Meet Our 2022-2023 Award-Winning Alumni
The most promising new teachers in North Carolina. Counselors and educational leaders transforming their schools. Two of the nine regional teachers of the year. Meet the NC State College of Education alumni who are being honored for the excellence they demonstrate in the field of the education and the impact they make on the lives of their students.
Regional and District Honors
During the past academic year, our alumni received numerous accolades, including being named:
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Northeast Regional Teacher of the Year
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Piedmont-Triad Regional Teacher of the Year
- Wake County Public School System’s School Counselor of the Year
- Wake County Public School System’s Teacher of the Year
- Wake County Public School System’s Assistant Principal of the Year
- Wake County Public School System’s Diane Kent-Parker First-Year Teacher
- Chatham County Schools Teacher of the Year
- Caswell County Schools Beginning Teacher of the Year
My classes prepared me to bring the kind of professionalism, content knowledge, and pedagogical knowledge to my school that administrators look for. Schools actively seek out NC State graduates because they know how great our program is.
Megan D’Agostino ’22
Wake County’s 2022-2023 Diane Kent Parker First-Year Teacher of the Year
Why Extraordinary Educators Choose Us:
Strongest Alumni Reputation among Employers
#31 Ranked College of Education in
the U.S.
#1 for Education and Educational Research in N.C.
Sources: NCDPI NC Educator Preparation Program Dashboard and 2023 QS World University Rankings: Subject in Education and Training, U.S. News‘ 2024 Best Graduate School Rankings and U.S. News‘ 2022-2023 Best Global Universities Subject Rankings.
