West Forsyth High Teacher Receives Award from N.C. Association of Educators

Debra Troxell

The N.C. Association of Educators has given its Linda Rader Award to Debra Troxell, a teacher at West Forsyth High School.

Troxell teaches advanced-placement Human Geography and serves as the chair of the Social Studies Department. She is a National Board Certified Teacher.

“She is a well-rounded educator with a wealth of professional experiences from being a mentor, department chair, school-improvement team chair, and active in several professional organizations that have impacted her work,” said Angela Farthing, the Director of NCAE Instructional Advocacy and Organizing Programs. 

“She is a life-long learner as is reflected in her interests to impact her classroom and her earning National Board status.  She has conducted not only local professional development session for Forsyth, but for North Carolina and at national and international conferences. She most recently has found geography to be intriguing and wants to learn more strategies on how to better equip the students with a better understanding of how geography impacts our lives.”

 

Troxell will receive $3,000 to use to buy GPS (global positioning system) devices for students to use, to take training in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

"I plan to attend the National Council for Geographic Education Conference in Denver this summer to take several workshops on Geographic Information Systems (GIS),” Troxell said. “I will utilize the technology with my students to help them understand the spatial distribution of various geography concepts. Then I will then train geography teachers in the county to use the technology. And, hopefully, next spring and summer attend conferences to teach the technology and/or share my lesson plans.”