Early childhood education instructor named 2024 Henrico Teacher of the Year
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She also was named the division’s 2023-24 Advanced Career Education Center Teacher of the Year and was recognized by Reynolds Community College in 2021 for her dedication to education. She is active in Educators Rising, a professional group dedicated to encouraging and mentoring future teachers.
Por joined the ACE Center at Highland Springs in 2018. She grew up in Chesterfield County and attended Virginia Tech, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in human development and early childhood education, and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. She taught for three years as a substitute teacher in Buchanan County Public Schools before joining Henrico County Public Schools as a family and consumer science teacher at Fairfield Middle School. After three years at Fairfield, she became a teacher with HCPS Early Learning Preschool, working at Jacob Adams, Harold Ratcliffe and Echo Lake elementary schools before joining the Advanced Career Education Center at Highland Springs.
The Henrico Education Foundation will host a banquet at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in May to recognize the Teacher of the Year honorees from all HCPS schools, including the 2024 divisionwide Teacher of the Year finalists: Dennis Beck, a kindergarten teacher at Greenwood Elementary School; Olivia Johnston, a kindergarten teacher at Glen Lea Elementary School; Stacey Daub, a fourth grade teacher at Colonial Trail Elementary School; and Kate Striker, a social studies teacher at Douglas Freeman High School.
