Each year, The South Dakota Council of Teachers of English presents its English Language Arts Teacher of the Year Award to an outstanding regional educator.
The award is presented at the Spring Conference.
The 2001 South Dakota Language Arts Teacher of the Year is Staci Haag, who has taught sophomore literature, writing lab, and French at Dakota Valley for the past ten years.
Past recipients include:
1999--Jim Swanson (DSU)
1998 --Nancy Zuercher (USD) and Jean Helmer (Belle Fourche High School)
1997--Sharon Olbertson, Beresford High School
1996 -Donna Fisher, Mitchell