Please join us in celebrating the leadership of these 18 award-winning corps members and alumni teachers; together, alongside hundreds of other TFA corps members and alumni teachers, they are working to provide better education opportunities and outcomes for thousands of students in North Carolina. 

We look forward to the impact they will continue to have on students in North Carolina. We are grateful for their service and leadership! 

Aprille Morris-Butler (CPT '19)

Charlotte Parent Magazine's Teacher of the Year

Julius L. Chambers High School

Daeja Godette (ENC '21)

Beginning Teacher of the Year

W.A. Pattillo Middle School

Ella Bess Marshall (ENC '07)

Keith Burnam, Jr. Award

Henderson Collegiate 

Gena Morton (CPT '16)

Teacher of the Year

Northeast Middle School 

Gold Gladney (CPT '18)

Teacher of the Year

Wilson STEM Academy



Janet Jolly (Arkansas '12)

Keith Burnam, Jr. Award

Henderson Collegiate 

Kade'Jha Elliot (CPT '17)

Teacher of the Year

Bruns Academy

Katie Sondheim (CPT '17)

Teacher of the Year

Allenbrook Elementary School 

Kiauna Ferguson (CPT '19)

Teacher of the Year

Paw Creek Elementary School

Matt Killian (CPT '15)

Leah Louise B. Tannenbaum Award

Penn-Griffin School of the Arts

Meghan Collins (CPT '18)

Teacher of the Year

Quail Hollow Middle School

Meghan Sheldon (CPT '21)

Rookie Teacher of the Year

Jackson Middle School

Mikaela Argo Miller (CPT '21)

Rookie Teacher of the Year

Jackson Middle School

Peter Leonard (ENC '20)

Excellence in Education Award

Henderson Collegiate (High School)

Preston Hughes (ENC '21)

Beginning Teacher of the Year

West Edgecombe Middle School

Robert B. Oechslin, Jr. (CPT '17)

Teacher of the Year

Burton Magnet Elementary

Rubí J. Parra (CPT '17)

Teacher of the Year

Marie G. Davis IB Middle School

Taylor Lawson (CPT '21)

Rookie Teacher of the Year

Eastern Guilford Middle School