Previous Massachusetts Teachers of the Year

• 2025, Luisa Sparrow, Oliver Hazard Perry School, Boston
• 2024, De'Shawn C. Washington, Maria Hastings Elementary School, Lexington
• 2023, Danielle ("Dani") Charbonneau, Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, Oak Bluffs
• 2022, Marta García, Witchcraft Heights Elementary School, Salem
• 2021, Jennifer Hedrington, Ferryway School, Malden
• 2020, Takeru Nagayoshi, New Bedford High School, New Bedford
• 2019, Jamil Siddiqui, East Bridgewater Junior/Senior High School, East Bridgewater
• 2018, Cara Pekarcik, North Quincy High School, Quincy
• 2017, Sydney Chaffee, Codman Academy Charter School, Dorchester
• 2016, Audrey Jackson, Boston
• 2015, Jeffrey Shea, Belmont
• 2014, Anne Marie Bettencourt, Springfield
• 2013, Kathleen Turner, Sharon
• 2012, Adam Gray, Boston
• 2011, Floris Wilma Ortiz, Amherst
• 2010, Jae Goodwin, Framingham
• 2009, George Watson, Walpole
• 2008, Michael Flynn, Southhampton
• 2007, Jessie Auger, Boston
• 2006, Suzanne Wintle, Bolton
• 2005, Nancy Tyler Schoen, Franklin
• 2004, Melinda A. Pellerin-Duck, Springfield
• 2003, Jeffrey R. Ryan, Reading
• 2002, Dawn Eileen McNair, Newton
• 2001, Marianne V. Moran, Methuen
• 2000, David F. Lussier, Andover
• 1999, Bruce M. Penniman, Amherst
• 1998, Mary C. Ginley, Longmeadow
• 1997, Leonard Swanton, Lexington
• 1996, Kathleen Sherman, Falmouth
• 1995, Jerry Howland, Boston
• 1994, Virginia Freyermuth, Duxbury
• 1993, Steven Levy, Lexington
• 1992, Ronald Adams, Quincy
• 1991, Charles Sposato, Framingham
• 1990, Molly Murphy, Brookline
• 1989, Marjorie Montgomery, Newton
• 1988, James McDermott, Worcester
• 1987, Margot Desjardins, Westport
• 1986, Donna Viveiros, Fall River
• 1985, Francis Smith, Wayland
• 1984, Cathleen Hughes, Scituate
• 1983, Donald Pottle, Shrewsbury
• 1982, Joseph Kelly, Lexington
• 1981, Margaret Campbell, Longmeadow
• 1980, Marta Valdes, Boston
• 1979, Rita Croteau, Worcester
• 1978, Olive Craigwell, Boston
• 1977, Martin Badoian, Canton
• 1976, Barbara Boschert, Worcester
• 1975, no selection
• 1974, Thais Waldron, Reading
• 1973, Marcia Hayes, Boston
• 1972, Marcia Fowler, Ipswich
• 1971, Robert Anastas, Framingham
• 1970, Lucille Thimblin, Tantasqua Reg.
• 1969, Ruth Doorly, Westwood
• 1968, Neil Fitzgerald, New Bedford
• 1967, John Moulton, Brookline
• 1966, Leah Benway, Southwick
• 1965, Vivian Little, Hampden-Wilbraham
• 1964, Edna Penwarden, Arlington
• 1963, no selection
• 1962, Lottie Perry, Norton
• 1961, no selection
• 1960, Edward Frude, Shelburne Falls

Last Updated: December 2, 2025