Robin Wilson, a third-grade teacher at New Hope Elementary School, is the 2015-2016 Vance County Schools’ Teacher of the Year.
Mrs. Wilson has a total of 41 years of teaching experience, with 30 years of teaching in Virginia. She is in her second year as a faculty member at New Hope after teaching for the previous nine years at E.O. Young Jr. Elementary School.
Mrs. Wilson was selected for the district’s teaching honor by a special selection committee, which interviewed Teachers of the Year from all 17 local public schools on August 27. She was chosen as the top teacher based on her enthusiasm and passion for teaching and because of the positive impact she has on the education for students in her class and overall in her school. Mrs. Wilson also serves as a mentor for several of her colleagues at New Hope and tutors students after school.
Mrs. Wilson wrote the following about her philosophy for education.
“Sell, Sell, Sell!!!!! I want every child and every support personnel for that child to buy into my product – my product being that of EDUCATION. Education is power!!!! Education is the key to success!!!
“For my students to feel their own worth in this 21st century, I will teach them to the best of my ability exhausting all resources, strategies, learning styles, and methods available, diversifying where necessary for the child’s personal and measured success.
“I want to touch the student’s life in such a way that each child will grow beyond expectations. We, the student, the support personnel, and I, do not settle for less. The loving guidance we administer will produce independent individuals who will become creditable members of our society.
“Educating a child is not just a job. It is a way of life! They all have potential, they all can learn, and they all can achieve greatness!!!”
Mrs. Wilson was chosen from an outstanding field of educators, who also were selected as their school’s Teacher of the Year. They include:
- Stephanie Black of Aycock Elementary School
- Sheila Brockers-White of Western Vance High School
- Randolph Crews of Northern Vance High School
- Gladys Evans of Southern Vance High School
- Casey Hall of Early College High School
- Amanda Hightower of Clarke Elementary School
- Stephen Jones of STEM Early High School
- Jessica London of Eaton-Johnson Middle School
- Regina Miles of Carver Elementary School
- Tracy Mills of Henderson Middle School
- Renee Overby of Pinkston Street Elementary School
- Janice Roswess-Chambers of L.B. Yancey Elementary School
- Robin Sanders of E.O. Young Jr. Elementary School
- Joshua Tilghman of Dabney Elementary School
- Mary Landis of Zeb Vance Elementary School
- Kathryn Wilson of E.M. Rollins Elementary School
Mrs. Wilson will be honored, along with all of the school Teachers of the Year, at the Vance County Schools’ Recognition Banquet on November 19. Congratulations to all of our schools’ Teachers of the Year!
The district’s Principal of the Year and Assistant Principal of the Year also will be honored at the November banquet. All nominees for these prestigious awards also will be recognized during the event.