Two finalists for Georgia's Teacher of the Year award for 2022 are from Gwinnett County.
Rebecca Elizabeth Carlisle from Gwinnett County Schools and Maggie Johnson Pruitt from Buford City Schools are two of 10 finalists for the annual award.
Carlisle is an AP World History and STEM Humanities Teacher at North Gwinnett High School. Pruitt is a Self-Contained Special Education Teacher at Buford High School.
The finalists were chosen from a pool of applicants all previously selected as their school district’s Teacher of the Year.
Because the Georgia Teacher of the Year program was paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s finalists were selected from the original 2021 cohort (those initially slated to be recognized in May 2020). This ensured that cohort would not miss the opportunity to be recognized by the statewide program.
A formal interview and speeches will be done virtually before the winner is announced in August.
