Ector County ISD on Friday surprised two teachers with Teacher of the Year honors.
First, it was George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa science teacher Lornalyn De Leon who received ECISD’s Secondary Teacher of the Year. She teaches biology and neuroscience at NTO. She is finishing her fourth year with NTO and ECISD. She has 22 years in education.
Next, they made a stop at Ireland Elementary to catch fifth-grade math teacher Marti Smith, ECISD’s Elementary Teacher of the Year. She has been with ECISD for five years, all of them at Ireland. She has 23 years of teaching experience.
The two teachers of the year receive a trophy from the district, and $1,000 from the Education Foundation of Odessa.