Congratulations to Katheryn Pourcho, an elementary school art teacher from Danville, Indiana, who has been named her state’s 2020 Teacher of the Year. Photo credit: Linked In.

Congratulations are in order for Katheryn Pourcho, an elementary school art teacher from Danville, Indiana, who has been named her state’s 2020 Teacher of the Year.

Katheryn teaches Pre-K, Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade at Danville North Elementary School. In the classroom, she has a reputation for being imaginative, animated, and inspiring, and she is known for infusing her experiences as a professional artist into her instructional practices. Her curriculum develops a healthy balance between individual responsibility and team-oriented relationships. She makes frequent use of collaborative projects, and her students learn through multi-media storytelling and immersive experiences.

In addition to her work in the classroom during the school year, Katheryn provides art experiences in the summers for her students and for children abroad in countries such as Nicaragua, Lebanon, and Thailand. She has done this work for the past nine years.

Katheryn earned her Bachelor’s degree in Visual Art Education in 2011 from Ball State University. She studied oil painting under artists CW Mundy, Pam Newell, and Thomas Kegler. She also painted in residency at La Romita School of Art in central Italy. In 2016, she received the Lily Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship to study theology and plein air painting, creating art in the footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh.

To learn more about Katheryn Pourcho, see the article about her published on the CCSSO Teacher of the Year website.