The Foundation for Excellence in Education selected seven teachers from Orange County Public Schools to receive the 2009 Excel Award.
The teachers were chosen based on proven success in the classroom. Winners were selected based on the degree of progress in reading or math demonstrated by their students on the FCAT for the last three consecutive years. Data was provided to the foundation by the Florida Department of Education.
English teacher Reinaldo Mariaca from Bay Meadows Elementary School is not pictured. He is a winner in two categories of the 2009 Excel Award.
