Bertha Delgadillo

The SCOLT Awards Committee held interviews at the SCOLT conference March 7, 2024. Bertha Delgadillo, Spanish teacher at Woodville Tompkins Technical and Career High School in Savannah, GA, was awarded the 2024 SCOLT Teacher of the Year Award. Each state in the thirteen state SCOLT region may send one state language Teacher of the Year to the regional conference.

Bertha was selected on the basis of her excellence in teaching, her strong contributions to world languages, her letters of recommendation, and an interview. She will now advance to the national competition sponsored by ACTFL. During the  ACTFL convention this November, she and four other regional teachers will vie for the title of ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year. The teacher selected in November will serve as the national spokesperson for language learning in 2025.

Bertha states, “If I could summarize the value of learning languages and developing cultural competence for all learners into one word, it would be IMPACT, as the impact created by students through these skills reaches not only the people interacting or being served, but the students themselves, the community, and the world.”

The Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) is a professional organization whose mission is to promote universal World Language education supported by the community, valued by political and business leaders, encouraged by parents and peers, and taught by exemplary instructors. SCOLT congratulates Bertha on this award and thanks her for her efforts to promote world language learning.

Meet all of the 2024 Teachers of the Year from the SCOLT Region and hear their advice for new teachers by visiting this page!

See all previous Teachers of the Year from the SCOLT Region here.