Since 1994, the Central California Chinese Cultural Center has partnered with the Tulare County Office of Education to honor exemplary teachers through the Confucius’ Birthday Celebration honoring the Educators of the Year. Each year, members of the Chinese Cultural Center hold a dinner celebration in late September to honor one elementary, one middle, and one high school teacher. The event is not open to the public. For more information on the Educators of the Year Awards, contact Marlene Moreno at marlenem@tcoe.org.
2024 Educators of the Year
Educators of the Year will be recognized at an invitation-only dinner held on September 19, 2024. Read the New Gallery Week about the 2024 Educators of the Year.
Glenda Landin, Reading Intervention Specialist
Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Hope School District, Porterville
Anthony Nguyen, Sixth-Grade Teacher
Middle School Teacher of the Year
Palo Verde Union School District, Tulare
Jacob Avila, Business Teacher and FBLA Advisor
High School Teacher of the Year
Redwood High School, Visalia Unified School District
Educators of the Year Hall of Fame
2023
Renee Carson, Porterville Unified School District
Monica Robles, Burton School District
Renee Thornburg, Woodlake Unified School District
2019
Terri Dillard, Rockford School District
Anderson Schmidt, Sunnyside Union School District
John Lujan, Porterville Unified School District
2018
Paul Meador, Traver Joint School District
Omar Lopez, Burton School District
Zilda Hilliard, Tulare Jt. Union High School District
Carol Tuttle-Pilling, Farmersville Unified School District