Missouri’s next Teacher of the Year has been educating for almost three decades at Potosi School District in eastern Missouri. Greg Kester is a high school social studies teacher. He will become Missouri’s 55th Teacher of the Year. Kester said passion without...
“Passion without compassion is directionless energy,” said Greg Kester. His passion for teaching and compassion for students have landed him Missouri’s 2024 Teacher of the Year award. He becomes the state’s 55th teacher to take the top educator honor. Kester is...
Missouri’s Teacher of the Year will step aside soon and let next year’s award winner represent the state. James Young teaches K-8 music in Florissant and is the director of education at a church in Florissant. He is the first Teacher of the Year from the...
Missouri’s 2023 Teacher of the Year says as a young child, she played “school” with her brothers and with her stuffed animals. She took every chance she could to teach Sunday school classes, work at summer camps and babysit. You might say that Christina Andrade Melly...
In 1952, the first National Teacher of the Year award was presented by President Harry Truman of Missouri to bring recognition to the importance of teachers as nurturers of the American Dream. The program is put on each year by the Council of Chief State School...
