Sarah Pratt
1996 Inductee
Sarah Pratt returns to classroom instruction next year having served two years in a state position designing and piloting a performance based licensure process for teachers, developing orientation projects for new teachers, and helping implement Teacher of the Year symposiums. She established the McDowell County Schools Cities-in-Schools Academy, an alternative program for at-risk students and Titan Pride, an academic incentives and awards program. She has raised more than $400,000 in grant money to support her programs. Pratt is the first female deacon elected in the 150-year history of the First Presbyterian Church of Marion. She teaches High School English and Social Studies, including English, drama, speech, and /driver's education.
Education
1998 | University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill, Master of Arts in Teaching |
1977 | Catawba College, English Certification |
1970 | Catawba College, Salisbury, North Caroloina, B.A. in Drama/Speech |
Special Honors
1993-94 | North Carolina Teacher of theYear |
1993-94 | Western Regional Teacher of the Year |
1994 | Bryan Food for Thought Honoree |
1993 | Educational Policy Program Fellow |
1991 | Governor's Award of Excellence in Teaching |
2001 | Governor's Education First Task Force |