Our MAPS K-5 Teacher of The Year for 2023-2024 is Alana Huff, a 2nd Grade Teacher at Sandy Knoll Elementary School. Her colleague wrote, “Alana creates a safe, respectful, and loving classroom environment where all students can be successful in their own way and in their own time. Alana seeks out new resources and is consistently open to new ideas to try with her students. When something doesn’t work she tries something else. She is willing to push herself out of her comfort zone and try new things and gives herself the opportunity to fail, reflect, and retry. Her top priority is student success and she knows that every student can learn in their own way and at their own pace. Through this process, she makes sure that the students feel success in one way or another. As a colleague, Alana is professional and real about the teaching profession…She is not just a colleague but also a friend and a leader at Sandy Knoll.”