The Commissioner of Education shall establish a
selection committee which assures representation from
teacher organizations, administrators, and parents to select the Teacher of the Year and Ambassador for Education from among the district teachers of th
teacher organizations, administrators, and parents to select the
Teacher of the Year and Ambassador for Education from among the district teachers of th
Teacher of the Year and
Ambassador for Education from among the district
teachers of the year.
This movement is evident up to the federal level, where the U.S. Department of Education has emphasized empowering
teachers to improve the education process through its Teaching
Ambassador Fellowship Program, which counts new Tennessee STF Josalyn Tresvant McGhee as a recent
selection, to the Teach to Lead program, a partnership with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.