Coweta Schools 2023 Teachers of the Year Announced
Pictured above are last year’s Coweta County Top Teacher finalists: Brandavious Mann, Macie Fleming and Adrienne Kocin appear at right, with 2020-21 Coweta TOTY Hilary Perry of Northgate High School.
From Special Reports
The 2023 Teachers of the Year for each of Coweta County’s public schools have been chosen by their fellow teachers.
Teachers of the Year are selected by their fellow certified teachers at each school in recognition of exemplary teaching, and serve as ambassadors of their profession. This year’s honorees represent grade levels from Kindergarten through 12th grade, and a range of educational disciplines including English/Language Arts, math, music, sciences and STEM education, special education and media specialists.
The teachers will be honored at the Coweta County Teacher of the Year Program on June 1, at the Nixon Centre for Performing and Visual Arts. The Coweta County Board of Education presents the program annually with the Newnan Pilot Club. The 2023 Coweta County Teacher of the Year – who is also chosen by current and former Coweta educators – will be announced at that program.
Welch Elementary School 3rd Grade teacher Macie Fleming was announced as the 2022 Coweta County School System Teacher of the Year at last year’s ceremony and is this year’s state nominee. Fleming was chosen as Coweta’s top teacher from among three finalists including Brandavious Mann of Newnan High School and Adrienne Kocin of Evans Middle School.
This year’s honorees include:
Alexis Cofer, 1st Grade (Arbor Springs Elementary)
Emily Holloway, 5th Grade (Arnco-Sargent Elementary)
Lesley Walden, Special Education (Atkinson Elementary)
Mary Amoson, Kindergarten (Brooks Elementary)
Mollie Wilson, 3rd Grade (Canongate Elementary)
JoAnna Rawson, 4th Grade (Eastside Elementary)
Cindy Ulinski, EIP (Elm Street Elementary)
Christie Thompson, 7th and 8th Social Studies (Empower Program)
Shelby Trowell, 1st Grade (Glanton Elementary)
Latanya Reeves, 3rd Grade English/Language Arts (Jefferson Parkway Elementary)
Ashley Akers, EIP (Moreland Elementary)
Rebekah Wren, 3rd Grade (Newnan Crossing Elementary)
Tami Merry, 2nd Grade (Northside Elementary)
Brooke Little, 2nd Grade (Poplar Road Elementary)
Concetta Amey, Kindergarten (Ruth Hill Elementary)
Christy Jennings, Music (Thomas Crossroads Elementary)
Whitney Strickland, 2nd Grade (Welch Elementary)
Ciara Johnson, Media Specialist (Western Elementary)
Melissa Bedenbaugh, Kindergarten (White Oak Elementary)
Jennifer Powell, 1st Grade (Willis Road Elementary)
Kerry Parsons, 6th Grade English/Language (Arnall Middle)
Oscar Prado, Band (Blake Bass Middle)
Julie Eidson, 6th Grade Science (East Coweta Middle)
Stephanie Skinner, STEM (Evans Middle)
Joshua Bishop, Spanish Connections (Lee Middle)
Melissa Houghton, Social Studies (Maggie Brown Middle)
Anissa Andrews, 8th Grade Special Education (Madras Middle)
Jessica Royal, 7th Grade Math (Smokey Road Middle)
Natalie Hynson, Graphic Arts (Central Educational Center)
Heather Dailey, Special Education (East Coweta High)
Tabatha Cyprian, Special Education (Newnan High)
Caitlin Nail, Special Education (Northgate High)
Ginger Armstrong, Math (Winston Dowdell Academy)
TOTYs are exceptionally dedicated, knowledgeable, and skilled classroom teachers who are selected by their peers in each Coweta County School System school. Finalists for county teacher of the year – who serve as the system’s nominee for Georgia Teacher of the Year – are chosen by previous Teachers of the Year and independent judges based on the quality of their teaching, professional development, teaching philosophy and methods, community involvement, contributions to education, and their ability to inspire students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn.
