{"id":7132,"date":"2019-05-26T20:08:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T00:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=7132"},"modified":"2019-05-26T23:13:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T03:13:12","slug":"see-who-got-our-awards-for-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/see-who-got-our-awards-for-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"See Who Got Our Awards for Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, the winners of the Anne R. Lipnick Award for Specialized Instruction awards were announced at a reception of staff, School Board and students. See the photo album on Facebook<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2019 Outstanding Special Education Teacher PreK-12 award was given to Tammy Rotz of Douglas MacArthur Elementary School for adapting her teaching to each individual student\u2019s needs. Paul Kingston of T.C. Williams High School received the Outstanding General Education Inclusion Teacher PreK-12 award, while the Outstanding Special Education Paraprofessional award went to Wendy Andrews of Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Each of these individuals has gone above and beyond in their commitment to their students. They have demonstrated that they have vision, integrity and passion in their work. These are qualities we hold in the highest esteem,\u201d said Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Anne R. Lipnick Award for Specialized Instruction honors the achievements of educators whose hard work exemplifies inclusion across the continuum of ACPS educational programming. Each year, an outstanding special education instructor, general education teacher, and a paraprofessional are nominated for going above and beyond their engagements to develop and promote excellence in specialized instruction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rotz was recognized for using specially designed instruction to ensure her students met their achievement goals. She monitored student progress and worked collaboratively as part of the co-teaching cadre to employ diverse learning strategies that fostered an inclusive classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Tammy<\/span><\/p>\n

Kingston was nominated for his extensive knowledge of the curriculum and his commitment to reaching students of all ability levels. Collaborating effectively and broadly, his lessons were described by the Virginia Department of Education personnel as \u201ca model of what co-teaching should be.” According to colleagues at T.C. Williams, \u201che exemplifies the truism that quiet leadership is often the most effective leadership style.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Kingston<\/p>\n

Andrews has served as a role model throughout her more than 15 years as a paraprofessional. She was nominated for routinely taking a proactive role fostering outstanding academic progress inside and outside of the classroom. Her work ethic and ability to \u201cjump in\u201d and manage challenging situations has made Andrews a critical part of the team. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These were not the only educators whose achievements were celebrated during the Anne R. Lipnick Awards ceremony. A complete list of nominees is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

Outstanding Special Education Teacher<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Christine A. Bell<\/span><\/td>\nT.C. Williams<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jacenta Collins<\/span><\/td>\nFrancis C. Hammond<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jessica Donahue<\/span><\/td>\nFrancis C. Hammond<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Keplinger<\/span><\/td>\nLyles-Crouch<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicole Kertyzak<\/span><\/td>\nMatthew Maury<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jessica Oswalt<\/span><\/td>\nJefferson-Houston<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morgan Ray<\/span><\/td>\nMinnie Howard<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tammy Rotz<\/span><\/td>\nDouglas MacArthur<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caitlyn Schnure<\/span><\/td>\nCharles Barrett<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jared Stanley<\/span><\/td>\nJohn Adams<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Outstanding General Education Inclusion Teacher<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Alexandra Bender<\/span><\/td>\nJohn Adams<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quanda Fudd<\/span><\/td>\nFrancis C. Hammond<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Kingston<\/span><\/td>\nT.C. Williams<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emily Leimbach<\/span><\/td>\nDouglas MacArthur<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Molly McCabe<\/span><\/td>\nJohn Adams<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristin Stoughton<\/span><\/td>\nWilliam Ramsay<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brenda Tarquinio<\/span><\/td>\nJohn Adams<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samantha Wald<\/span><\/td>\nMinnie Howard<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Outstanding Special Education Paraprofessional PK-12<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Wendy Andrews<\/span><\/td>\nLyles-Crouch<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colette Bonds-McLeod<\/span><\/td>\nDouglas MacArthur<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pamela Frost<\/span><\/td>\nJefferson-Houston<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Latonya Hubbard<\/span><\/td>\nFrancis C. Hammond<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marcus Jones<\/span><\/td>\nMinnie Howard<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Erik Lipscomb<\/span><\/td>\nJefferson-Houston<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Ronald Lott<\/span><\/td>\nT.C. Williams<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cody Mathews<\/span><\/td>\nDouglas MacArthur<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gloria Stone<\/span><\/td>\nJefferson-Houston<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shirley Strong<\/span><\/td>\nFrancis C. Hammond<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Congratulations to all our winners and nominees!<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more about Anne Lipnick (PDF)<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The winners of the Anne R. Lipnick Awards for Specialized Instruction were announced at a reception of staff, School Board and students. See our winners from Douglas MacArthur, T.C. Williams and Lyles-Crouch, and take a peek at photos from the event. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kudos-to-staff"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 05:55:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7132"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7160,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7132\/revisions\/7160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}