Kristin BurrusThe Tennessee Department of Education today announced the finalists for the 2017-18 Tennessee Teacher of the Year award and a local teacher was named.
Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences teacher Kristin Burrus was among the nine selected.
Burrus is a STEM Fellows Program member, a cabinet member participant in the CSAS Shared Leadership Team, a presenter at the National Paideia Conference and Magnet Schools of America conference and the facilitator of the CSAS Earth Club.
The finalists represent each Center of Regional Excellence (CORE) area in the state, with three finalists in each Grand Division (west, middle, and east). Grand Division winners and the Teacher of the Year will be selected from this group and announced during an honorary banquet this fall.
“These teachers are our students’ heroes,” Education Commissioner Candice McQueen said. “Our educators have a direct, positive influence on students every day. And, because of educators like these nine finalists, Tennessee’s future is bright.”