Lake Havasu board recognizes 31 teachers moving to continuing status, presents inaugural board awards
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The board honored 31 teachers who completed three years and moved from probationary to continuing status, presented school and community awards and noted two teachers invited to present at a national conference.
The Lake Havasu Unified School District governing board opened its Sept. 11 meeting by recognizing 31 teachers who completed three years of service and advanced from probationary to continuing teacher status.
Erin Horvath, the district human resources director, said the milestone marks a transition from "promising novices to experienced practitioners" and noted national research showing the impact of teachers improves with experience. Horvath named honorees from district campuses and read brief descriptions of several teachers' classroom contributions.
The board also presented the first set of monthly board awards: Community Member of the Month (Andrea Foote), Staff Member of the Month (Jim Leslie, security at Lake Havasu High School), Teacher of the Month (Christina Heckle, Havasu High School) and Administrator of the Month (Thomas O'Connor, maintenance director). The board praised honorees for commitment to students and the district.
In addition, the board noted two district educators received national recognition: two teachers were selected to present at the Core Knowledge National Conference and had lessons professionally recorded for the foundation's training materials.
The recognitions were ceremonial and no board action was required.