Feature Photo: 2019 TPTE Annual Recognition Ceremony recipients
(L-R) – Lori Farley (North City School / Tennessee Wesleyan University) – Outstanding Alumna; Nathan Langlois (Austin East High School) – Outstanding Collaborator; Sherry Mee Bell (Department Head, TPTE); Donna Wright (Wilson County Schools) – Outstanding Alumna; Katrina Oakley (Anderson County Schools) – Outstanding Collaborator; Vrondelia (Ronni) Chandler (ProjectGRAD) – Outstanding Community Advocate; Jessica Conatser (Grand Oaks Elementary School) – Outstanding Alumna; Desirée Jones (Vine Middle School) – Outstanding Alumna; Caitlin Nowell (Knox County Schools) representing Sharon Roberts (SCORE) – Outstanding Community Advocate; Gloria Johnson (State Representative, 13th District) – Outstanding Community Advocate
Theory and Practice in Teacher Education celebrated their outstanding alumni, faculty, graduate students, community advocates, and collaborators as they presented the 2019 TPTE Recognition Awards at the annual celebration on October 15, held at the Holiday Inn-World’s Fair Park.
The awards were presented by Sherry Mee Bell, department head, and Joan Grim, senior lecturer in special education, to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the fields of education and / or interpreting as indicated by a distinguished record in the following areas:
- Outstanding Alumnus/a: awarded to a graduate of TPTE or a former department or unit within the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences (CEHHS) that prepares educators in one of the areas currently housed within TPTE
- Recipients included: Jessica Conatser, Lori Farley, Desirée Jones, and Donna Wright
- Outstanding Collaborator: awarded to a professional educator or interpreter who has a distinguished history of collaboration with TPTE faculty, students and staff
- Recipients include: Nathan Langlois and Katrina Oakley
- Outstanding Community Advocate: awarded to an individual with a distinguished history of advocacy for P-12 teachers, students, and / or interpreters
- Recipients included: Vrondelia (Ronni) Chandler, Gloria Johnson, and Sharon Roberts
- Outstanding Faculty Awards: awarded to faculty members with a distinguished history of scholarship and contribution to the field
- Recipients included: Anthony Pellegrino and Stewart Waters
- Graduate Student Research Awards: awarded to graduate students with outstanding research projects
- Recipients included: Kelsey Holton, Nicholas (Shande) King, and Amber Rountree
Congratulations to all of our awardees for their continued commitment to the field of teaching and to furthering TPTE’s mission of “advancing equity through excellence in education”!
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- Sherry Mee Bell, TPTE department head and Ronni Chandler, executive director / ceo of ProjectGRAD
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- Sherry Mee Bell, TPTE department head and Jessica Conatser, principal of Grand Oaks Elementary School
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- Sherry Mee Bell, TPTE department head and Lori Farley, media specialist for North City School and adjunct instructor for instruction technology for Tennessee Wesleyan University
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- Sherry Mee Bell, TPTE department head and Gloria Johnson, state representative, 13th District
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- Sherry Mee Bell, TPTE department head and Desirée Jones, executive principal of Vine Middle School
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- Sherry Mee Bell, TPTE department head and Nathan Langlois, principal of Austin East High School
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- Sherry Mee Bell, TPTE department head and Caitlin Nowell, English language arts teacher at South Doyle Middle School (representing Sharon Roberts), chief K-12 impact officer for SCORE
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- Sherry Mee Bell, TPTE department head and Sharon Wright, director of schools for Wilson County Schools
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- Sherry Mee Bell, TPTE department head and Katrina Oakely, CAO of elementary education and director of federal programs of Anderson Co Schools
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- Lynn Hodge, professor, Shande King, graduate student, Kelsey Holton, graduate student, Kimberly Wolbers, professor, Amber Rountree, graduate student, Amy Broemmel, associate professor
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- Anthony Pellegrino, associate professor, Sherry Mee Bell, TPTE department head, Stewart Waters, associate professor
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- Past awardees Sallee Reynolds, Marilyn Liberman, Daryl Stephens