Colonial's Shelby Borst is the 2025 Delaware Teacher of the Year.

Meet Shelby Borst: William Penn social studies teacher and the 2025 Delaware Teacher of the Year

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

The reward for teaching for Shelby Borst comes from the looks on students’ faces when they learn something new. Borst, a social studies teacher at William Penn High School in the Colonial School District, got her own reward Tuesday night when she was named Delaware’s 2025 State Teacher of the Year.  She’s also a teacher who has spent time boosting …

The 2025 Delaware Teacher of the Year will be announced at a ceremony Oct. 15.

Here are the nominees for Delaware Teacher of the Year

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

The premier teacher in the First State will be named next month.  On Oct. 15, the state will announce the 2025 Delaware Teacher of the Year.  All 19 school districts will nominate a teacher, who submits a detailed application exemplifying their teaching philosophy.  One teacher will represent the state’s 24 charter schools. Five Delaware Department of Education staff members and …

Cory Hafer from Middletown High School is this year's state teacher of the year.

Meet Cory Hafer, Delaware’s 2024 Teacher of Year 

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

Newark’s Cory Hafer entered the University of Michigan in 2005 planning on becoming a marine biologist or doctor.  Nearly two decades later, he’s making an impact in a different way: educating the youth in such an excellent manner that he was named the Delaware 2024 Teacher of the Year. RELATED: Middletown’s Cory Hafer named 2024 Teacher of the Year “Mr. …