Information about Mrs. D.

• Tracey Dingus grew up near Lebanon, Virginia, where her father was a dairy farmer and her mother was a homemaker.  She has often said that her mother, Clara, was her first and best  teacher.  Mrs. Dingus 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.  

• 1991 - 2008 -  4th & 5th grade teacher at Stonewall Jackson Elementary School in Bristol, VA.

·         2001, 2005, & 2006 - Mrs. Dingus was 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 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 on matters regarding teacher preparation programs and issues relating to teacher licensure.  Since September 2008, Mrs. Dingus has served as the Chair of ABTEL.

·         2008 - named to the Library of Virginia's Teacher Advisory Panel.  The purpose of this panel is to review and provide input on strengthening the existing and proposed projects and programs developed by the Library of Virginia’s Division of Publications and Educational Services to serve the educators and students of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in accordance with the Library of Virginia’s mission to provide access to the most comprehensive information resources for and about Virginia’s history and culture.

·         2008 - began teaching 6th and 7th grade at Virginia Middle School.

·         Mrs. Dingus often conducts workshops on topics related to SOLs, technology, teaching, student learning, and National Board Certification

·         Mrs. Dingus & her husband, Greg, have 2 sons, Logan and Peyton.  Greg is the Director of Forecasting & Sales for Alpha Natural Resources.  Logan is a tenth grader at Virginia High School and Peyton is a eighth grader at Virginia Middle School.  In her free time, she enjoys reading on her Kindle 2, singing at church, quilting, babying her Yorkies (Rascal & Miss Maggie), playing with her computer, and mostly just piddling around.