Educator of the Year Recipients: 

2020: Dr. Darlene Russell, William Paterson University

2017:  Susan Chenelle, University Acad. Charter HS, Jersey City

2016:  Heather D. Rocco, School District of the Chathams

2015:  Stephen Chiger, North Star Academy, Newark

2014:  Sarah Mulhern Gross, Technology HS, Lincroft 

2013:  Jennifer Ansbach, MA, Manchester Township HS

2012:  Dr. Laura Nicosia, PhD, Montclair State University

2011:   Dr. Liz deBeer, Point Pleasant Beach HS

2008:  Dr. Patricia Schall, College of Saint Elizabeth

2007:  Edie Weinthal, Pascack Valley

2006:  Julie Cheville, Rutgers U

2005:  Joseph Pizzo, Black River MS, Chester

2004:  Susan Canter, Campbell ES/Edgar MS, Metuchen

2003:  Eileen Dachnowicz, Cranford HS

2002:  Marcia Holtzman, Metuchen Public Schools

2001:  Nancy Gorrell, Morristown HS 

2000: Bettye Spinner, Moorestown HS

1999:  Lynn F. Carhart, Monmouth Regional HS, Tinton Falls

1997:  Donna Clovis, Princeton Elementary

1996:  Maria Schantz, Montclair State U

1995:  Herman Estrin, NJ Institute of Technology

1994:  Alfred Weiss, Eastside HS, Paterson

1993:  Muriel Becker, Montclair State U

1987:  Adele Stern, Paramus HS

1981:  Janet Emig, Rutgers U

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M. Jerry Weiss Early Career Teacher Recipients: 

2020: Angela Lengner 

2018: ​Bridget O'Neill, Lisa Sambula, Samantha Shane, Nimisha Patel

2016: Ellen Papazian

2015: Steven Criscuolo, Christopher Rodriguez, Ann Marie Manso

2014: Kristen Angelo

2013: David Eisenberg, Kathryn Fraser Whitely

2012: Aimee Ambrose, Elizabeth Dunn, Kathleen Tobin

2011: Vanessa Rasmussen, Lisa Anne MacDonald, Henry Baldwin, Kristine Mintel

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Marcia Holtzman Pre-Service Teacher Recipients:

2018: Evan Dickerson

2017: Darcy Lucia, Delight Penaverde-McKitrick

2016:

2015: Sandra Croft, Puneet Anand

2014: Rachel Berger

2013: Christopher Crowley, Victoria Viola, Guenevere Zuker

2012: Megan Bolger, Giuliana Cocilovo, Daniela Maria Conte, Steven Criscuolo, Michaela Ensminger, Lauren Fitzsimmons, Allison Greer, Kelly Kosch, Amanda Rhea, Ashley Robinson 

2011: Jessica DeNizio, Janine Sullivan 

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