th 59Annual Kansas Master Teacher Award

April 4, 2012

Bank of America

2012 Master Teacher Schedule April 4, 2012

10:00 a.m. Tour of the National Teachers Hall of Fame Meet in Visser Hall, Room 212,

11:00 a.m. “Memories of Yesteryear” One Room Schoolhouse Presenter: Dr. Scott Waters

12:00 noon President’s Luncheon Memorial Union, Lower Level, Room 48 Hosts: President and Mrs. Michael Shonrock

2:30-3:45 p.m. Seminar – “Engaging Excellence Through Education” Jones Conference Center, Room 330, Visser Hall ESU Coordinators: Dr. Steve Neill, Ms. Kenna Reeves

5:15-6:00 p.m. Social Webb Hall Lobby

6:30 p.m. Master Teacher Award Dinner Webb Hall Toastmaster: Ms. Stacy Shipley, Principal, Woodland Elementary, Olathe, KS

KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 1 Bank of America Master Teacher Award

Emporia State University established the Kansas Master Teacher awards in 1954. The awards are presented annually to teachers who have served the profession long and well and who also typify the outstanding qualities of earnest and conscientious teachers.

The university’s Administrative Council originally developed the Kansas Master Teacher Award program in the early 1950s. Dr. Everett Rich, former chair of the English department, was the driving force behind the program.

The program was first discussed in 1952. Because of the illness and subsequent death of President David L. MacFarlane in 1953, nothing was done to establish the program until the following year. In 1954, with the support of Dr. Don Davis, the chair of the division of education, and the approval of the new president, John E. King, the first awards were made.

In the early days of the program, numerous faculty members and others connected with the college were involved in establishing policies and procedures. Dr. Davis added “Kansas” to the name. Rich suggested “distinguished,” but that word was changed to “master.” Ray Cremer, business manager, promoted a monetary award for the recipients, but Dr. King believed that watches were more appropriate, so watches were awarded. C.O. Wright, executive secretary of the Kansas State Teachers Association, suggested that local teacher associations or similar educational groups make the nominations. Dr. Rich coordinated publicity for the awards across the state.

The Kansas Master Teacher Award program expresses appreciation for the generosity of Bank of America. Since 1980, this Emporia bank has pledged over $100,000 to permanently endow the Kansas Master Teacher Awards. Bank of America and its senior officer, Carol Patterson, are committed to assisting Emporia State University in its efforts to excel.

2 KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD Each year, local teacher associations and school faculties nominate candidates for the awards. In January, a committee representing educational organizations from across Kansas selects the winners.

The 2012 selection committee included Lorie Cook-Benjamin, Kansas Association of Colleges of Teacher Education; David Dennis, Kansas State Board of Education; Jackie Waters, Kansas Parent Teacher Association; Karen Godfrey, Kansas National Education Association; Rod Garman, United School Administrators of Kansas; Bonnie Tandoc, Kansas–American Association of University Women; Stephanie Bullard, Kappa Delta Pi (Student Representative); Janice Romeiser and Teresa Disberger, 2011 Kansas Master Teachers.

A committee of Emporia State University faculty and administrators coordinates local arrangements. The committee includes: Phil Bennett, Donna Breshears, Tyler Curtis, Beth Dobler, Lucie Eusey, Gwen Larson, Sarah McKernan, Steve Neill, Sue Peterson, Scott Waters, and Lori Mann, Chair.

Information concerning the Kansas Master Teacher Award program is available on The Teachers College web site. Go to www.emporia.edu/teach/ and click on Kansas Master Teacher.

KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 3 The William A. Black Kansas Master Teacher Endowed Chair

n 1984, the Black family of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, Iestablished an endowed chair for Kansas Master Teachers. Each year, this permanently endowed fund provides a stipend for two Kansas Master Teachers to spend part of a semester at Emporia State University.

The master teachers selected teach classes and work with students who plan careers in education. The endowed chair provides a valuable experience for Emporia State students and a meaningful opportunity for the master teachers.

The William A. Black Kansas Master Teacher Endowed Chair was established by Marea Belfield Black to honor the Black family’s lifelong dedication to public education. The endowed chair is named for her husband, Dr. William Albert Black.

The late Dr. Black (pictured above) was born November 25, 1897, in Green County, Missouri. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1926 and his master’s degree in 1934 from Emporia State University. He received his PhD in philosophy, education, and psychology from the University of Colorado. Black was nationally known for establishing junior colleges and for his work in school finance and curricula.

