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| Cindy Egan |
“What a
tremendous and well-deserved honor Cindy Egan has received from the California
Department of Education,” says Contra Costa County Superintendent of Schools
Joseph A. Ovick, Ed.D. “When you visit Cindy’s biology or environmental
sciences classes, you observe a perfect balance of her professional background
in civil engineering, education experience, and passion for teaching that
enthuses her students to learn. She has certainly earned this special
recognition! We in Contra Costa County
are very proud of her, and our other newest Teacher of Year, Beth Levine, of
West Contra Costa USD, as well as the additional 20 teachers representing our
county’s school districts during the 2013-2014 school year. They are
outstanding ambassadors of all our public school teachers.”
Egan is beginning
her ninth year of teaching, all at San Ramon Valley High. Prior to entering
into education, she earned her bachelors and masters degrees in civil
engineering from the University of California, at Berkeley. Following college,
she had a very successful 25-year career as a civil engineer, where she worked
all over the world – but at the same time, she often thought about teaching.
During her last 10 years of her career, Egan was a managing principal-in-charge
of an environmental engineering office with more than 120 professional
engineers and scientists. After this time period, she left her job, obtained
her teaching credential, and began her new career as an educator at San Ramon
High.
Egan will be joining the five 2014 California Teachers of
the Year, the six finalists, and her fellow seven semi-finalists, as they are
honored by California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
at a gala in Sacramento, to be held February 3, 2014. For more information on
the award program, please visit the California Department of Education’s California Teachers of the Year
Web page.
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| 2013-2014 Contra Costa County Teachers of the Year Cindy Egan and Beth Levine |
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