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A 17-year veteran of teaching, Tucker has served the last\nfive years as STEAM Specialist (K-5)\/ Instructional Facilitator of Technology\n(K-5 and Professional Development)\/Gifted Teacher (K-5 and Professional\nDevelopment)\/Intervention Coordinator, and STEAM Curriculum Consultant at\nHillsboro Charter Academy, Hillsboro, Va.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMs. Tucker, our 2021 National Teacher of the Year, is\nanother great STEM educator selected to be a part of AFA\u2019s prestigious Teacher\nof the Year program,\u201d said Jim Hannam, AFA Vice Chairman of Aerospace\nEducation. \u201cAll of the finalists were outstanding, enthusiastic instructors and\nit was a tough call for our team to make from among the fantastic nominees\nacross the states and overseas. Infected with what she calls \u2018aviation\nfascination,\u2019 Ms. Tucker is an exemplary representative of America\u2019s innovative\nteachers for AFA and Rolls-Royce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nominated by AFA Gabriel Chapter #433, Chapter President\nMike Winters met Ms. Tucker when she invited him to participate in a \u201cFlight\nFunday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have participated in many programs that aim to inspire a\npassion for the STEM fields,\u201d Winters said. \u201cNone of these could hold a candle\nto Megan\u2019s infectious enthusiasm that spread through the whole school! It is\nall the more impressive that she is able to bring this enthusiasm down to the\nelementary school level. The Air Force Association is blessed to have a teacher\nso dedicated to teaching aviation fundamentals through a school-wide elementary\nSTEM program. She is truly making a positive impact on the future of Air &\nSpace Power at the earliest stage of learning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms. Tucker achieved her bachelor\u2019s degree in Elementary\nEducation and her master\u2019s degree in Science Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe congratulate Megan Tucker for this well-deserved\nrecognition as AFA\u2019s National Teacher of the Year,\u201d said Darryl Roberson,\nRolls-Royce, Senior Vice President, and Air Force Lt. Gen. (Ret.). \u201cHer\nenthusiasm and excitement inspire her students, and her focus on aerospace will\nhelp foster the next generation of scientists and technology leaders required\nby the Air Force and industry. Rolls-Royce is proud to support Megan and all\nteachers recognized in the National Teacher of the Year program, and to support\nAFA\u2019s Aerospace Education program as platinum sponsor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second and third place winners for AFA National Teachers\nof the Year presented by Rolls-Royce are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ashley Blackstone-Smith, Second Place Winner, Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls, Bloomfield Hills, MI<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jennifer Donais, Third Place Winner, Amesbury Middle School, Amesbury, MA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Air Force Association is grateful to its Aerospace\nEducation Program Platinum sponsor, Rolls-Royce, for their continued\nsponsorship of the AFA Teacher of the Year program, allowing the program to\ncontinue honoring educational innovators in STEM. The AFA Teacher of the Year\nprogram dates back to the early 1990s when the mission to recognize classroom\nteachers (K-12) for their innovative and successful instructional programs\noriginally began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Air Force Association is a non-profit, independent,\nprofessional military and aerospace education association. Our mission is to\npromote dominant U.S. Air and Space Forces as the foundation of a strong\nNational Defense; to honor and support our Airmen, Guardians, and their\nFamilies; and to remember and respect our enduring Heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Air Force Association has announced that Megan Tucker, of Lovettsville, Va., has been named the 2021 AFA National Teacher of the Year presented by Rolls-Royce. The program recognizes classroom teachers for their accomplishments and achievements in exciting K-12 students about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and preparing students to use and contribute to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-virginia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18996,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18993\/revisions\/18996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}