The following individuals were the Delaware State Teacher of the Year (TOY). DDOE is excited to recognize these outstanding professionals whose work has been vital to students’ success.
Please use the table to search and view previous winners.
| Award Year | Teacher of the Year | District |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Shelby Borst | Colonial School District |
| 2024 | Cory Hafer | Appoquinimink School District |
| 2023 | Ashley Lockwood | Milford School District |
| 2022 | Jahsha Tabron | Brandywine School District |
| 2021 | Kimberly Stock | Red Clay Consolidated School District |
| 2020 | Rebecca Vitelli | Colonial School District |
| 2019 | Dana Bowe | Seaford School District |
| 2018 | Jinni Forcucci | Sussex Technical School District |
| 2017 | Wendy Turner | Brandywine School District |
| 2016 | Sandra Hall | Smyrna School District |
| 2015 | Megan D. Szabo | Caesar Rodney School District |
| 2014 | Lea Wainwright | Appoquinimink School District |
| 2013 | John Sell | Sussex Technical School District |
| 2012 | Amber Augustus | Smyrna School District |
| 2011 | Joseph Masiello | Red Clay Consolidated School District |
| 2010 | Mary E. Pinkston | Brandywine School District |
| 2009 | Mark D. Teesdale | Lake Forest School District |
| 2008 | Courtney Fox | Brandywine School District |
| 2007 | Caridad Alonso | Red Clay Consolidated School District |
| 2006 | Garrett W. Lydic | Laurel School District |
| 2005 | Kathleen H. Thomas | Caesar Rodney School District |
| 2004 | Rita Hovermale | Woodbridge School District |
| 2003 | Sharon Crossen | POLYTECH School District |
| 2002 | Tonya Marcinkewicz | Brandywine School District |
| 2001 | Julia N. Harper | Delmar School District |
| 2000 | Ronni K. Cohen | Brandywine School District |
| 1999 | Lyn Newsom | Brandywine School District |
| 1998 | Harry Kutch | Colonial School District |
| 1997 | Francis J. O’Malley | Brandywine School District |
| 1996 | Darryl J. Hudson | Indian River School District |
| 1995 | Candice Hopkins | Colonial School District |
| 1994 | Patrice Buchanan | Christina School District |
| 1993 | Clealyn B. Wilson | Capital School District |
| 1992 | Mercedes V. Ferrari | Milford School District |
| 1991 | Lisa (Best) Eline | Red Clay School District |
| 1990 | Timothy P. Young | Lake Forest School District |
| 1989 | Eleanor D. Schmidt | Colonial School District |
| 1988 | Penny Schockley | Milford School District |
| 1987 | Paul Parets | Red Clay School District |
| 1986 | Doris G. Stevenson | Brandywine School District |
| 1985 | Susan Thomas Holder | New Castle County Vo-Tech School District |
| 1984 | Teresa G. Carey | Indian River School District |
| 1983 | Harriett B. Donofrio | Cape Henlopen School District |
| 1982 | Renee O’Leary | Colonial School District |
| 1981 | June Soukup | Indian River School District |
| 1980 | Bruce Laird | New Castle County, Area 1 |
| 1979 | Nina Lou Bunting | Indian River School District |
| 1978 | William W. Barkley | Capital School District |
| 1977 | Lucy E. Samluk | De La Warr School District |
| 1976 | Lyn V. Eggink | Division of Juvenile Corrections |
| 1975 | Eleanor (Forsberg) Young | Mt. Pleasant School District |
| 1974 | Polly M. Bray | Newark School District |
| 1973 | Mary Decker | Milford School District |
| 1972 | Vivian Ellis | New Castle-Gunning Bedford School District |
| 1971 | Phyllis G. Schabinger | Appoquinimink School District |
| 1970 | Jessie C. Duncan | Newark School District |
| 1969 | Ellen H. Harmeson | Capital SchoolSchool District |
| 1968 | J. Richard Kendall, III | Mt. Pleasant School District |
| 1967 | Joseph J. Gilligan | Dickinson High School |