Veteran Kansas Teachers of the Year
Year Teacher Name School District National Award
2013 Dyane Smokorowski Andover USD 385
2012 Tiffany Richard Olathe USD 233
2011 Curtis Chandler Wamego USD 320
2010 Karen M. Tritt Shawnee Mission USD 512
2009 Cynthia J. Couchman Buhler USD 313
2008 Jeri Powers DeSoto USD 232
2007 Joshua M. Anderson Olathe USD 233 National Finalist
2006 Ronald Wayne Poplau Shawnee Mission USD 512 National Finalist
2005 Brett D. Potts Blue Valley USD 229
2004 Keil E. Hileman, II DeSoto USD 232 National Finalist
2003 Ruth Ann Gharst Waggoner Olathe USD 233
2002 Tracy Taylor Callard Wichita USD 259 National Finalist
2001 Janet Lewandowski Kingsley Maize USD 266
2000 Susan M. Rippe Wichita USD 259
1999 Carol Strickland Emporia USD 253
1998 Darla J. Mallein Emporia USD 253 National Finalist
1997 Nancy R. McRoberts Olathe USD 233
1996 Christy R. McNally Catholic Diocese-Wichita
1995 Becky Goodwin Kansas State School for the Deaf
1994 Nancy J. Costigan-Talbott Hays USD 489
1993 Carol J. Swinney Hugoton USD 210
1992 Norman D. Conard Uniontown USD 235
1991 Frances J. Irelan Manhattan-Ogden USD 383
1990 Barbara J. Firestone Wichita USD 259
1989 Judy Beedles-Miller Derby USD 260
1988 Glenda S. Watkins Osawatomie USD 367
1987 Christine E. Chalender Hays USD 489
1986 Alice M. Wolf Ottawa USD 290
1985 Carol L. Reneau Emporia USD 253
1984 Betty Amos Colby USD 315
1983 Patricia Williams-Boyd Lawrence USD 497
1982 Shirley Palmer Fort Scott USD 234
1981 Helen A. Wagner El Dorado USD 490
1980 Loren Riblett Wamego USD 320
1979 Carolyn D. Jones Auburn Washburn USD 437
1978 Martha McReynolds Burlington USD 244
1977 Nelda B. Ikenberry McPherson USD 418
1976 James E. Brown Shawnee Mission USD 512
1975 Mildred Odom Bradley Manhattan-Ogden USD 383
1974 C. Don Everhart Olathe USD 233
1973 Janet Service Labette County USD 506
1972 Selma M. Maronde Russell County USD 407
1971 Hope Shackelford Wichita USD 259
1970 Deana McClure Osawatomie USD 367
1969 James H. Hood St. John-Hudson USD 350
1968 Jean E. Jones Auburn Washburn USD 437
1967
1966 Evelyn Harper Atchison USD 409
1965 Bill D. Shipman Hays USD 489
1964 Neysa Eberhard
1963 Etta Dahlgren Kansas City USD 500
1962 Marjorie French Topeka USD 501 National Teacher of the Year
1961
1960 Helen Case El Dorado USD 490
1955 Edith Means National Finalist