Rodel Foundation of Arizona

Happy Monday!

📸: Grant Snider

Rodel sends congratulations to ARIZONA'S TOP TEN!!!

Breaking News! 🎉 The Arizona Educational Foundation (AEF®) is pleased to announce this year’s Top Ten candidates for the 2023 Arizona Teacher of the Year®, presented by Desert Financial Credit Union. These ten outstanding educators will now enter the final stage of the selection process, which includes an interview, lesson demonstration, and other activities. Congratulations to the 452 Arizona teachers who received nominations this year! Nominations for next year will re-open in January 2023. Read full press release at: https://bit.ly/2023AZTOYTOPTEN

The 10 nominees are:

- Jamie Camero (Science/ELA), Douglas Elementary School, Flowing Wells Unified School District
- Zelatrice Fowler (Gifted Education), Emerson Elementary, Phoenix Elementary School District #1
- Amber Gould (English/Student Council), Greenway High School, Glendale Union High School District
- Rodney "Scott" Harnisch (Music), Kyrene del Norte Dual Language Academy, Kyrene School District
- Erin Henderson (English/AVID), North High School, Phoenix Union High School District
- Royd Lee (Navajo Language), Tuba City Elementary, Tuba City Unified School District #15
- Christina Musselman (General Education), Starline Elementary, LHUSD #1 Lake Havasu Unified School District
- Ann Shanahan (History & Government), Maryvale High School, Phoenix Union High School District
- Ty White (Chemistry), Willcox High School, Willcox Unified School District #13
- Robyn Yewell (General Education), Winifred Harelson Elementary School, Amphitheater Public Schools

CONGRATULATIONS to our amAZing top ten teachers! We celebrate you!

Thought for the day~

Long-term thinking is how you handle short term consequences.

The small steps that feel the hardest are often the ones that matter most in the end.

Think in decades. Execute today.