During his career, he served as president of the Pueblo (CO) Junior College, director of junior colleges and curriculum for the state of Washington, and as the head of the department of education and philosophy at Pittsburg State University. In 1962, while at Pittsburg State, he received the Kansas Master Teacher Award.

Black married Marea Belfield on November 7, 1920. The Black’s son, William Vincent Black, was born March 31, 1922, and the family moved to Broken Bow, Oklahoma on March 1, 1973. Dr. Black died on October 12, 1983. Emporia State University is deeply grateful to the Black family for this generous contribution.

4 KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD Shelley Aistrup Principal Northview Elementary School/College Hill Preschool USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden

tudents have always been the focus for from 7 to 8:15 a.m. and 3:35 to 6 p.m. SShelley Aistrup. “The students participate in club-based As a classroom teacher, Aistrup looked to her activities that are focused on state standards students’ individual characteristics and found and designed to raise student achievement,” resources that helped them. Aistrup explained. “All students receive “When I began fourth grade,” writes a additional support to complete homework, former student, “ I was becoming depressed increase reading comprehension and build and disenchanted with my educational math concepts.” experience. Dr. Aistrup displayed a great Aistrup’s belief in children’s future also drives understanding of my needs as a student by her community service. She is an active giving me material that truly challenged and member and past president of the Manhattan excited me.” Breakfast Optimist Club, an organization A classmate, the former student recalled, she chose because of its focus on serving the worked best while standing up. community’s youth. “As this did not disrupt other students, Dr. “One of the phrases from the Optimist Creed Aistrup allowed him to stand and learn in the is especially important to me,” said Aistrup. way that was most beneficial for him.” “‘To think only the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.’” As a building administrator for both Northview Elementary School and College Aistrup’s optimism has brought success Hill Preschool in Manhattan, Aistrup inspires in projects to increase technology in the teachers and staff to strive for excellence in classrooms of her schools as well as the project themselves while remaining focused on their of which she is most proud — creating a students. school library at College Hill Preschool. “She guides and teaches through example,” A graduate of Maryville (Mo.) High School, writes a colleague. “She is an integral part Aistrup earned her bachelor’s degree in of many committees at school and in the elementary education from Fort Hays State community, always showing that giving to University, a master’s degree in instructional the profession does not end at the classroom.” systems technology from Indiana University in Bloomington and her Ed.D. in educational Aistrup helps direct a before- and after-school leadership from Kansas State University. program that serves more than 120 students

KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 5 Cindy Ehrstein Eighth-Grade Language Arts Teacher Andover Central Middle School USD 385 Andover

he impact Cindy Ehrstein has on her she missed few days of school, the answer Tstudents lasts long after they leave her was “Oh, I miss the kids if I am gone very eighth-grade classroom. long.” “Mrs. Ehrstein treats you like you are family,” “It was obvious by that statement that it is wrote a former student. “Still to this day, more than a job to her,” the mother wrote. whenever I see her, she will come up to me “It is part of her identity. She isn’t just a and say hi and ask how I’ve been. She’s a teacher. She has a relationship with these great person with an overall good heart.” kids.” Ehrstein teaches language arts both in the Ehrstein applies the same philosophy in all regular classroom and a special education aspects of her life, whether it is sponsoring inclusion class along with Andover’s eighth- extracurricular organizations, being the grade resource teacher. Wrote one mother of “team mom” for her children’s sports teams a special-needs student: “Mrs. Ehrstein was or leading youth groups and teaching Sunday one of the few teachers who actually wanted school in her church. to make a difference in the education of “What better gift to give a student from a my child. For the first time, (he) believed teacher than to impact their life?” wrote a in himself and wanted to succeed. Mrs. fellow church worker. Ehrstein gave that gift to my child as I’m sure she has given that gift to many children.” A graduate of Pretty Prairie High School, Ehrstein earned her bachelor’s degree in For Ehrstein, the students come first and are education with a minor in English from her inspiration. Tabor College, a master’s degree in “Every day I, as a teacher, have the instruction design and technology and an opportunity to inspire and make a difference ESOL endorsement from Emporia State in the life of a child, and every minute of University and has earned continuing that day can present itself with a teachable education hours from Friends University, moment,” she wrote. Kansas State University, Butler County One parent noted that during a particularly Community College and Wichita State difficult school year when Ehrstein dealt University. with a death in her family, when asked why

