Information about Mrs. D.

• Tracey Dingus grew up near Lebanon, Virginia, where her father was a dairy farmer and her mother was a homemaker.  Tracey has often said that her mother, Clara, was her first and best teacher.  Tracey and her two sisters, Tammy and Lavada, grew up working on the family farm. 

• 1989 - graduated with honors from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, with a BS degree in Early and Middle Education (NK - 8).  Recipient of Liberty University's Elementary Student Teacher of the Year Award.  

• 1989 - Began her career teaching 4th grade at Robert S. Payne Elementary School in Lynchburg, Virginia.  During her first year of teaching, she was selected as Lynchburg City Schools' Beginning Teacher of the Year as well as being their nominee for the Sallie Mae Teaching Award.  

• Taught at Stonewall Jackson Elementary School in Bristol, VA, from 1991 until Spring 2008.

• Fall of 2008 - moving  to Virginia Middle School to teach 6^th & 7^th grade Math as well as United States History

·         2001, 2005, & 2006 - Tracey was been selected by her colleagues as Stonewall Jackson Elementary School's Teacher of the Year

·         2001 - Chosen as one of three finalists for the prestigious McGlothlin Excellence in Teaching Award. 

·         Committees for Virginia Department of Education:

             Math SOL Content Review – Grades 4 and 5 

                  LEP Math SOL Content Review  - Grades 4 and 5

             Virginia Reading Assessment

                  United States History I SOL Content Review

·         2003 - Invited to become a member of Delta Kappa Gamma International Society, which promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.  

·         2005 - Successfully completed the rigorous standards to become a National Board Certified Teacher through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

·         2006 - Selected as the Bristol VA Rotary Outstanding Teacher of the Year

·         2007 - recipient of the YWCA Bristol Tribute to Women award in recognition and appreciation of her outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of Education.

·         2007 - elected to a 3 year term as a member of ABTEL (Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure) which advises the Virginia State Board of Education

·         Often conducts workshops on topics related to SOLs, technology, teaching, student learning, and National Board Certification

·         Tracey & her husband, Greg, have 2 sons, Logan and Peyton.  Greg is a Financial Analyst and Pastor.  Logan is a ninth grader at Virginia High School and Peyton is a seventh grader at Virginia Middle School.  In her free time, Tracey enjoys reading, singing at church, quilting, babying her Yorkie (Rascal), playing with her computer, and mostly just piddling around.