2009 State Teacher of the Year Finalist
Debbie Perry,
Midway ISD
State Teacher of the Year Finalist, Debbie Perry, has been an educator for 24 years, serving 9 of those years in Texas. She began her career in Georgia as an elementary mathematics teacher and has taught in Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi, before heading to Texas. Prior to coming to Midway, Mrs. Perry taught eighth-grade mathematics at Travis Jr. High School in Paris, Texas. Perry was selected as the Region 8 Secondary Teacher of the Year, Paris ISD Secondary Teacher of the Year and Travis Junior High Teacher of the Year. Perry has exhibited extraordinary teaching during her career.
She is a Star Grant recipient, the 2008 Region 8 Gifted Teacher of the Year, and was selected by the University of North Carolina to write in Substituting in the Gifted Classroom. She was also named to the Top Ten Mathematics Teachers in Florida by the President’s Council for Excellence in Mathematics. Perry believes that integrity, wit, dedication, and wisdom are necessary traits for all teachers. It was her parents’ spirituality and commitment to serving others that influenced their daughter to enter the education system. Perry has worked with students with advanced skills to those who were “at risk”. She understands what different students needs are, and does whatever is necessary to meet them. Perry has spearheaded a district wide disciplinary program to target consistently appropriate behavior. She implemented a peer-tutoring program that not only increased learning for both the learner and the tutor, but helped foster respectful relationships despite many differences. Her founding and promotion of an after school math club challenged students to prepare for TAKS testing while fostering an intellectual fellowship that would allow the group to compete and triumph in competitions across the state. Her dedication for service is seen through her participation in Meals on Wheels, Sunday school and bible studies, meal deliveries for senior citizens on Christmas Eve, Buddy Walk for Down Syndrome, the Cancer Walk and fundraising for Young Life and Pregnancy Centers.
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