Lawrence Teacher Named Mercer County Teacher Of The Year

LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ — A teacher in the Lawrence Township School District is a finalist for the New Jersey Governor’s Teacher of the Year Award. Sharin Rello, a music teacher at Lawrence Intermediate School, named the Teacher of the Year in Mercer County, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) announced on Tuesday.

The award celebrates highly-effective educators and focuses public attention on excellence in teaching. The county teachers of the year are given the opportunity to serve as ambassadors of education to officials at the county and state levels.

Teachers of the year were selected in all 21 counties throughout the state. They will take valuable resources and materials directly from NJDOE back to their local districts. They will also be invited to serve on state committees and task forces to share their own experiences and points of view at the state level.

Before being elected Mercer County Teacher of the Year, Rello was named the Lawrence Township Teacher of the Year. She then competed for county recognition and was selected by a panel representing a cross-section of administrators, teachers, parents, and county education association representatives convened by the Department’s Executive County Superintendents.

A state-level panel of educators will select New Jersey's State Teacher of the Year based on a written application, video submission, and interviews with the top finalists. The State Teacher of the Year will be announced at the State Board of Education's October meeting, and he or she will go on to represent New Jersey at the National Teacher of the Year competition.

For the full list of New Jersey's 21 County Teachers of the Year for the 2017-18 click here.

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