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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