Posted by CSTA on Aug 24, 2022
Meet the 2021-22 CS Teaching Excellence Award regional winners. 

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Each year, CSTA and the Infosys Foundation USA host the CS Teaching Excellence Awards, which recognize 10 winners, five honorable mentions, and winners at the regional level. The CS Teaching Excellence Awards are designed to recognize outstanding teaching by K–12 computer science teachers. Winners excel in inspiring students to explore the computer science field, engaging students in learning rigorous standards-aligned computer science content, and broadening the participation of underrepresented students in computing. These awards were made possible by a grant from Infosys Foundation USA. 

Meet this year's regional award winners: 
 
Minnesota 
 
Tina Kude, 9-12 teacher at Wayzata High School 
Whitney Determan, PreK-5th teacher at New Code Academy: Bloomington Public Schools 
Josephine Winter, 9-12 teacher at Austin High School 
 
These awardees were honored in May. 
 
Arizona 
 
Jill V. Jones, 9-12 teacher at Carl Hayden High School 
Pradip Misra, 6-8, 9-12 teacher at Bagdad Unified School District #20 
Jessie L. McKinley, PreK-5 teacher at Madison Camelview 
 
These awardees were honored at Arizona's CSPD Week in June. 
 
Indiana
 
Mark Snodgrass, 9-12 teacher at Southport High School 
Amy Fletcher, PreK-5 teacher at Greenfield Intermediate School 
Genevieve McLeish-Petty, PreK-5, 6-8 teacher at Cold Spring School 
 
These awardees were honored during Indiana CSPD Week in June. 
 
Wyoming 
 
Melissa Price, PreK-5 teacher at Woodland Park Elementary 
Sharon Seaton, 9-12 teacher at Expedition Academy High School 
James Cunningham, 6-8 teacher at Fremont County School District #6 
 
These awardees were honored in July. 
 
South Carolina 
 
Sarah Tooley, 9-12 teacher at River Bluff High School 
Denise Wright, 6-8, 9-12 teacher at Horry County Schools/Ocean Bay Middle and VirtualSC
Robin L. Jobes, 9-12 teacher at Richland Two Institute of Innovation 
 
These awardees were honored at SC CSPD Week in July. 
 
New England 
 
Nicole (NJ) Rivilis, 6-8, 9-12 teacher at Springfield Public Schools 
Allison Braley, 6-8 teacher at Bucksport Middle School 
Laura Peters, 6-8, 9-12 teacher at Henderson K-12 Inclusion School 
 
These awardees will be honored at CSTA New England Regional Conference in November. 
 
Congratulations, again, to our winners!