Rooted in Danbury, Inspiring Statewide: Brian Betesh Named Connecticut’s 2026 Teacher of the Year
Learn about the Rogers Park Middle School social studies teacher named 2026 State Teacher of the Year.
Social Studies Teacher Earns State’s Top Honor
Cheered on by students and colleagues, 18-year veteran New Haven educator Julia Miller was named Connecticut’s 2025 Teacher of the Year.
New London Educator Takes Home State’s Top Teaching Honor
Fourth grade teacher Kiana Foster-Mauro says she was hit with an overwhelming wave of emotion on learning she’d been selected as 2024 Connecticut Teacher of the Year. “It’s very humbling, it’s a huge honor, and I feel an enormous sense of gratitude.”
Teachers Honored for Commitment to Excellence, and to Children
For 2019 Connecticut Teacher of the Year (TOY) Sheena Graham, making personal connections with the young people in her classroom is all in a day’s work—and one of the things…
Meet Connecticut’s New 2019 Teacher of the Year: Bridgeport Music Teacher Sheena Graham
CEA member Sheena Graham, a performing arts and choir teacher at Bridgeport’s Harding High School, has been named Connecticut’s 2019 Teacher of the Year. Along with her colleagues and students…
North Branford Science Teacher is Connecticut’s 2017 Teacher of the Year
The applause was deafening in the North Branford High School auditorium this afternoon as students and staff celebrated one of their own as Connecticut’s 2017 Teacher of the Year. Science…
Waterbury Educator Named Connecticut’s Teacher of the Year
At John F. Kennedy High School in Waterbury, it does not surprise students that social studies teacher Jahana Hayes is being honored as the new Connecticut Teacher of the Year…
Teachers of the Year Inspire Lifelong Learning
Connecticut’s 2015 Teacher of the Year praised and thanked her former teachers, Farmington Public School educators, for inspiring her to become an educator, and reminded her colleagues of the…
Top Teacher Inspires Students to be Smart and Compassionate
“If it wasn’t for Mrs. Quinn, I wouldn’t be who I am today,” East Hartford seventh grader Mya Mason told an assembly of students and state dignitaries at Sunset Ridge…
Impact of Education Reform on Teachers
Why did you become a teacher? What motivates you? How do you want to be remembered? These are some of the questions Berlin social studies teacher and Connecticut’s 2012 Teacher…