2024 Utah Teacher of the Year Carly Maloney highlights teacher leadership, mental health and multilingual support

Carly Maloney, the 2024 Utah State Teacher of the Year, told the Utah State Board of Education on Aug. (date not specified) that her platform centers on teacher leadership, student and teacher mental health, and support for multilingual learners.

Maloney said her work since winning the state honor has included media appearances, virtual and in-person professional development with the cohort of 55 state and territorial teachers of the year, a visit to Google’s campus to study educational technology and AI, and meetings with state leaders to advocate for classroom-focused teacher leadership. “I created a website so that I could celebrate, so that teachers could be nominated by community members, parents, students, and that I could go surprise them,” Maloney said.

Why it matters: Maloney told the board that centering teacher leadership in the classroom helps with retention and recruitment and amplifies teacher…