Julie Vincent Named DeKalb County Teacher of the Year

An educator from Northside Elementary School was named “DeKalb County Teacher of the Year” Friday night during the third annual Teacher of the Year banquet at DCHS.
Julie Vincent received the honor and a check for $150 from Liberty State Bank, the sponsor of the banquet. The presentation was made by Director of Schools Mark Willoughby and Roy Nelson Pugh of Liberty State Bank.
Vincent was among five local educators who were recognized during the banquet for being chosen by peers as “Teacher of the Year” at their schools. The others were Beth Pafford from Smithville Elementary School, Mike Lewis from DeKalb Middle School, Vicki Wilson from DeKalb West School, and Chris Vance from DeKalb County High School.
Three of the educators, Vincent, Lewis, and Vance, earlier this year were selected “Teachers of the Year” locally and competed for regional honors in the Tennessee Teacher of the Year Program.
Willoughby congratulated Vincent for being named “DeKalb County Teacher of the Year” as well as the other teachers. “In my opinion all of our teachers are teachers of the year, but the peers of each school selected their teacher of the year. We sent information on each teacher of the year to the state department of education, where their credentials were reviewed. There, they considered what the teachers had done in their careers thus far and made a selection for teacher of the year in DeKalb County. Based on that, we took this occasion tonight to present the award to Mrs. Vincent. We’re very proud of her. She has done an amazing job as a teacher and she is a super person. She is a great role model for our children.”
(Top Photo: Julie Vincent, DeKalb Teacher of the Year)
(Middle Photo: left to right- Roy Nelson Pugh of Liberty State Bank; Gayle Redmon, Principal of Northside Elementary School; Julie Vincent, DeKalb Teacher of the Year; and Director of Schools Mark Willoughby)
(Bottom Photo: left to right: Mike Lewis, Vicki Wilson, Beth Pafford, Julie Vincent, and Director of Schools Mark Willoughby. Not pictured, Chris Vance)