Forty-four Chapel Hill ISD teachers were awarded Teacher Incentive Allotment designations and received a payout of over $500,000. The annual monetary awards for Chapel Hill ISD could range from $7,500 to $29,000 for each teacher’s achievement. Chapel Hill ISD teachers received three levels of designations: Recognized, Exemplary or Master. According to the Approved Local Designation System, the teacher designee receives 90% of the allotment, with the district receiving 10%.
Based in the Texas Education Code (TEC), §21.3521 (Local Optional Teacher Designation System) and §48.112 (Teacher Incentive Allotment), TIA is built to provide lasting funds for outstanding Texas teachers to remain in the classroom and improve student outcomes.
Below are the teachers who were designated:
Chapel Hill High School
Shelie Collins – Exemplary
Ben Mosier – Master
Kenna Budd – Master
Aaron Steele – Exemplary
Blake Reeve – Exemplary
Melissa Avery – Recognized
Julianna Gandy – Recognized
Nicholas Alexander – Recognized
Heather Van Gerven – Recognized
Chapel Hill Junior High
Christine French – Exemplary
Angela Smith – Recognized
Isabelle Hernandez – Recognized
Audrey Parcell – Recognized
Kathryn Wright – Recognized
Kissam Intermediate
Adam Brown – Recognized
Janai Burris – Exemplary
Beatriz Calvo – Exemplary
Lori Redfearn – Exemplary
Morenike Ayadi – Recognized
Mayra Escobedo – Recognized
Jacqueline Flach – Recognized
Ronda Wylie – Recognized
Ashley Leftwich – Recognized
Ignacio Vargas – Recognized
Margarita Duran Garcia – Exemplary
Shanti Harris – Exemplary
Maribel Kennedy – Master
Jackson Elementary
Heather Williams – Recognized
Maria Blair – Recognized
Jennifer Jacobo – Exemplary
Yezmin Nunez – Exemplary
Wise Elementary
Krystal Miller – Recognized
Lauren Riordan – Recognized
Karen Jabr – Recognized
Tracy Nash – Recognized
Melinda Bentley – Recognized
Shauna Williams – Recognized
Liliana Garza – Recognized
Francisco Bueno – Exemplary
Christina Bell – Exemplary
Gricelda Cruz – Master
Jennie Beaird – Master
Robyn Renick – Master
Erica Ramirez Bermudez – Master