East Brunswick Special Ed Teacher Receives Outstanding Educator Award

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ —Lindsay Grossman Liguori, a special education teacher at Frost Elementary School in East Brunswick, recently received one of the highest honors for her work.

The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) selected Liguori to receive the 2023 Outstanding Special Education Teacher Award.

This award is given to special education teachers across the U.S. who have demonstrated exceptional achievement and excellence in the field of special education. She was nominated by parent Keith Diaz.

Liguori was one of 11 teachers across the country to receive this award and is the only recipient from New Jersey this year.

Liguori, who has worked in the East Brunswick school district for over 10 years, currently serves as a special education teacher in an inclusive kindergarten classroom.

Lauded as an exceptionally skilled special education teacher who uses countless strategies to connect with each of her student’s learning styles, her classroom was described by her nominator as “the epitome of a truly inclusive classroom where the needs of each learner is met”.

Awardees are nominated by their respective school or district administrators, colleagues, and parents.

Each candidate is judged based on teaching criteria, service outside the classroom, and professional activities.

In her nomination, Liguori was praised as a “passionate disability advocate committed to building a local community that embraces and values disability.”

The special ed teacher regularly organizes school-wide disability awareness weeks, dances, and events, in addition to having a strong commitment to establishing a classroom that fosters respect, understanding, and empathy.

Liguori was also commended as having made “a profound impact on every student in (her) class in how they view and treat others with disabilities.”

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