6 KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD Sandra Lynn Gonsher Second-Grade Teacher Sunrise Point Elementary USD 229 Blue Valley

“ andy doesn’t just teach children, she visual art enhance and impact student Stouches their lives,” writes Deneise learning while preparing students for success McGowan, a teacher of English to Speakers in the innovation economy they are a part of Other Languages and fellow teacher of.” at Sunrise Point Elementary School in Writes Alison Paddock, a third-grade teacher Overland Park. at Sunrise Point, “Sandy is a born teacher. McGowan tells the story of a student, now She couldn’t be anything else. Some people in high school in Texas, who had Gonsher just ARE their profession. Sandy is and will in second grade. He called to tell Gonsher always be, first and foremost, a teacher.” that he was on track to graduate from high Gonsher’s teaching methods touch both her school and planned to graduate from college students and their parents. — both firsts in his family. “I think the most important things I learned “He also told her … he hasn’t forgotten how were to always love learning new things and much she cared about him.” to always be the best person that I can be,” The care Gonsher shows her students extends wrote a former student, now in fifth grade. to finding creative activities to help their Finally, from a parent who teaches at a learning. Every year, she teaches her students different school: “To have been taught by to play chess. She develops individual Mrs. Gonsher is to be changed as a learner. spelling tests with words like “penultimate,” To be a parent of a child taught by Mrs. ‘obstreperous” and “equanimity.” The Gonsher is to be a changed parent.” students study master artists throughout the year. Their writing journals and exercises Gonsher earned her bachelor’s degree and turn into an author celebration at the end master’s degree in curriculum and instruction of the year. from University of Missouri-Kansas City and has earned continuing education credit from “I teach every subject through the lens of an Baker University and Graceland University. artist/scientist,” said Gonsher. “Creativity plays a major role in the product outcomes. Poetry, classical music, performance and

KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 7 Kendra Metz Seventh-Grade Reading and Language Arts Teacher Southwest Middle School USD 497 Lawrence

“ rom the first day of school to the last, my colleague. “Kendra stopping individual kids Fmission is to let my students know that I on their way in or out just to check in to believe in them and that they are worthy of see how they were doing. Kendra covered in love and capable in every sense of the word,” flour while orchestrating yet another of her said Kendra Metz. famous pasta-making days in preparation for The key, according to Metz’s former the Italian restaurant.” students, colleagues and parents, is to find The lessons learned in Metz’s classroom each student’s unique needs, take an interest continue for years. in students outside the classroom and use “In Mrs. Metz’s classroom, each student inventive projects to expand their learning was able to express him or herself,” writes and give back to their community. a former sixth-grade student now in high Metz regularly attends students’ birthday school. “She is an accepting and inspiring parties and other special occasions. The person and every one of her pupils flourishes class reads a book together then heads to the under her wing. … I always felt comfortable movie theater to see the film made from the talking to Mrs. Metz and was able to show book. And the entire class creates an Italian my true colors in her classroom.” restaurant as a fundraiser and educational For Metz, those comments are high praise. lesson. “If I can help my students find their voice For the Italian restaurant, the students apply and feel comfortable in their own skin,” and interview for jobs, work together to Metz said, “if I can show them the humor, make homemade pasta, take reservations and beauty and love in the world, then maybe serve more than 200 guests in two hours. they will contribute to society in their own The money raised is used for special projects turn.” such as books for at-risk readers or class trips for other students. The project is designed to A graduate of Lawrence High School, Metz “pay it forward” to other students to teach earned her bachelor’s degree in education the value of giving. from Washburn University, a master’s degree in education from Baker University and her “I have so many memories of Kendra’s English as a Second Language licensure from incredible teaching,” writes a former Kansas State University.

