Meet Somerset County's 2023 Teacher of the Year, a special education specialist
Somerset County Public Schools has announced Tania Cunningham-Raycrow, comprehensive special education teacher at Somerset Intermediate School, as the district’s 2023 Teacher of the Year.
Cunningham-Raycrow was selected as the Secondary Teacher of the Year finalist. Runner up Jennifer Jones, special teacher at Deal Island Elementary School, was named 2023 Elementary Teacher of the Year. The winners were announced at the 2023 Somerset Teacher of the Year Banquet hosted at University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Henson Center Ballroom.
Cunningham-Raycrow received her master’s degree in English to Speakers of Other Languages from Salisbury University in 2016 and a bachelor’s degree in special education at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 1998.
She began her career with Somerset County Public Schools as a substitute teacher in 1998 and is currently a special education comprehensive classroom teacher, providing hands-on support to students with significant cognitive delays in all core content areas as well as life skills.
She provides personalized instruction through the Home and Hospital program and serves as the county’s alt-assessment facilitator. Cunningham-Raycrow also serves her community through faith-based mentoring programs including college prep initiatives.
Cunningham-Raycrow will go on to compete as Somerset County’s candidate for Maryland Teacher of the Year in the fall.
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This article originally appeared on Salisbury Daily Times: Meet Somerset County's 2023 Teacher of the Year
