“I learn so much here at DAEP about what they go through…some of it breaks my heart and some of it brings me such great joy.”
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Michelle Zavala is the 2026 Teacher of the Year for the Discipline Alternative Education Program. She is a 6th – 8th grade English teacher, and she has worked as an educator for 5 years.
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Michelle Zavala is the 2026 Teacher of the Year for the Discipline Alternative Education Program. She is a 6th – 8th grade English teacher, and she has worked as an educator for 5 years.
“I think many times teachers feel like nobody cares, and in order to be efficient for our students, we have to care about each other and grow with each other.”
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Penny Stock-Kirkman is the 2025 Teacher of the Year for the Discipline Alternative Education Program. She is an English resource teacher, and she has worked as an educator for 7 years.
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