The Council of Chief State School Officers is proud to announce Luajean Bryan as the 2009 winner of the State Teacher of the Year for Tennessee.

Overview

National Teacher of the Year Anthony Mullen connecticut
Finalist Alex Kajitani california
Finalist Susan Elliott colorado
Finalist Cynthia Cole Rigsbee north carolina

State Teachers of the Year

Alabama Roy Hudson
Alaska Robert Williams
American Samoa Murali Gopolan
Arizona Sarah Baird
Arkansas Susan Waggener
Delaware Mark Teesdale
Department of Defense Education Activity Dorothy Goulet
District of Columbia Kimberly Worthy
Florida Jean Lamar
Hawaii Bebi Davis
Illinois Linda Smerge
Indiana Tania Harman
Iowa Linda Heffner
Kansas Cynthia Couchman
Louisiana Deborah Tonguis
Maine Gloria Noyes
Massachusetts George Watson
Michigan Jennifer Haberling
Minnesota Derek Olson
Mississippi Wynona Herchenhahn
Missouri Margaret Williams
Montana Sally Broughton
Nebraska Daniel McCarthy
New Hampshire Deborah Fogg
New Jersey Jeanne Muzi
New Mexico Blythe Turner
New York Vickie Mike
North Dakota Beth Ekre
Northern Mariana Islands James Phillips
Ohio Deborah Wickerham
Oklahoma Heather Sparks
Oregon Michael Lampert
Pennsylvania Rebecca Snyder
Rhode Island Barbara Walton-Faria
South Carolina Jenna Hallman
Tennessee Luajean Bryan
Texas Christine Gleason
Utah Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh
Vermont Diana Leddy
Virginia Stephanie Doyle
West Virginia MaryLu Hutchins
Wisconsin Lori Neurohr
Wyoming Alice King