Raleigh County educator named W.Va. Teacher of Year
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A veteran Raleigh County educator has been named West Virginia's 2011 Teacher of the Year.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A veteran Raleigh County educator has been named West Virginia's 2011 Teacher of the Year.
Drema McNeal will represent the state in the National Teacher of the Year competition.
State Schools Superintendent Steve Paine announced McNeal's selection Wednesday night.
McNeal is a sixth-grade language arts teacher at Park Middle School in Beckley. She has been a teacher for more than 20 years.
McNeal says she decided to become a reading teacher after helping her mother learn to read. She says her mother dropped out of high school and was functionally illiterate.
McNeal also is the author of an award-winning book on autism, "Kyle's Colorful Life.'' A second book is scheduled to be released later this year.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A veteran Raleigh County educator has been named West Virginia's 2011 Teacher of the Year.
Drema McNeal will represent the state in the National Teacher of the Year competition.
State Schools Superintendent Steve Paine announced McNeal's selection Wednesday night.
McNeal is a sixth-grade language arts teacher at Park Middle School in Beckley. She has been a teacher for more than 20 years.
McNeal says she decided to become a reading teacher after helping her mother learn to read. She says her mother dropped out of high school and was functionally illiterate.
McNeal also is the author of an award-winning book on autism, "Kyle's Colorful Life.'' A second book is scheduled to be released later this year.
