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Richland One Teacher Selected As Finalist In State Teacher of the Year Program State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum said the five teachers, chosen from nominees representing the state’s 85 local school districts, will travel to Columbia March 7 for personal interviews with the seven-member state Selection Committee. They are vying to represent more than 45,000 South Carolina teachers in the National Teacher of the Year Program. "These professionals are master teachers," said Tenenbaum. "They are visionaries and staunch advocates for public education whose excitement for learning is contagious. All of these finalists are role models for their colleagues, always willing to share their expertise to improve teaching techniques and encouraging them to strive for excellence. Their students and our state are fortunate that they were called to teach." A 19-year veteran of Richland One, Barrineau has served as a math teacher at Lower Richland High, Dreher High and Hand Middle. Currently, he teaches Algebra II, SAT math and Pre-Calculus, AP Statistics at Dreher and Geometry and Math Team at Hand. In 2003, Barrineau received the prestigious Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award. This teacher believes that what makes him unique is his ability to give of himself in such a way that students feel that there are no strings attached. Available and accessible to help them with their academic and personal problems, Barrineau relates to them in such a way that they respond and achieve. He realizes that students have a sixth sense in searching out teachers who are there for them, and he is that person. He cheers for them, cries with them, praises and encourages them, counsels them, laughs with them - loving each individual that he meets, not for how he can make them better, but simply because they make him better. The new Teacher of the Year will work with
the South Carolina Center for Educator Recruitment,
Retention and Advancement and the South Carolina
Teacher Forum, whose members are district teachers
of the year. The sabbatical will include numerous
speaking engagements around the state before
civic and professional groups interested in
education. The teacher also will conduct workshops
for other teachers, discuss public education
issues with members of the General Assembly
and State Board of Education, and work closely
with the Teacher Cadet Program, a program that
encourages academically able students with
exemplary interpersonal and leadership skills
to consider teaching as a career. The announcement of South Carolina’s 2005-06 Teacher of the Year will be made at the Teacher of the Year Banquet May 7 in Columbia. During the next school year, that teacher will take a classroom sabbatical to serve as a statewide ambassador for the profession. South Carolina’s new Teacher of the Year also will receive a $25,000 cash award, a BMW Z-4 to use for a year, and a set of Michelin tires for his or her personal vehicle. The four remaining finalists, or Honor Roll teachers, will receive $10,000 each and a set of Michelin tires. Local district teachers of the year will receive $1,000 each. This year marks the 40th year of the South Carolina Teacher of the Year Program, which has grown tremendously in participation and prestige. Corporate sponsorships and private donations have funded the annual awards and transformed the program into a major event that honors the State Teacher of the Year, Honor Roll teachers and district teachers of the year. The 2005-06 sponsors include: BMW Manufacturing
Co.; The R.L. Bryan Company; Time Warner; Michelin
North America; SMI Steel South Carolina; AARP
of South Carolina; Although the State Department of Education coordinates the Teacher of the Year Program in South Carolina, the Selection Committee is composed of educators and private citizens with no connection to the agency.
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