Past Ventura County Teacher of the Year Recipients
2024
Daniel Cook, Adolfo Camarillo High School, Oxnard USD
2023      Debbie Dogancay, Newbury Park High School, Conejo Valley USD                                                            
2022 Shannon Klemann, Adolfo Camarillo High School, Oxnard USD, 2023 State Teacher of the Year Finalist
2021 Mia Rogers, Glen City Elementary School, Santa Paula USD
2020 Eva Cherrie, Elmhurst Elementary, Ventura USD
2019 Jan-Erik Sand, Isbell Middle School, Santa Paula USD
2018 Kirsten Barajas, Juan Soria Elementary, Oxnard SD, 2019 State Teacher of the Year Finalist
2017 Leah Oviedo, Walnut Elementary, Conejo Valley USD
2016 Jamie Reese, Mountain View Elementary, Simi Valley USD
2015 Kathy Elliott, Pacific High School, Ventura USD
2014 Lizabeth Hoppe, Blackstock Junior High School, Hueneme ESD
2013 Laura Todis, Sierra High School, Fillmore USD
2012 Sebastian De Clerck, Ventura High School, Ventura USD, 2013 State Teacher of the Year
2011 Peggy Walker, Newbury Park High School, Conejo Valley USD
2010b Kristine Guzman, Will Rogers Elementary, Ventura USD
2010 Amber McPherson, Santa Paula High, Santa Paula UHSD
2009 Susan Martinez, Pierpont Elementary, Ventura USD
2008 Winnie Litten, Oak Park High, Oak Park USD
2007 Alexander Wulff, Saticoy Elementary, Ventura USD
2006 Sylvia Hobart Mack, Juanamaria Elementary, Ventura USD
2005 Heidi Resnik, Pacifica High, Oxnard UHSD
2004 Caron Battaglia, Westlake High, Conejo Valley USD
2003 Jeri P. Philbrick, Oxnard High, Oxnard UHSD
2003 Tamara Thornell, Brekke Elementary, Oxnard Elementary SD, State Teacher of the Year
2002 Annette Halpern, Santa Paula High, Santa Paula UHSD
2001 Martha Alicia Barrett, Sierra Linda Elementary, Oxnard Elementary SD
2000 Lorraine Nelson, Ventura USD
1999 Robert Borneman, Oxnard High, Oxnard UHSD
1998 Karen Biedebach, Ventura USD
1997 Kristen K. Falde, Conejo Valley USD
1996 Elaine Daugherty, Oxnard Elementary SD
1995 Patty Peinado, Ventura USD
1994 Aline Yee Grossman, Ventura USD, State Teacher of the Year
1993 Linda Brug, Ventura High, Ventura USD
1992 Patricia L. Chaney, Ventura USD
1991 Joanne Gorner, Conejo Valley USD
1990 Donny Burrows, Oxnard UHSD
1989 Melanie K. Ashen, Conejo Valley USD
1988 Michale Krumpschmidt, Ojai USD
1987 Margaret Blakelock, Moorpark USD
1986 Bev Taylor-Godwin, Hueneme Elementary SD
1985 Frances Johnson, Conejo Valley USD
1984 Leslie Simonson Jr., Conejo Valley USD
1983 Charles Andrews, Conejo Valley USD
1982 Terry Ann Taylor, Oxnard UHSD
1981 Joanne Black, Oxnard UHSD
1980 Delores Rawlins, Oxnard UHSD
1979 Barton J. Mozlin, Moorpark USD
1978 Phil Otero, Rio Elementary SD
1977 David Eubanks, Simi Valley USD
1976 Meredith Moyers, Ventura USD
1975 Wanda Dzuik, Mesa Union Elementary SD
1974 Patricia Roe, Oxnard Elementary SD
1973 Esther Schultheis, Simi Valley USD