8 KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD Katrina Paradis English Teacher Salina Central High School USD 305 Salina

atrina Paradis is following in the According to a former student, “Every day Kfootsteps of a teacher who made a was an exciting adventure of literature, essays, difference in her own life. discussions and projects. The atmosphere “My first-grade teacher and principal of in her classroom matches her personality: Holy Name Catholic School was Sister bright, energetic and colorful yet relaxed and Connie Beiriger,” said Paradis, “and I was educational all at the same time.” her go-to girl to assist my classmates. … Wrote a colleague, “Her caring attitude Sister Connie expected us to accept our extends out of the classroom in the way she classmates unconditionally. She instilled in supports students in all of their activities.” us the idea that all students can learn and One former student credits Paradis with should be given the opportunity to do so helping him through his freshman year. without judgment and without restrictions.” He was taking a class from Paradis that was Paradis creates a classroom that is fun and sophomore level, and he’d lost his brother pushes students of all abilities to improve. in a tragic accident shortly before the start Her students create their own Usher homes of school. while studying “Fall of the House of Usher” “Her zeal for life, her loving attitude and her during Gothic literature. They research and genuine remarks to me about my situation write letters to the editor for publication and made that year much more navigable,” he use technology like Animoto, Glogster and wrote. “And with her encouragement, I was Prezi for projects. able to grow as a person as well as a student.” Exposing students to art and literature also A graduate of Shawnee Mission West High is important to Paradis. Young adult novelist School, Paradis earned her bachelor’s degree Chris Crutcher has conducted a two-day in education from The writing workshop. Hip-hop artist Cash and her master’s of education from Kansas Hollistah, Paradis’ former student, analyzed State University. rap music with students and challenged them to write their own raps.

KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 9 Jodi A. Testa Third-Grade Teacher Lincoln Elementary School, Junction City USD 475 Geary County

or Jodi Testa, teaching permeates all me from the bottom of my class to the top,” Faspects of her life. wrote the young woman now in college. “I am a teacher, a future administrator, a One former student recalled his dread of parent, a community member and a civic the school’s Halloween celebration, which leader,” Testa said. “Therefore I educate allowed students to wear costumes at the end citizens throughout most of the day regardless of the day. This student’s family chooses not of the role I am fulfilling.” to celebrate Halloween. In her third-grade classroom, Testa encourages “Mrs. Testa explained to my classmates why her students to develop the classroom rules, I did not have a costume and then allowed organizes weekly class meetings in which me to share what my family and church does students solve problems they perceive in the during the fall. It was fun and the students classroom and in their school and finds ways learned why I was different but did not treat to work with each individual student and get me different. Mrs. Testa has a way to make to know them. all of her students feel special, no matter the Wrote one set of parents: “Reading and circumstances.” science are blended into a cooking event; A graduate of LeRoy High School, Testa math becomes an art project; social studies, was named a 2011 Kansas Regional Teacher a field trip.” of the Year. She earned an associate’s degree Their daughter recalled coming into Testa’s from Cowley County Community College, first-grade classroom developmentally her bachelor’s degree in elementary education behind her classmates. By second grade, from Kansas Newman College, completed she was going to enrichment with gifted the dual language program at Kansas State students and eventually was placed in the University and is working toward her gifted program. master’s degree in education leadership at Kansas State. “Mrs. Testa was the turning point in my education, and I credit her with bringing

10 KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD Marc Woofter Principal Comanche Intermediate Center USD 443 Dodge City

“ believe that when children know we “There were days when I felt like I didn’t Icare about them (and truly care about belong to any ‘group’ of kids in my class; them), they will achieve beyond our wildest because I did not have the best shoes or the expectations,” said Marc Woofter. biggest house — but Mr. Woofter treated The more than 600 students at Comanche us all equally,” writes a former fifth-grade Intermediate Center in Dodge City are student who now is a teacher in Woofter’s reminded every morning that Woofter, their building. “His optimism was contagious and principal, cares for them. he made us all feel as if it didn’t matter who we were, who our parents were, what we have “Marc stands at the door of his school or didn’t have — we ALL mattered.” each day, welcome his over 600 students by name as they enter,” writes a colleague. Although Woofter is recognized by colleagues “Whenever possible, Marc attends the Dodge and former students for all that he gives, he City Recreation Commission’s games and is quick to point out just what he receives activities in which his students participate. in return. His attendance at such activities tells his “Spending my life as a principal, educating students he truly cares about them.” children is providing a full life filled with For Woofter, actions speak louder than unimaginable joy.” words. A graduate of Kinsley High School, Woofter “Telling students that we care about them earned an associate degree from Dodge City is a great start,” he said, “but to be effective Community College, a bachelor’s degree we must show them. We must take a in elementary education from St. Mary of genuine interest in what they do in and out the Plains College and a master’s degree of school. We have the opportunity to do in administration from Fort Hays State this every day.” University. That relationship with Woofter makes a lasting impression.

KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 11 2012 Master Teacher Nominees

Shelley Aistrup, Manhattan-Ogden

David Day II, Leavenworth

Tenny Dewey, Blue Valley

Cindy Ehrstein, Andover

Teresa Golden, Auburn-Washburn

Sandra Gonsher, Blue Valley

Noda Hileman, Tonganoxie

Janice Klein, Dodge City

Rod Luehrs, El Dorado

Arica Malone, Pratt

Cynthia Medina, Olathe

12 KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD Kendra Metz, Lawrence

Colleen Mitchell, Emporia

Nate Naasz, Lincoln

Katrina Paradis, Salina

Truman Snow, Bishop Ward High School

Sonja Sommers-Milbourn, Butler County Community College

Kimberly Sonnich, Topeka

Vicki Stone, Council Grove

Jodi Testa, Geary County

Marc Woofter, Dodge City

KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 13 Past Master Teachers

1954 1958 Laura M. Beichley, Ulysses Mildred Cunniniham, Parsons Harry H. Brown, Peabody Myrrl Houck, El Dorado Lucy Headrick, Winfield Julian A. Johnson, Buhler Ira Laidig, Oberlin Edward D. Kroesch, Hoisington Edith Ellen Means, Princeton Dr. Minnie M. Miller, Emporia, ESU Violet Randolph, Atchison Elsie N. Parrish, Concordia Grace E. Stewart, Salina Maude Thompson, Marion

1955 1959 Redicia Engholm, Topeka Henrietta Courtwright, Arkansas City Edna Mason Golladay, Wichita Nettie May Davis, Winchester Gaye Iden, Arkansas City Paul R. Dick, Oakley Gussie Mootz, Dodge City Ethlyn Hamlin, Fort Scott Elsie Olson, Marysville Robert H. Pool, Larned M. F. Stark, Hiawatha D. Ruth Thompson, Sterling Dr. John Twente, Lawrence, KU Jane Townsend, Girard

1956 1960 Florence K. Belding, Iola Eula Bridger, Kansas City Dr. Jane M. Carroll, Pittsburg, PSU Mary Louise Gritten, Bird City Clifford H. Dresher, McPherson Lena Carl, Holcomb John E. Humphreys, Ashland Owen E. Hodgson, Salina Mamie D. Mellinger, Emporia Opal Jayne Kennedy, Lawrence Katie Puls, Attica Pauline Shockley, Wellington Audrey Smith, Goodland Blanch Smith, Pittsburg *C. O. Wright, Topeka, KSTA 1957 Teresa McDonald Coffey, Axtell 1961 Dr. Maud Ellsworth, Reba Anderson, Hutchinson Lawrence, KU George D. Caldwell, Iola Una Funk, Council Grove Lydia Haag, Dodge City Mildred P. Parker, Hutchinson Larry Ling, Liberal Dr. Clyde U. Phillips, Hays, FHSU Dorothy McPherson, Coffeyville Ruth Flory Sexton, Howard Jane E. Roether, Junction City Katherine A. Tucker, Topeka Ruth Socolofsky, Manhattan

14 KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 1962 1967 Dr. William A. Black, Dr. J. W. Breukelman, Emporia, ESU Pittsburg, PSU Lois Hogue, Pratt Eunice McGill, Sterling College Dr. Perva M. Hughes, Pittsburg, PSU Nellie McGuinn, Kansas City Winifred Jennings, Shawnee Owen R. McNeil, Peabody Jean Jones, Topeka Ella C. Shearer, Beloit Florence Miller, Iola Marie Therkelsen, Independence Cecil E. Smith, Pittsburg William D. Wolfe, Lawrence *Adel F. Throckmorton, Wichita, State Supt.

1963 1968 May Gruver, Augusta Arley A. Bryant, Concordia Alta Hendrickson, Oakley Lottie Carver, Mulvane Walter M. Ostenberg, Salina Alice Ham, Hutchinson Pearl Peterie, Kinsley Hazel Miller, Emporia Phebe Scott, Derby Irma Minden, Paola Martha Steele, Goodland Gladys Peterson, Lindsborg Charles E. Strange, Wichita Doris Stith, Bonner Springs

1964 1969 Dan Foster, LaCrosse Kelso Deer, Hoisington Mary Hunholz, Manhattan Marguerite Hackney, Iola Erdman Johnson, Turner Joe W. Ostenberg, McPherson Loma Mack, Madison Theodore Palmquist, Turner Bernadine Sitts, Garden City Maxine Sebelius, Northern Valley Lillie Elizabeth Studt, Glasco Joy Wigginton, El Dorado Dewey E. Wolgast, Marysville Lonnie Wood, Independence *Ruth Stout Wright, Topeka *Dr. Alex Daughtry, Emporia, ESU

