The Polk County 2022 School Teacher Of The Year, School-Related Employee Honored At Event

POLK COUNTY, FL — Polk County Public Schools announced the 2022 Teacher and School-Related Employee of the Year Thursday evening at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.

Ashley Brannon, a curriculum coach at Karen M. Siegel Academy, is the 2022 Polk County Teacher of the Year.

Tiffany Berrien, a physical education paraeducator at Rochelle School of the Arts, is the district's School-Related Employee of the Year.

Brannon and Berrien will receive a cash prize generously donated by MIDFLORIDA Credit Union, Herff Jones and Valley Bank. As Teacher of the Year, Brannon will also receive a car, courtesy of Lakeland Automall.

Both winners will move on to compete for state titles. Each year, the Florida Department of Education names a statewide Teacher of the Year, and a School-Related Employee of the Year.

PCPS also recognized the district's Principal of the Year, Amy Heiser-Meyers, from Horizons Elementary; as well as the Assistant Principal of the Year, Tammy Ruhl, from Floral Avenue Elementary.