We are happy to announce Columbia, South Carolina music educator, Cherie Herring, as the recipient of the 2018 Mike Kovins TI:ME Teacher of the Year Award. Cherie teaches elementary general music at the Hammond School in Columbia, South Carolina, which is a 1:1 iPad school. She is also a SMART Technologies Exemplary Educator. Cherie’s use of technology in the classroom showcases how well technology can be used as a tool to reach every child in the music classroom. Her continuous professional development in the forms of articles, contributions to books, lesson plans, and presentations for TI:ME conferences and other state music education conferences across the country, has assisted numerous music educators with successfully integrating technology into their classrooms. Many music educators that she has assisted over the years have remarked that she is the essence of what a TI:ME Teacher of the Year should be: enthusiastic, helpful, encouraging, inspiring, great with technology, and one who knows how to teach it to those ages 3 to 93. TI:ME is honored to have Cherie Herring as the recipient of the 2018 Mike Kovins TI:ME Teacher of the Year Award.
Mike Kovins, whom the award is honored and named for, was an integral part of founding and creating TI:ME as a place where music educators could find resources for integrating technology into their classrooms, as well as networking with other music educators who love to utilize technology.
