principal of the Year
PRINCIPAL RONNIE W. HARVEY, JR.
West Leesville Elementary,
Principal Vernon Parish
2022 Louisiana State Elementary
Principal of the Year
KAREN ROBERTSON
OCTOBER 2021
2022 Louisiana state Principal of the Year
Queensborough Leadership Academy,
Caddo Parrish Schools
MARCO D. FRENCH
AUGUST 2021
2022 LA Teacher of the Year Semifinalist
9-12 ELA/Social Studies Curriculum Specialist
Evangeline Parish School District
KAYLA JOSEPH
JULY 2021
Green T. Lindon Elementary School,
Lafayette Parish, Principal
2022 Principal of the Year Semifinalist
GINGER RICHARD
JUNE 2021
Jefferson Parish
John Q. Adams Middle School
2021 State Principal of the Year Finalist
JASON BEBER
MAY 2021
Rosepine Elementary, Vernon Parish
5th grade/Science & Social Studies Teacher
2021 State Teacher of the Year Semifinalist
JESSICA DEON
APRIL 2021
Principal at Good Hope Middle School, Ouachita Parish
2018 Louisiana State Principal of the Year Finalist
TWAINNA CALHOUN
MARCH 2021
Alice Boucher Elementary, Lafayette Parish
Assistant Principal and Certified Special Education Teacher
2018 Louisiana State Teacher of the Year Finalist
SARAH GROS
FEBRUARY 2021
Glasgow Middle School, East Baton Rouge Parish
Teacher of Roman Technology, Classical Mythology, and Latin
2021 Louisiana State Teacher of the Year
NATHALIE ROY
JANUARY 2021
Vernon Parish
Parkway Elementary School, Principal
2021 Louisiana State Principal of the Year
ALNATA DIONE BRADFORD
DECEMBER 2020
Orleans Parish
Benjamin Franklin High School
English Language Arts Teacher
2021 Louisiana High School State Teacher of the Year
KATE YOUNGBLOOD
NOVEMBER 2020
Lafourche Parish
West Thibodaux Middle School
6th-grade Ancient History Teacher
TRINETTE L. WALLACE
OCTOBER 2020
Vermilion Parish High School Teacher of the Year, 2019-2020
Louisiana State Teacher of the Year Finalist, 2021
CARRIE VARINO
SEPTEMBER 2020
Physics and Chemistry Teacher Iowa High School;
2021 Louisiana State Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalist
JENNIFER UNDERWOOD
AUGUST 2020
2019 Louisiana State
Teacher of the Year
SPENCER KIPER
JULY 2020
Louisiana Educators Rising,
KIMBERLY ECKERT
JANUARY 2020
Louisiana’s 2019 Elementary State Teacher of the Year,
TASHA JOLIVETTE-JONES
Louisiana Principal of the Year,
JENNY CAREY
NOVEMBER 2019
2016 Louisiana Teacher of the Year,
KELLY STOMPS
SEPTEMBER 2019
Louisiana Teacher of the Year,
CHRIS DIER
AUGUST 2019
Forest Heights Academy of Excellence
APRIL 2019
St. Tammany Parish Public School System
MARCH 2019
Director, St. Michael School Bell Choir
MRS. JILL HITCHINS
FEBRUARY 2019
Superintendent
MELISSA MARTIN STILLEY
JANUARY 2019
School Counselor
TARA WASHINGTON
DECEMBER 2018
L.J. Alleman Middle School
NOVEMBER 2018
