This page contains information on all the 2019 and 2018 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Achievement Award Winners.
2019 Teacher Achievement Award Winners
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2019 Elementary School Teacher Achievement Award Winners
- NyRee D. Clayton-Taylor - Phillis Wheatley Elementary School (Louisville)
- Lindsey Depenbrock - Wellington Elementary (Lexington)
- Megen Gearhart - Olive Hill Elementary School (Olive Hill)
- Amanda Klare - Beechwood Elementary (Ft. Mitchell)
- Candace A. Nickles - Beaver Creek Elementary (Topmost)
- Matthew Pollock - Brandenburg Primary School (Brandenburg)
- Samantha Tabor - Concord Elementary School (Paducah)
- Ashley Whitehead-Judd - Tyner Elementary (Tyner)
2019 Middle School Teacher Achievement Award Winners
- Larry Bailey - Ashland Middle School (Ashland)
- Jessica Dueñas - Oldham County Middle School (La Grange)
- Scott Dunn - Meece Middle School (Somerset)
- Hope K. Foster - Murray Middle School (Murray)
- Christina O’Bryan Howard - College View Middle School (Owensboro)
- Brooke Powers - Beaumont Middle School (Lexington)
- Kerri Stanfield - Mason County Middle School (Maysville)
- Emmanuel A. Stone - Shelby County West Middle School (Shelbyville)
2019 High School Teacher Achievement Award Winners
- Kelli Akers - Betsy Layne High School (Betsy Layne)
- Christy Bickett - North Bullitt High School (Shepherdsville)
- Steve Easley - Daviess County High School (Owensboro)
- Cayeann Cowan - Robertson County School (Mount Olivet)
- Tiffany Marsh - Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Lexington)
- Susan McLaughlin-Jones - Lafayette High School (Lexington)
- Jeremy Phillips - Madison Central High School (Richmond)
- Abigail A. Wheaton - Union County High School (Morganfield)
2018 Teacher Achievement Award Winners
1st row, left to right: Director Mardi Montgomery, Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton, Jennifer Meo-Sexton, Kellie Clark, Belinda Raye Furman, Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt and CEO Sam Mitchell; 2nd and 3rd rows: Valvoline Teacher Achievement Awards Winners
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2018 Elementary School Teacher Achievement Award Winners
- Amber Meghan Day Adams - Wrigley Elementary School (West Liberty)
- Lori Clements - West Louisville Elementary (Owensboro)
- Natasha Craft - Pulaski Elementary School (Somerset)
- Belinda Raye Furman - Sherman Elementary School (Williamstown)
- Wendy Gamblin - West Broadway Elementary School (Madisonville)
- Cheryl Nance – Collins Lane Elementary (Frankfort)
- Carla Oetinger - Ryland Heights Elementary (Ft. Wright)
- Mandy Ridenour - Audubon Traditional Elementary School (Louisville)
2018 Middle School Teacher Achievement Award Winners
- Jennifer Bea Beasley - Meece Middle School (Somerset)
- Ashley Danielle Haynes - Hazard Middle School (Hazard)
- Kim Joiner - Noe Middle School (Louisville)
- Brianne McDowell - Mason County Middle School (Maysville)
- Ashley Marie McGaughey - Spencer County Middle School (Taylorsville)
- Jennifer Meo-Sexton – Bondurant Middle School (Frankfort)
- Apryl Moore - The Academy at Shawnee (Louisville)
- Olga Payne - Daviess County Middle School (Owenton)
2018 High School Teacher Achievement Award Winners
- Amy J. Argo - Lyon County High School (Eddyville)
- Misty Bivens - LaRue County High School (Hodgenville)
- Kellie Clark - Randall K. Cooper High School (Florence)
- Taylor Clements - Atherton High School (Louisville)
- Ben Davis - Campbellsville High school (Campbellsville)
- Cortney H. Flannery - Betsy Layne High School (Betsy Layne)
- Doug Logan - Randall K. Cooper High School (Florence)
- Ryan New – Boyle County High School (Boyle)