Hoover Teacher Among Finalists For Alabama Teacher Of The Year

MONTGOMERY, AL — The Alabama State Department of Education has narrowed down its list of potential Teacher of the Year winners to 16 finalists, one of whom is a Hoover City Schools teacher.

Pamela McClendon, a teacher at Riverchase Career Connection Center, is among the statewide finalists, a list that will be narrowed down to four before the winner is announced in August.

McClendon spent four years at Bottenfield Middle School, seven years at Hueytown High School, seven years at Oak Grove High School and one year at Minor High School before being recruited to the Cyber Innovation Academy at Riverchase Career Connection Center when it started in 2019.

This year’s finalists were chosen from a pool of more than 138 candidates.

The education department says Alabama’s teacher of the year spends the majority of the school year serving as a full-time ambassador for education and the teaching profession, as well as presenting workshops to various groups. Alabama’s representative is a candidate for national teacher of the year.