2016 Teacher of the Year
2016 Teacher of the Year Recognition Program
The Teacher of the Year recognition program is intended to honor excellence in the classroom and provide a forum to showcase outstanding educators whose efforts and example have inspired their students, their colleagues and the community they serve. All recipients must:
- demonstrate outstanding leadership and excellence in teaching
- take an active role in their communities as well as their schools
- be professional, poised and articulate
- inspire a love of learning in students of all backgrounds and abilities
- be skillful, dedicated teachers who plan to actively continue classroom teaching
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NBISD selects 2016 District Teachers of the Year
Posted: April 26, 2016
New Braunfels ISD announced this year’s District Teachers of the Year on April 11 during a surprise visit to the teacher’s campus. NBISD has selected Ashley Henrich of Memorial Elementary as the Elementary Teacher of the Year and Jodi Coffey of New Braunfels High School as the Secondary Teacher of the Year.
Henrich is a 4th grade teacher and Coffey is a FOCUS teacher. Both were choses for an elite group of 12 Campus Teachers of the Year that applied for the honor by writing a handful of essays and sitting through a local interview panel. Henrich and Coffey will compete at the regional level this summer with hopes of becoming the Texas Teacher of the Year.
All of the 12 Campus Teachers of the Year, including Henrich and Coffey, were honored on April 18 during NBISD’s regular monthly board meeting.
CAPTION: Superintendent Randy Moczygemba, Jodi Coffey, Ashley Henrich and Board President James Bettersworth at the April 18 Board meeting.
Ashley Henrich
Memorial Elementary
2016 NBISD Elementary Teacher of the Year
Jodi Coffey
New Braunfels High School
2016 NBISD Secondary Teacher of the Year
NBISD selects 2016 Campus Teachers of the Year
Posted: March 10, 2016
The New Braunfels ISD is proud to announce this year’s Campus Teachers of the Year. All of these individuals will be honored at the May 16 board meeting and will be considered for the honor of NBISD Elementary or Secondary Teacher of the year. From that level, they will advance to the regional competition with hopes of ultimately being named a Texas Teacher of the Year. The announcement for the District’s Elementary and Secondary Teacher of the Year will be made during the month of April.
Jodi Coffey
New Braunfels High School
FOCUS Teacher
Bethany Delgado
NBHS Ninth Grade Center
Special Education Inclusion Teacher
Ashley Henrich
Memorial Elementary
4th Grade Teacher
Melinda Kniseley
New Braunfels Middle School
Math Teacher
Jana Harkins
County Line Elementary
1st Grade Teacher
Maria LeMond
Klein Road Elementary
2nd Grade Dual Language Teacher
Laura MacDonald
Lamar Elementary
Math Interventionist
Debra Marbach
Seele Elementary
5th Grade Reading/ELA/Social Studies Teacher
Natalie Randazzo
Lone Star Elementary
1st Grade Teacher
Elizabeth "Libby" Ruppel
Carl Schurz Elementary
Reading Interventionist
Margaret Smith
Oak Run Middle School
Science Teacher
Heather Sowell
Walnut Springs Elementary
3rd Grade Teacher