Fayetteville educator named North Carolina Teacher of the Year
Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year Winner announced
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The 51st North Carolina Teacher of the Year was announced Friday.
Maureen Stover, a teacher at Cumberland International Early College High School, is the 2020 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year. She succeeds Mariah Morris.
Stover has five years of teaching experience. She is a 9th-10th grade Biology, Earth & Environmental Science & AVID Teacher.
North Carolina Superintendent Mark Johnson said Stover had a "humanistic approach to teaching and believes in building a classroom community that is supportive of student's diversity."
Stover was part of nine finalists, who were named NC's Regional Teachers of the Year.
2020 Regional Teachers of the Year:
- Dawn Gilchrist, School of Alternatives (West)
- Maggie Murphy, Piney Creek School (Northwest)
- Chad Beam, Burns High School (Southwest)
- Tonya Smith, Elkin High School (Piedmont Triad)
- Maureen Stover, Cumberland International Early College High School (Sandhills)
- Carol Forrest, Long Mill Elementary (North Central)
- Jeanette Owens, Ocracoke Schol (Northeast)
- Daniel Scott, Swansboro High School (Southeast)
- Ashley Bailey, Roxboro Community School (Charter Schools)
Stover will spend the next year traveling throughout North Carolina as an ambassador the educators, and well as being supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
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