1965 1970 Rebecca Bloodworth, Kansas City Ralph Dennis, Olathe Bryce H. Glecker, Dodge City John England, Pittsburg Mabel Lacey, Gorham Gladys Kaump, Dodge City Hazel Lee Simmons, Lawrence Thomas Kelley, Hutchinson Floyd C. Smith, Iola Lois Patton, Great Bend Dorothy Vaughn, Neodesha Albert Riedel, Hays Ethel Yantis, Howard Mary Ellen Sissman, Eureka

1966 Eva M. Chalfant, El Dorado Louis A. Coppoc, Belpre Helen Glaser, Coffeyville Evelyn Harper, Atchison Maurice Little, Goodland Ione Ramey, Olathe Wesley E. Simpson, Salina

KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 15 1971 1975 Dr. Kenneth Anderson, Vernon Hastert, Ulysses Lawrence, KU J. Paul Jewell, Kansas City Earl Bevan, Pittsburg Betty Dutton, Alta Vista Helen Case, El Dorado Iram Teichgraeber, Chapman Carl Clinesmith, Fort Scott Marion Klema, Salina Herman Grundy, Kansas City Ernest Nelson, Pittsburg Betty Jackson, Colby Rozella Swisher, Kansas City Margaret Jagger, Minneapolis *F. L. Schlagle, Kansas City 1976 Charlotte Doyle, Manhattan 1972 Harry Hart, Emporia Joseph L. Bournonville, Pittsburg Glennis Lindsey, Hutchinson Robert Burnett, Colby Frances Raines, Winfield Gerald Goacher, Topeka Dr. Richard Roahen, Emporia, ESU Carl A. James, Emporia Darlene Theno, Basehor Catherine Johannsen, Kansas City Eleanor White, Dodge City Dr. Margaret Parker, Pittsburg, PSU *Dr. James A. McCain, Manhattan, Leona Velen, Manhattan President, KSU *F. Royd Herr, Topeka, State Dept. of Education 1977 Jean Curl, Kansas City 1973 Fred Deyoe, Dodge City Mildred Barber, Concordia Joan Hanna, Winfield Dr. Elton W. Cline, Pittsburg, PSU Shirley Longfellow, El Dorado Marie Hieger, El Dorado Martha McReynolds, Burlington Anna Hurty, Hutchinson Gene Russell, Galena Rachel Leist, Fort Scott Dan Tewell, Pittsburg Allen L. Unruh, Ottawa *Dr. William Edwards, Emporia, ESU Marjorie Vieux, Atwood 1978 1974 Dennis L. Ary, Topeka Wanda Franzen, Emporia Erma Lang Dow, Eureka Arlene Garrett, Hugoton Harold Hardy, Pittsburg Ruben Grose, Hutchinson Dr. Robert R. Noble, Pittsburg, PSU Louis Hayward, Eureka Milton Senti, Pratt Clyde Johnson, Leavenworth Patricia J. Teel, Columbus Esther Overman, Columbus Eugene Wiltfong, Norton Norris Sayre, Ensign *Dr. A. Truman Hayes, Emporia, ESU

