Johnson Co. teacher wins Kansas teacher of the year award

OLATHE, Kan. - A Johnson Co. teacher has won an award as the Kansas Teacher of the Year.

The Topeka Capital Journal reports that Tiffany Richard, a high school chemistry, AVID and biology teacher at Olathe East High School was named the 2012 Kansas Teacher of the Year in Wichita Saturday night.

Richard was chosen out of a field of eight finalists and 106 nominees in the state, which has four regions.

Regional selection panels appointed by the Kansas Department of Education select semi-finalists and finalists from each region. The selection panels are made of teachers, administrators, and other education representatives.

Richard has been a teacher at Olathe East for eight years.

She will receive a $4,000 cash award from Security Benefit, a scholarship from the Kansas Board of Regents, an educational technology package valued at over $14,000 from a Canadian company, a leased car for a year and the Kansas Corn Commission will give Richard ethanol to use while fulfilling her Teacher of the Year duties.

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