2025 Teachers of the Year – chosen by their fellow teachers in each of the Coweta County School System’s 33 schools – will be honored by the Coweta County Board of Education on Tuesday, March 25.
Teachers of the Year are selected by their fellow certified teachers at each school in recognition of exemplary teaching and professional leadership, and serve as ambassadors of their profession. This year’s honorees represent teachers working in 1st through 12th grade, and a range of educational disciplines including English/Language Arts, math, science, social sciences, special education, and health and physical education
They will be honored at the Coweta County Teacher of the Year Program on March 25, held at the Nixon Centre for Performing and Visual Arts at 7:00 p.m.. The Coweta County Board of Education presents the program annually with the Newnan Pilot Club. The 2025 Coweta County Teacher of the Year – who is also chosen by current and former Coweta educators – will be announced at that program.
This year’s TOTY honorees include:
Carrie Dumm, 5th Grade (Arbor Springs Elementary)
Kathy Brown, Music (Arnco-Sargent Elementary)
Holly Pelley, 5th Grade Literature/Social Studies (Atkinson Elementary)
Maranda Campbell, 1st Grade (Brooks Elementary)
Melissa Baker, 1st grade (Canongate Elementary)
Michelle Petty, 5th Grade (Eastside Elementary)
Molly Breyne, 4th Grade (Elm Street Elementary)
Shelley Crittenden, 3rd Grade Math (Glanton Elementary)
Barbara Chambers, MTSS Intervention (Jefferson Parkway Elementary)
Ashley Linch, 1st Grade (Moreland Elementary)
Tiffany Boswell, 2nd Grade (Newnan Crossing Elementary)
Natalie Springfield, Special Education (Northside Elementary)
Cassie Yates, 3rd Grade (Poplar Road Elementary)
Kerri Geter, 2nd Grade (Ruth Hill Elementary)
Heather Thomas, Speech Pathologist (Thomas Crossroads Elementary)
Jodi Pope, 5th Grade (Welch Elementary)
Nessa McClure, 4th Grade (Western Elementary)
Debbie Krauth, 1st Grade (White Oak Elementary)
Lindsey Sprayberry, 3rd Grade (Willis Road Elementary)
Johanna Wessells, 7th Grade Science (Arnall Middle)
Katie Burns, 6th grade (Blake Bass Middle)
Wesley Schuessler, 8th Grade Science (East Coweta Middle)
Amanda Stripling, 8th Grade Science (Evans Middle)
Adriana Cantwell, English/Language Arts and ESOL (Lee Middle)
Andrea Kipp, 6th Grade English/Language Arts (Madras Middle)
Jean Nicoleau, 7th Grade Science (Smokey Road Middle)
Cori Staples, K-8 Health and Physical Education (Empower Online)
Gordon Callaway, English/Language Arts (Maggie Brown Middle)
Rebecca Moody, Science (East Coweta High)
Dano Burdette, Health & Physical Education (Newnan High)
Robyn Ridgeway, Special Education ISC (Northgate High)
Jennifer Maritz, 8th Grade Science (The Central Educational Center)
Starla Holt, English/Language Arts (Winston Dowdell Academy)