16 KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 1979 1984 Gerald E. Barkley, Galena Robert Coffman, Chase Wendell Hodges, Anthony Frances Lou Disney, Great Bend Eleanor Kee, Coffeyville Stephen R. Germes, Dodge City Clifton McWaid, Kansas City Thomas Hedges, Pittsburg Loren E. Riblett Sr., Wamego Don L. Mason, Kingman Cynthia Schrader, Alta Vista • Dottie McCrossen, Ottawa William Warner, Manhattan • Joan Spiker, Manhattan *Dr. Everett Rich, Emporia, ESU *Dr. John Visser, Emporia President, ESU 1980 Harold Balzer, Buhler 1985 Raymond Goering, Salina Bob Anderson, Manhattan Lucille Luckey, Dodge City Ken Carothers, Wellington Mary Remington, Pittsburg Thomas Fowler, Emporia Patricia Samuelson Bonds, Emporia Charlotte McDonald, Olathe James R. Smith, Olathe • Lana Scrimsher Oleen, Manhattan Paul Willis, Topeka Barbara Shinkle, Pratt Sharon Willis, McPherson 1981 *Dr. John E. King, Carbondale, IL, Mary Chase, Andover President, ESU Mary Lou Davis, Dodge City Marguerite Flick, Winfield 1986 Don Miller, Fort Scott Jill Burk, Manhattan Deloris Jean Osger, Eureka Richard G. Dawson, Kansas City Chester Peckover, Buhler Frank B. Evans, Dodge City Byron Smith, Anthony Dr. Jim Gill, Stilwell Harry Heckethorn, McPherson 1982 Sally Six Hersh, Lawrence Dorothy Arensman, Dodge City Helen Owens, Derby Frances Kohrs, Fort Scott *Dr. Fred Markowitz, Bill Saunders, Garden City Emporia, ESU Marjory Pease Sharp, Pittsburg Patricia Tippin, Manhattan 1987 Kenneth Trickle, Jr., Salina Roger D. Brannan, Manhattan Elizabeth Voorhees, Emporia Jackie Engel, McPherson Dr. Nick Henry, Pittsburg, PSU 1983 Dr. Eloise Beth Lynch, Salina Catherine Ann Brown, Emporia • Marie Peterson, Oakley Elaine Fowler Bryant, Pittsburg • Joyce Rucker, Pratt Betty Holderread, Newton Dr. Sandra J. Terril, Salina Lois McLure, Kingman *Dr. John Webb, Emporia, ESU Barry L. Schartz, Kingman Sally Shipley, Kansas City, Mo. Doris Velen, Manhattan

KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 17 1988 1993 • Carol S. Adams, Manhattan Mickey L. Bogart, Manhattan Donald G. Buhler, Pratt Carol J. Brandert, Salina Robert Hottman, Anthony Mary Alice Gordon, Lawrence Carolyn Clevenger Kuhn, Emporia Kathy Ann Ramsour, Dodge City Michael S. Rush, Osawatomie • William M. Scott, Wakeeney Bonnie Weingart, Fort Riley Alice M. Shaffer, Overland Park Martha Zakrzewski, Hays • Glenda S. Watkins, Paola *Dr. Daryl Berry, Emporia, ESU 1989 Tanya Channell, Hays 1994 Max Ferguson, Medicine Lodge Norma Bynum West, Dwight Lois Schweitzer Gray, Pratt • Diane Prell, Derby Carolyn Koch, Emporia Myron E. Schwinn, Manhattan Ada Ligia R. Paquette, Junction City • Connie J. Viebrock, Olathe • Mary Anne Trickle, Salina Kathryn E. Taylor, Emporia • Gary Wilkerson, Derby Anne Nettleton, Salina *Dr. Darrell Wood, Emporia, ESU Garold Robert Billionis, Fort Scott *Dr. Robert Glennen, Emporia 1990 President, ESU Dr. Thomas Christie, Lawrence • Gretchen Davis, Overland Park 1995 Dr. E. Sutton Flynt, Pittsburg, PSU Cathy Colborn, Medicine Lodge • James Gardner, El Dorado Joseph P. Glotzbach, Council Grove Ralph E. Mock, Council Grove John B. Harclerode, Emporia Allen K. Scheer, Westmoreland Diana E. Harris, Pratt Beverliann Wolf, Derby • Patrick R. Lamb, Manhattan • Tom Schwartz, Abilene 1991 Jo Ann Schuette, Wichita Deena L. Horst, Salina Kenneth R. Kennedy, Pratt 1996 Sherryl L. Longhofer, Topeka Doyle D. Barnes, Manhattan • Susan F. McKinney, Emporia Margaret Coggins, Lawrence Kenneth R. Stith, Dodge City Catherine Ecroyd, Ottawa • Valarie S. Tims, Pittsburg • Jacquelyn Faye Fiest, Dodge City Helen A. Wagner, El Dorado • Millie P. Moye, Salina Janice Reutter, Medicine Lodge 1992 Nancy Robohn, Emporia Beth Bergsten, Junction City Ernest L. Brown, Wakeeney • Irma Jean Fallon, Manhattan Diane Low, Lawrence Ethel Marie Peterson, Dodge City Alana Kay Sewell, Pratt • Joyce Ann Sinn, Fort Scott

