It's official: the 2025 Montana Teacher of the Year has been announced!

According to the Montana Office of Public Instruction, 72 teachers were nominated by community members, teachers, administrators, and parents.

Of those 72 nominations, 19 teachers remained in the running for the 2025 Montana Teacher of the Year award.

Two different committees further narrowed down those 19 teachers.

The Teacher of the Year program looks at these three factors.

Elevate student success by celebrating teachers who honor individual student strengths and each child’s unique abilities.
Empower classroom innovation by recognizing teachers who are responsive to the complex realities that define Montana’s diverse and unique classrooms.
Enhances pathways to teacher leadership by creating teacher ambassadors at the local, state, and national level to connect classrooms to the community.

Here were the four finalists.

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The teaching careers of the folks listed below range from 9 to 28 years.

Dawn Sievers, Power Schools, Power
- Teaches 7th grade English and 7-12th grade Spanish and Art
Jennifer Fleek Airne, Billings Senior High School, Billings
- Teaches 12th grade English, AP Literature and Composition, and a student council leadership course
Jordan Capp, Hellgate Elementary, Missoula
- Teaches 5th grade
Megan Brenna, East Side Intermediate School, Livingston
- Teaches 5th grade