Top Texas Teachers Honored By College of Education and Texas Exes

Ten high school and two elementary teachers from around the state have been selected to receive the 2010 Texas Exes Awards for Outstanding Teachers, an awards program administered by The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education and Texas Exes, the alumni association.

The teachers will be honored during the Conference on Texas Excellence in Education at an awards banquet on Feb.12 at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on The University of Texas campus. The banquet is hosted by University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers.

The awards recognize teachers who are supportive of their students, bring credit to the teaching profession and are held in the highest regard by students, fellow teachers, administrators, parents and the community. The awards have been given since 1987, honoring 263 teachers over the past 23 years.

High school teachers are nominated by their principals and elementary teachers by their Regional Service Centers, and the winners are chosen by a committee of alumni volunteers, former recipients and College of Education faculty. Each honoree receives $2,250, a specially commissioned bronze sculpture, additional honors and recognition and an all expense paid two-day trip to the Conference on Texas Excellence in Education.

Winners of the 2010 Texas Exes Awards for Outstanding Teachers are:

Sharon Brown, English, New Waverly High School, New Waverly ISD, the Lillian B. Rhodes Award
Deborah Dixon, Fifth Grade, Woodridge Elementary, Alamo Heights ISD, the Suzan and Julius Glickman Award
Donna Gunter, Mathematics, L.C. Anderson High School, Austin ISD, the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Award
Connie Johnson, English, Henrietta High School, Henrietta ISD, the Lillian B. Rhodes Award
Norman LaFave, Physics, Klein Forest High School, Klein ISD, the Houston Texas Exes Chapter Award
Craig McKinney, English and Humanities, Shepton High School, Plano ISD, the Jane Johnson Wilson Award
Jenny Montalvo, Special Education, St. Louis Elementary, Tyler ISD, the Verna Rogers Award
Vivian Moreland, English, Italy High School, Italy ISD, The Gordon Appleman Award
Connie Ramos, AVID (College Readiness), Earl Warren High School, Northside ISD, the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Award
Bill Russell, Mathematics, James Bowie High School, Austin ISD, the Mrs. Harold B. Myers Award
Heather Sanders, Calculus, Canyon High School, Comal ISD, the Lillian B. Rhodes Award
Jackson Tegarden, Engineering and Architecture Drafting, Homer Hanna High School,
Brownsville ISD, the Glaxo Award