Teacher of the Year

Lavonia Bishop, an instructor at Woodville-Tompkins, has been named the 2009 Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) Teacher of the Year for SCCPSS.

Mrs. Bishop is a Career Technical Instruction Coordinator, who works with Special Needs students. She has taught at Woodville-Tompkins since its inception in 2007 and has been with the school system for 33 years.

The award was presented by Cathy Hill, Vice President of Georgia Power, the sponsor of the program. Mrs. Bishop has been invited to the Georgia Association of Career & Technical Education (GACTE) Conference in July, where she will compete against other representatives for the state honor. The winner of that contest will represent Georgia and contend for the National ACTE award.