The Midwest Education Technology Community created the Spotlight Educator recognition in 2012 to honor teachers and leaders from the region whose practices make a difference for their students, staff, district, and community. Awardees are educators who are talking the talk and walking the walk, and not necessarily recognized as Rock Stars or presenting at conferences in their off-season. We wanted to honor those who are doing great jobs in their roles and encourage them to share their skills and expertise with others.

METC Spotlight Educators must be certified educators in Missouri or it's surrounding states who demonstrate motivation, engagement, transformation, and connection through using technology. The honorees use their skills and expertise to improve teaching and learning beyond their classrooms. To be considered to be a spotlight educator, one must apply or be nominated by their peers. A METC sub-committee of volunteers, past METC Spotlights, and EducationPlus staff make the final choice for awardees. Those chosen as METC Spotlight Educators are eligible for the honor again, five years after they have received it.

Here are our past spotlights:

2018 Honorees @2019 METC Conference #METC19

Christine Anderson @ckzanderson	Roger Brallier @mrbrallier	Abby Ewrin @Abby_Erwin	Rhonda Jenkins @luv2teachtech
Amy Johnson @ajohnson106	Tina Lauer @tnalau	Vicki Mikow @GiftedEduc8or	Lori Riedel @LoriRiedel	Matthew Weld @MatthewWeld

2017 Honorees @ 2018 METC Conference #METC18

Sophie Chambers @atechiebookworm	Josh Howard @joshchoward	Erin Lawson @Erin_Lawson3
Sadie Lewis @sadieclorinda	Chantell Mason @TechieTcher	Kelly Oliva @LibertyHSLib	Bethany Petty @Bethany_Petty

2016 Honorees @ 2017 METC Conference #METC17
Shelby Bailey @tech_shelby	Kami Butterfield @kamibutterfield	Kim Darche @kimdarche	Kelly Hauqitz @hauquitz	Andrea Head @aheadinthegame
Dustin Jenkerson @DustinJenkerson	Mary Kienstra @marykienstra	JP Prezzavento @jpprezz	Shannon Steimel @ShannonSteimel	Kara Welty @kara_welty
2015 Honorees @ 2016 METC Conference #METC16
Patricia Brown @msEdTechie	Heather Essig @hessig	Manuel Herrera @manuelherrera33	Kim Lindskog @klindskog
Mike McCann @mccann1776	Michelle Schmitz @mschmitz_1	Valorie Stokes @See_Spot_Read	Jason Waltz @edjawz
2014 Honorees @ 2015 METC Conference #METC15
Bob Deneau @itechbob	Laura Gilchrist @lauragilchrist4	Caroline Haebig @Haebig
Ted Huff @TedHiff	Sharon Slodounik @sharonslodounik	Sarah Spaunhorst @SpaunhorstSarah	Angela Van Batavia @readingvan
2013 Honorees @ 2014 METC Conference #METC14
April Burton @MmeBurton	Megan Chambers @mchambers31	Nick Cusumano @mrnickcusumano	Robert Dillon @ideaguy42	Kelly Gilchrist @MrsKGilchrist
Gina Hartman @ghartman	Chris McGee @cmcgee200	Heidi Morgan @heidimorgan	Christine Ruder @jhox1	Amy Taylor @AmyTay71
2012 Honorees @ 2013 METC Conference #METC13
Bill Bass @billbass	William Chamberlain @wmchamberlain	Linda J. Dougherty @ljdougherty	Don Goble @dgoble2001	Ben Grey @bengrey
Greg Lawrence @greglawrence	Sean Nash @nashworld	Josh Stumpenhorst @stumpteacher	Krissy Venosdale @krissyvenosdale