LEON COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) - A Leon High School Teacher received a big surprise Thursday morning by being honored as this year's Leon County Teacher of the Year.
Jeannine Meis was just about to give her AP World History students a test when the superintendent, principal, co-workers, former students, and her husband and daughters stopped by to surprise her with the honor.
"I think changing up the curriculum as often as possible, and trying to bring in new elements and finding ways to connect it to what's important to them," said Meis. "So finding ways to make it relevant and exciting to learn instead of telling them here this is what you have to learn."
Meis was selected out of 44 candidates across Leon County Schools.
LEON COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) - A Leon High teacher has been named the 2018-19 Leon County Schools Teacher of the Year.
Leon High teacher Jeannine Meis has been named the Leon County Schools Teacher of the Year. Meis has been a teacher at Leon High School for the past two and half years and at Cobb Middle School for the previous 14 years.
She currently teaches 10th Grade World History and 10th Grade AP World History.
In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Mrs. Meis is a mentor teacher, sponsor of the Black History Brain Bowl and the Longest Table, among many other activities.
“Jeannine Meis is in an elite group of teachers truly gifted in the art and science of teaching,” said Leon High Principal Billy Epting. “Her true gift comes in her ability and desire to expand her own knowledge and then bring that into her classroom.”
Meis is now eligible to compete in the statewide Macy’s Florida Department of Education Teacher of the Year Program.
