Teacher of the Year - Miscellaneous - Owasso Public Schools

"Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together"

~ Scott Hayden

Great Oklahoma teachers challenge, motivate, and inspire their students to do their best; they make learning exciting, engaging, and continuous; they are respected by their peers as well as local school officials, parents, and students; they are caring and creative, seeking to enrich the lives of their students and build a better future for us all.

Owasso Public Schools honors teachers at the local level and by participating in the Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Program. All certified teachers who have completed the past three consecutive years in the Owasso Public School district may be considered for this honor. Each Teacher of the Year nominee is selected by their peers to represent their building at the district level. Owasso Public School’s Teacher of the Year is selected from a district peer committee based on a self-submitted portfolio as well as a live presentation by each candidate.

The Owasso Public Schools District Teacher of the Year for the 2019-20 school year is Sarah Wingard. Mrs. Wingard is a special education teacher at Northeast Elementary. Owasso Public Schools is proud to have Mrs. Wingard represent us as our District Teacher of the Year!

2020 Site Teachers of the Year

Our Teachers of the Year are listed below. Profiles by the Owasso Reporter highlight each of the 14 exceptional educators. A few will be featured each week, February 18 - March 24, until all have appeared. Highlight videos for each one can be viewed on Owasso Public Schools Facebook page.

Tiffany Eaton Ator Heights Elementary	Jennifer McCutchen Morrow Elementary	Tracey Purdum Owasso 6th Grade Center
Erin Robinson Larkin Bailey Elementary	Sarah Wingard Northeast Elementary	Morgan Bilyeu Owasso 7th Grade Center
Aimee Cantrell Barnes Elementary	Amanda Shimp Hayward Smith Elementary	Melissa Beck Owasso 8th Grade Center
Beverly Rake Pamela Hodson Elementary	Tisha Ham Stone Canyon Elementary	Ryan King Owasso High School - East
Alissa Hendrix Jeff O Mills Elementary		Tabitha Stephens Owasso High School - West

District Teacher of the Year - Present to 1981

Year	Name	Site
2020	Sarah Wingard	Northeast
2019	Evelyn Kwanza	6th Grade Center
2018	Jonathan Holloway	OHS - East Campus
2017	Robin Wall	Barnes
2016	Trina Gardner	Stone Canyon
2015	Terri Storjohann	Mills
2014	Susan Thompson	8th Grade Center
2013	Jo Anna Dossett	Barnes
2012	Tiffani Cooper	Mid High
2011	Kelly Flindt	7th Grade Center
2010	Amanda Cook	Northeast
2009	Edwina Roller	Ator
2008	Kelli Ball	7th Grade Center
2007	Terri Helscel	Mills
2006	Kelly Walters	Ator
2005	Janice Bell	OHS
2004	Alan Douthitt	OHS
2003	Claire Bartley	Hodson
2002	Deidre Previtt	Hodson
2001	Susan Oliver	7th Grade Center
2000	Frank Blair	Hodson
1999	Danny Hightower	OHS
1998	Melissa Hice	Ator
1997	Lana Easterling Evans	Barnes
1996	Connie Plumlee	Mid High
1995	Sandra Johnson	8th Grade Center
1994	Marianne Zamor	OHS
1993	Carol Sunday	Ator
1992	Roger Roberts	OHS
1991	Beverly Rake	Barnes
1990	Paul Wilson	OHS
1989	Harlan Lamkin	OHS
1988	Brenda Busby	Barnes
1987	Gail Ballinger	6th/7th/8th Middle School
1986	Carolyn DeLeFleur	Barnes
1985	Suzanne Dossett	Barnes
1984	John Scott, Jr.	Mid High
1983	Elaine Hammack	7th Grade Center
1982	Carolyn DeLeFleur	Barnes
1981	Mary Ritchie	OHS