Recognitions

Fall 2009
Administrator of the Year 2009: Barbara Cade, Principal at Gregory-Portland High, Gregory-Portland ISD

Friends of the Profession 2009: Cemanahuac Educational Community; Harriet Guerrero, Director and Founder; Vivian Harvey, Educational Programs Coordinator

Honorary Member: Nella Spurlin, German Teacher, Temple High School, Temple ISD

Honorary Member: Pamela Young, Spanish Teacher, Midland High School, Midland ISD

 

Spring 2009
SWCOLT Teacher of the Year!
Nella Spurlin, German teacher at Temple High School, Temple ISD, Southwest Conference On Language Teaching Teacher of the Year. She was selected from among 7 other candidates from Hawai’i, California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and Oklahoma! Nella will represent SWCOLT at the ACTFL Annual Conference in San Diego in Nov. of 2009!

Teacher of the Year 2009

  • Meng-Yu Wang – Chinese Teacher of the Year, Dulles H.S., Fort Bend ISD
  • Wendy Harris – French Teacher of the Year, Aldine H.S., Aldine ISD
  • Cheryl Fuentes-Wagner – Spanish Teacher of the Year, George Bush H.S., Fort Bend ISD
  • Nicholas Weismantel – TFLA New Teacher of the Year, Bowie H.S., Austin ISD

Rosemary Patterson Scholarship Winners:

  • Janet Smith – District Lead Teacher and French Teacher, Spring Branch ISD, Houston
  • Cameron Stephen – Spanish Teacher, Cy-Fair HS, Cypress-Fairbanks, ISD
  • Cheryl Fuentes-Wagner – Spanish Teacher, Bush HS, Fort Bend ISD

Cemanahuac Scholarship Winner:

  • Michael Hydak – Instructional Coordinator of Foreign Languages and Journalism, Austin ISD and Adjunct Professor of French and Spanish, Austin Community College

T. Earle Hamilton Scholarship Winners and TFLA Top Scholars:

  • Lauren Thomas – Cinco Ranch HS, Katy ISD
    Nominating Teachers – Heidi Kirby and Lorrie Ann Button-Edelson
  • Rachel Sayers – Taylor HS, Katy ISD
    Nominating Teachers – Shari Harris and Teresa More

Additional T. Earle Hamilton Scholarship Winners:

  • Abhinav Golla, Westlake HS, Eanes ISD, Austin
    Nominating Teacher: Jo Heim Green
  • Stephanie Scherer, Temple HS, Temple ISD
    Nominating Teacher: Meagan Tripp
  • Mark Reeder, La Grange HS, La Grange ISD
    Nominating Teacher: Lee Ann Hartman
  • Min Jung (Monica) Choi, Plano West Senior High School, Plano ISD
    Nominating Teacher: Maritza Sloan
  • Charlotte RenĂ©e Hockens, Plano West Senior High School, Plano ISD
    Nominating Teacher: Sally Schneider

 

Fall 2008
Texas Foreign Language Association

Administrator of the Year
Joe Cammarata, Principal
Morton Ranch High School, Katy ISD

Friends of the Profession
Houston World Affairs Council
Elizabeth Ferruelo, Program Officer for Education Outreach

Honorary Member
Victoria Contreras, Graduate Faculty Professor
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
University of Texas Pan American Edinburg

 

Spring 2008
TFLA Teachers of the Year

2008

  • Elsie (Hsiu-Jen) Chang (Katy ISD) – Chinese Teacher of the Year
  • Melissa Pauletti (Fort Ben ISD) – French Teacher of the Year
  • Nella Spurlin (Temple ISD) – German Teacher of the Year
  • Linda Zappa (Austin ISD) – Latin Teacher of the Year
  • Teresa Tattersall (San Antonio Northside ISD) – Spanish Teacher of the Year