NCATA selects a Teacher Assistant of the Year (TAOY) annually from finalists in each of the eight districts. The recipient of the State TAOY award is recognized as an exemplary representative of NCATA and teacher assistants of North Carolina. It's quite an honor to be selected by your peers to represent them as Teacher Assistant of the Year!

TAOY Selection Process
-Local schools nominate and vote on prospective TAOYs to represent them.
-A selection committee at the county level interview local school nominees, provided they meet the TAOY guidelines and submit a portfolio describing their career accomplishments.
-A selection committee at the NCATA district level interview county finalists.
-The state Education and Human Relations (EHR) Committee reviews district TAOY portfolios, interviews each district nominee respectively, and selects the state TAOY and runner -up.

TAOY guidelines are available for you to download, view, and print. See below!

You may also contact your District representative with questions about the Scholarship Program or TAOY.

Education & Human Relations Committee

Beverly Harrison, Chair
252-459-7219

2009-2010 TAOY Representatives

Congratulations and best wishes to our 2009-2010 TAOY Representatives:

Carleen Mack 
Teacher Assistant of the Year (District 2)

Rodney Graham, Runner Up (District 7)

District Teacher Assistants of the Year
District 1 Lauren Thomas
District 2 Carleen Mack
District 3 Tarsch S. Nicholson
District 4 Susan Kelly Brown
District 5 Linda Scarborough
District 6 Peter Fellows, Beatrice Householder
District 7 Rodney Graham
District 8 Suzy Waldrop

NCATA Teacher Assistants of the Year

Year  Name                   County                    District
2009 Carleen Mack         Onslow County            2
2008 Melinda Zarate       Davidson County         5
2007 Rise' Hatton          Onslow County            2
2006 Jan Rickard            Lee County                 4
2005 Lisa Fisher             Mecklenburg County     6
2004 Judith Ainsworth    Catawba County          7
2003 Mary Hankins         Moore County             4
2002 Jackie Brock           Brunswick County       2
2001 Mari Jones             Onslow County           2
2000 Sue Johnson          Iredell County            7
1999 Steven Wolford      Cumberland County    4
1998 Diann Roberts        Buncombe County      8
1997 Faye G. Simmons    Lenoir County            1
1996 Judy Brant             Cabarrus County        6
1995 Judy Overcash        Iredale-Statesville       7
1994 Lisa Gilliland           Haywood County        8
1993 Susan Beeker        Rowan/Salisbury County 6
1992 Betty Olsen           Cumberland County     4
1992 James Weathers    Orange County            5
1991 Nancy Jones          Currituck County         1