U-32’s McCann is Vt. Teacher of the Year
EAST MONTPELIER — A mathematics teacher at U-32 Middle & High School has been named Vermont’s Teacher of the Year for 2017.
Katherine McCann, who is in the middle of her 11th year at the school, was chosen for the honor by the Agency of Education. The alternate Teacher of the Year is Rachael Potts, a special education and transition specialist at Harwood Union High School in Duxbury, and a finalist was Corey Smith, a fourth-grade teacher at Proctor Elementary School.
McCann is now Vermont’s candidate for the National Teacher of the Year award, which is sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers. She will travel this spring to the White House in Washington for a reception where she will meet President Donald Trump.
McCann was told the news at a surprise assembly at the East Montpelier school Tuesday.
She said in an interview that it was “very overwhelming” to be picked and she wasn’t sure what it entailed.
“I hope that I can do a good job speaking for teachers throughout the state,” McCann said.