18 KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 1997 2001 Lisa Artman Bietau, Manhattan • Cathy Esquibel, Dodge City JoLene Rae Bloom, Seneca Jeanne Evans, El Dorado • Patricia Gnau, Blue Valley • Betty Lavery, Stilwell Mike Harvey, Pratt Leona Madden, Hays Darla J. Mallein, Emporia Margaret McClatchey, Renita Ubel, Ottawa Overland Park • Randall J. Warner, Olathe Rosemary A. Riordan, Lenexa *Dr. Jack D. Skillett, Jane Sak, Overland Park Emporia, ESU *Jerry Long, Assoc. Dean, ESU

1998 2002 Brian “Chip” Anderson, Lawrence Bev Bertolone, Blue Valley Janeen Brown, Wakeeney Barbara Fowler, Emporia Candy Birch, Olathe • Sue Givens, Pratt Elizabeth Cronemeyer, Tonganoxie Christine Herald, Manhattan • Floyd “Stan” Standridge, Salina Dee A. Moxley, Andover Shirley Stein, Ulysses Jan Prather, El Dorado Carol Strickland, Emporia • Alexander Specht, Osawatomie

1999 2003 • Michelle DiLisio, Chanute • Tina Buck, Medicine Lodge Mary Machin Hemphill, Manhattan Matt Copeland, Topeka • Judy Humburg, Andover Connie Ferree, Emporia Mary Porterfield, Goodland • Connie Healey, Stilwell Linda Maxine Stelzer, Pratt Pamela, Kilgariff, Pratt Phillip Theis, El Dorado Barbara Tims, Pittsburg Curt C. Vajnar, Hays Carol Woydziak, Dodge City *Dr. Andy Tompkins, Topeka 2004 2000 Mary Elizabeth Baker, Andover Kay Parks Bushman Haas, Ottawa Luana Bitter, Pratt • Tracy Jo Kerth, Overland Park Patricia Grzenda, Lawrence • Michael R. Schainost, Osawatomie Nicki Hancock, Olathe Roberta (Robbie) Thomas, Andover • Greg Mittman, Valley Center Robert James Tindel, Pittsburg • Devra Parker, Medicine Lodge Deborah B. Wertin, Overland Park • Patricia Weidert, Emporia Goldie Wood, Dodge City * William Samuelson, ESU

KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARD 19 2005 2009 Mary Van Dyke, Atchinson • Kenneth J. Bingman, Blue Valley Ken Garwick, Manhattan Lynne “Christy” Boerner, Wamego • Connie Neneman, Dodge City Barbara Duffer Cole, Shawnee Heights Sandy Hardesty, Topeka Beverly Steele Furlong, Gardner-Edgerton Kathryn L. Reschke, Olathe Jeline Harclerode, Emporia Kimberly Thomas, Wichita Barbara McCalla, Augusta • Larry Wayland, Blue Valley • Sarah Smith Meadows, Topeka

2006 2010 Jo Ellen Dambro, Emporia Eleanor Browning, Emporia Karla Ewing, Pratt • Kathy Doussa, Dodge City Elaine Bertels-Fasulo, Olathe Michael Dunlap, Blue Valley Sherry Hutchcraft, Dodge City Lou Ann Getz, Manhattan-Ogden Vicki O’Neal, Baxter Springs Sheila Lewis, Shawnee Heights • Bob Peterson, Butler County • Andrea Sayler-Siefkes, St. John/Hudson Community College Kassie Shook, Lawrence • Marilyn K. Vaughan, Leawood *Scott Irwin, Emporia State University * Kay Schallenkamp, President, ESU 2011 2007 Sonda Copeland, Manhattan-Ogden • Rob Davis, Blue Valley • Teresa Disberger, Council Grove Robin Dixon, Auburn-Washburn Martha Hadsall, Anthony-Harper Shelley Faerber, Manhattan-Ogden Rick Hildebrand, Barnes-Hanover-Linn Diane Ladenburger, Pratt Nancy Pence, Blue Valley • Marilyn McComber, Emporia • Janice Romeiser, Emporia State University Angela Miller, Junction City Marcia Troutfetter, Salina Elouise Miller, Hays * Tes Mehring, Dean, ESU

2008 Alice Bertels, Auburn-Washburn Lisa Colwell, Hays Lori Goodson, Wamego Rhonda Hassig, Blue Valley • Deborah Nauerth, Manhattan-Ogden • Shannon Ralph, Dodge City Kenna Reeves, Emporia State University

* Special Award • Black Endowed Chair Recipient

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