We are pleased to celebrate these Vestal teachers who were selected for the New York State Master Teacher Program facilitated through the State University of New York...
Kate Barney / African Road Elementary AIS Math Teacher
Heather Bogart / African Road Elementary Third-Grade Teacher
Sara Cook / African Road Elementary Fourth-Grade Teacher
Krista Little / Vestal Hills Elementary Special Education Teacher
Colette O'Donnell / Vestal HS IB-SL Chemistry Teacher
Molly Russell / Clayton Avenue Elementary Fourth-Grade Teacher
Congratulations to them all for being recognized as outstanding K - 12 STEM teachers in New York State!
“The Master Teacher’s Program enables mid-career teachers to keep growing through intensive and content-specific professional learning experiences,” said Patrick Clarke, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction. “Their students will benefit greatly from this work.”
The New York State Master Teacher program was launched in 2013 in partnership with SUNY to strengthen K – 12 STEM education. The program is designed to foster growth among three domains – Knowledge of STEM Content, Knowledge of Pedagogy, or the method and practice of teaching, and Knowledge of Students, Their Families and Their Communities. Vestal Central School District’s Master Teachers are part of the Southern Tier regional cohort and its partner SUNY campus is Binghamton University. For more information on the NYS Master Teacher Program, visit
https://www.suny.edu/masterteacher/