Alice Bradley, Seventh Grade Language Arts, Ralph Chandler Middle School
Tracy Gay, Fifth Grade, Crestview Elementary School
Stacy Hall, Sixth Grade School Counseling, Riverside Middle School
This year's finalists include teachers from two high schools, three middle schools and five elementary schools.
A screening committee reviews the applications and the selection committee chooses the top 10 finalists who then participate in classroom visits and interviews.
The announcement is made in August.
The 10 finalists, in alphabetical order are:
• Alice Bradley, Seventh Grade Language Arts, Ralph Chandler Middle School
• Amy Burnett, Mathematics, Berea High School
• Kristin Danko, Fourth Grade, Bell's Crossing Elementary School
• Shiree Turner Fowler, Kindergarten, Hollis Elementary Academy
• Tracy Gay, Fifth Grade, Crestview Elementary School
• Stacy Hall, Sixth Grade School Counseling, Riverside Middle School
• Anne Matthews, String Orchestra, Greenville Middle Academy
•Shelley Peak, Third Grade, Robert E. Cashion Elementary School
• David Quigley, Math and Science, Woodmont High School
• Heather Steading, Fifth Grade, Fork Shoals School