Nansemond River instructor earns area instructor of the yr, one among eight up for statewide honor – The Suffolk Information-Herald

Nansemond River instructor earns area instructor of the yr, one among eight up for statewide honor

Printed 8:56 pm Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Jason Bartholomew, a enterprise data and know-how instructor at Nansemond River Excessive College, was named the Area 2 instructor of the yr Tuesday. Bartholomew is one among eight lecturers within the working to be the 2023 Virginia Instructor of the 12 months. (Photograph by Jimmy LaRoue/Suffolk Information-Herald)

Jason Bartholomew’s retirement after a 21-year profession within the Navy has been a boon for Nansemond River Excessive College and particularly, for the scholars who’ve taken one among his enterprise or private finance lessons. 

After being named Suffolk Public Colleges’ 2022 citywide Instructor of the 12 months, Bartholomew was chosen Tuesday because the Area 2 instructor of the yr, and is one among eight within the working for the 2023 statewide honor. 

Bartholomew discovered of the dignity throughout a ceremony on the college, with Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow and division Superintendent Dr. John B. Gordon III available. 

“Our eight regional lecturers of the yr will function ambassadors for the colleges of their areas, the state and for the instructing occupation,” Balow stated in a launch. “They’re acknowledged by their friends — and now by the commonwealth — as one of the best of one of the best for his or her means to construct robust relationships with college students and households, and train in ways in which encourage college students to excel, no matter the subject material or the challenges they face.”

Bartholomew stated when he earned the division award that whereas it’s an honor for him to be acknowledged, that’s not his goal. 

“After I are available in right here, I sincere to God make it concerning the classroom,” Bartholomew stated in an interview with the Suffolk Information-Herald earlier this yr. “How can I be simplest within the classroom? I’m not chasing anything. I’m not attempting to change into an administrator. I’m simply not attempting for all these issues which can be private accolades.”

However his college students stated it was exactly due to his modesty and his background of being a career-switcher that provides him relevance and credibility, at the same time as he retains his lessons full of life and informative. 

“He simply teaches how he feels is finest, and he comes off as very authentic and real,” stated Antonio McCullough, who as a junior took Bartholomew’s accounting class. 

Gov. Glenn Youngkin was with state Secretary of Schooling Amiee Guidera and Richmond Superintendent Jason Kamras for the announcement of Area 1 winner Kiara S. Thompson. 

A Virginia Division of Schooling committee — amongst them lecturers, representatives of training and enterprise associations, the army and 2022 Virginia Instructor of the 12 months Daphne Tamara Fulson — selected the eight area winners from amongst candidates nominated by college divisions. Area 2 is made up of 14 college divisions within the south Hampton Roads, Western Tidewater, the Peninsula and Virginia’s Jap Shore areas.

The committee will reconvene in Richmond Sept. 30 to interview Bartholomew and the opposite area winners and choose the 2023 statewide instructor of the yr. Gov. Glenn Youngkin and First Woman Suzanne Youngkin will announce the choice that night throughout a ceremony on the govt mansion. The statewide winner will symbolize the state within the Council of Chief State College Officers Nationwide Instructor of the 12 months Program. 

Bartholomew stated beforehand he didn’t have the adjustment he’s seen others have after they switched careers and went into instructing, however he did need to adapt to his college students.

“I’ve needed to change a bit bit,” Bartholomew stated. “I’ve needed to understand that these aren’t your 20-something sailors. These are 17-year-old children who’re nonetheless attempting to determine issues out, and so they’re dwelling a special life. So I’ve needed to loosen up a bit bit.”

The eight 2023 Virginia Regional Lecturers of the 12 months 

• Kiara S. Thompson, a bodily science instructor at Thomas C. Boushall Center in Richmond (Area 1).
• Jason D. Bartholomew, a enterprise data and know-how instructor at Nansemond River Excessive in Suffolk (Area 2).
• Fabiana B. Parker, an English as a second language instructor at Thornburg Center in Spotsylvania County (Area 3).
• Jordan M. Markwood, a music instructor at Rock Ridge Excessive in Loudoun County (Area 4)
• Lori C. Peltonen, a library and media specialist at Staunton Excessive in Staunton (Area 5).
• Angela D. Myers, a librarian at Pink Mountain Center in Botetourt County (Area 6).
• Daybreak Poe, a kindergarten instructor at Fairview Elementary in Grayson County (Area 7).
• Megan G. Graves, a particular training instructor at Appomattox Excessive in Appomattox County (Area 8).