Student Teacher Award
NCACTE Student Teacher of the Year Award
Each member institution in good standing may nominate one candidate for the North Carolina Association of Colleges for Teacher Educators Award of the Year. One teacher candidate from the NCACTE member institutions will be recognized as the Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year in North Carolina. This recognition will be celebrated at the annual fall NCACTE Teacher Education Forum.
2024 NCACTE Student Teacher of the Year
Congratulations Jessica On!
Duke University
Congratualtions to the 2024 Student Teacher of the Year Finalists:
Grace Bullington
Appalachian State University
Melanie Sellers
University of North Carolina—Greensboro
Avery Ferreiro
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emma Strickland
Campbell University
Past Winners
2023 Student Teacher of the Year
Shannon Carney
NC State University
2022 Student Teacher of the Year
Caitlin Lambert
Western Carolina University
2021 Student Teacher of the Year:
James Michael Sapp
UNC Chapel Hill
2020 Student Teacher of the Year:
Grace Minter
Mid-Atlantic Christian University
2019 Student Teacher of the Year:
Bonnie Roop
UNC Charlotte
2018 Student Teacher of the Year:
Makayla Church
UNC Charlotte
2017 Student Teacher of the Year:
Eliana Berger
UNC Greensboro
2016 Student Teacher of the Year:
Amanda Blakely
East Carolina University
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