Solution Tree announces 10 winners of the Rebecca Burnette DuFour Scholarship

Bloomington, Ind. (April 10th, 2020)— Solution Tree, an educational publisher and professional development provider, has announced the recipients of the 2020 Rebecca Burnette DuFour Scholarship. This inaugural award honors educators demonstrating exceptional leadership in their school communities.

Many qualified candidates were considered for this special scholarship, which honors Rebecca Burnette DuFour and her legacy of leadership and service in education.

“We are pleased to partner with the DuFour family for this scholarship and are honored to continue Becky’s vision of improving schools and outcomes for students by awarding this scholarship to ten deserving women leaders in education,” said Jeffrey C. Jones, Solution Tree’s CEO.

Winners of the 2020 scholarship include:

• Ashley Friend, teacher, Mason Crest Elementary (Annandale, VA) - [email protected]
• Susan Weiderhold, assistant principal, Stafford County Public Schools (Stafford, VA) - [email protected]
• Melissa Butler, principal, Heritage Middle School (Ringgold, GA) - [email protected]
• Tawnia St. Amant, principal, Franklin Regional Middle School (Murrysville, PA) - [email protected]
• Cristin Rold, Principal, AHSTW Intermediate School (Avoca, IA) - [email protected]
• Maren Powers, Language Arts Department Head, Washington Fields Intermediate School (Washington, UT) - [email protected]
• LaQuanta Hernandez, District Elementary Math Coordinator, Mission CISD (Mission, TX) - [email protected]
• Jessica Slack, School Psychologist\Special Education Coordinator, School District of La Farge (La Farge, WI) - [email protected]
• Amy Kopcznsk, iInstructional Coach, Health Sciences Academy at Monroe Middle, (Monroe, NC) - [email protected]
• Lacy M. Rivera, Professional Learning Coach, Los Lunas High School (Los Lunas, NM) - [email protected]

Winners of the scholarship will receive a complimentary registration to Solution Tree’s Women in Education: Leading Perspectives Institute on July 20–22 in San Antonio, Tex.; hotel accommodations for three nights; and a $500 travel allowance.

During her nearly four-decade-long career in education, DuFour served as a public-school educator and administrator. She co-authored 16 titles, including the best-selling Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work® and wrote numerous articles on the topic of education.

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