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Mainland Teacher Named County's Best
Bernadette Daley is the Atlantic County Teacher of the Year.
Mainland Regional High School teacher Bernadette Daley has been named the Atlantic County Teacher of the Year for 2012-13, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) announced on Monday, Sept. 17.
Daley was among 20 county and state teachers of the year announced on Monday, NJDOE said.
“Most of us know how humbling and awe-inspiring it is to be a student or a colleague of an excellent teacher – these are the individuals who have the power and skill to change lives and bring out the best in us all," Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf said in a release. "I’d like to congratulate Bernadette Daley for being named Atlantic Teacher of the Year for 2012-13. I’m proud that through our teacher of the year selection process, which begins at the school and district levels, many more Atlantic teachers are recognized and celebrated for the outstanding jobs they are doing for our children.”
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According to NJDOE, Daley was selected at the by panels representing a cross-section of administrators, teachers, parents and county education association representatives convened by the executive county superintendents of schools.
She submitted a written application and 15-minute video to NJDOE, and that video was reviewed by a state-level panel of educators who make the final selection of the 2012-13 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year, NJDOE said. That selection will be made in October, and the winner will represent New Jersey in the national competition.
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Daley has been at Mainland since 2001, and began teaching in 1999, according to NJDOE. She teaches Business Technology courses, including Web Design, Advanced Web Design, Digital Imaging, Action Script with Flash, Visual BASIC, Personal Finance and Freshmen Seminar, among others.
She also coaches girls' lacrosse, is the advisor for the Photography Club, a member of the school’s Liaison Committee, Technology Committee and Curriculum Development Committee, according to NJDOE.
In 1989, she graduated from Salisbury State University, where she played basketball and lacrosse. She earned her master's degree in Instructional Technology from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in 2003, and her Supervisor's Certificate in 2004.
New Jersey’s 2012-13 County Teachers of the year and State Facility Teacher of the Year are as follows:
County
Teacher
Subject/Grade
District
School
Atlantic
Business & Computer Technology - grade 9th-12th
Mainland Regional High School District
Mainland Regional High School
Bergen
Physical Education & Dance - grade 6th-8th
Tenafly Public School District
Tenafly Middle School
Burlington
Chemistry - grade 10th-12th
Lenape Regional High School District
Leanpe Regional High School
Cape May
Language Arts - grade 8th
Upper Township School District
Upper Township Middle School
Cumberland
Biology - grade 10th
Vineland Public School District
Vineland High School North
Gloucester
English & Shakespeare Studies - grade 10th-12th
Clearview Regional High School District
Clearview Regional High School
Hudson
ESL & Language Arts - grade 9th-12th
Union City School District
Union City High School
Hunterdon
English - grade 9th-12th
Hunterdon Central Regional School District
Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Middlesex
Elementary - grade 4th
Perth Amboy School District
Edward J. Patten Elementary School
Monmouth
Technology - grade 9th-12th
Red Bank School District
Red Bank Regional High School
Morris
Veterinary Science - grade 9th-12th
Morris County Vocational School District
Morris County School of Technology
Ocean
Gifted & Talented - grade 1st-5th
Brick Township School District
Drum Point & Osbornville Elementary Schools
Passaic
Elementary - grade 5th
West Milford Township Public School District
Marshall Hill School
Salem
Elementary & Special Education - grade 3rd
Woodstown-Pilesgrove School District
Mary S. Shoemaker Elementary School
Somerset
Spanish - grade 11th-12th
Hillsborough Township School District
Hillsborough High School
State Facility
Special Education - grade 9th-12th
NJ Department of Children and Families
DCF Atlantic Regional School
Sussex
Science - grade 11th-12th
Vernon Township School District
Vernon Township High School
Union
Social Studies - grade 7th
Springfield Public School District
Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School
Warren
Special Education - grade 7th-8th
Warren Hills Regional School District
Warren Hills Regional Middle School
