Here are the Alabama 2021-22 Teacher of the Year finalists
Updated May 11, 2021;
Reflecting on his experiences as the most recent finalist, and Alabama’s current Teacher of the Year, Dr. Andrew Jackson said, “Congratulations to these highly skilled educators, who have been selected to represent their local school systems and our regional education districts. Each of these Alabama Teacher of the Year 16 Finalists truly demonstrate outstanding classroom leadership and are elevating our profession to new levels of success.”
The pool of candidates will be narrowed to the top four by a state-level committee. The 2021-22 Alabama Teacher of the Year will be announced in August.
Award-winning Hoover teacher charged with sexual abuse
Updated 7:49 PM;
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An award-winning Hoover teacher has been arrested on a felony sex charge.
Vincent Joseph Chiaramonte, 41, is charged with first-degree sexual abuse/forcible compulsion. He is a teacher at the Riverchase Career Connection Center (RC3) but has been on leave since the investigation began almost a year ago.
Efforts to locate an attorney who could comment on Chiaramonte’s behalf weren’t immediately successful.
According to Hoover police, the investigation began May 31, 2020. Chiaramonte was initially arrested on a misdemeanor charge through Hoover Municipal Court. He was placed on leave in June 2020.
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Hooverâs 2020-21 Teachers of the Year found their true calling
Photo by Erin Nelson.
Katie Thompson, a special education teacher at Riverchase Elementary, meets with her students after being named Elementary Teacher of the Year for Hoover City Schools. Ã
Photo by Jon Anderson.
Hoover City Schools central office staff and Debra Smith, principal at the Riverchase Career Connection Center, inform Pam McClendon, the lead teacher in the Cyber Innovation Academy at RC3, on screen, that she has been selected as the 2020-21 Hoover City Schools Secondary Teacher of the Year on Dec. 17. McClendon was in Montgomery for a family funeral.