The National Education Association Foundation recently awarded Hamilton County Schools teacher Erika Martin the California Casualty Award for Teaching Excellence.
Winners are selected based on their dedication to the profession, community engagement, professional development, attention to diversity and advocacy for fellow educators. Martin, an instructional coach at East Side Elementary, is one of 46 public school educators in the country to receive the award.
Martin is in her ninth year as an educator in Hamilton County Schools. She has served students at East Side Elementary, Orchard Knob Elementary, Calvin Donaldson Elementary and East Brainerd Elementary.
She is a member of the Hamilton County Education Association and serves as a HCEA board member for District 4.
Martin launched My Voice, a student activism program, through her Teacherpreneur experience with the Public Education Foundation.
Chattanooga vet to lead state organization
Veterinarian Tai Federico of Riverview Animal Hospital in Chattanooga has been elected president of the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association for 2021 and 2022. Since 1909, the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association has been committed to advancing the science veterinary medicine.
More than 1,600 members work to ensure that laws and regulations promote the health and well-being of all animals and protect public health and human welfare.