It’s official! Jill Falletta, Beach Haven School 1st-grade Teacher, has been selected as the 2024-2025 Ocean County Teacher of the Year! We are so proud of Mrs. Falletta and her accomplishments to be recognized for such a tremendous honor. She is one of only 21 teachers selected for this honor in NJ out of over 100,000 NJ public school teachers. Mrs. Falletta is in her fifth year at Beach Haven School and has taught for a total of 16 years in Ocean County.
Mrs. Falletta goes out of her way daily to make real-life connections to her student’s learning, including community outreach.
Jill is a teacher leader, sitting on the School Climate Committee, the School Improvement Panel, the Threat Assessment Team, and the Early Elementary Team. She is passionate about the recruitment and retention of future educators and has served as a mentor teacher to numerous student and novice teachers. Jill teaches her students to be empathetic and be able to connect to the world around them by having her students work together on community outreach projects. She has established the Beach Haven School Little Free Library for Children, started the Butterfly Sanctuary and Green Thumb What I Need (WIN) club in partnership with the Long Beach Island Garden Club, organized the Phillies Phanatic About Reading program, implemented the Random Acts of Kindness seashell project, created a “friendship cards for nursing homes” school-wide initiative, and planned Read Across America week activities for the students. Jill serves as the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) liaison, where she recently was honored with the PTA Lifetime Membership Award. She wants her students to leave the world a better place because of how they treat and care for others.
We are truly proud to have Mrs. Falletta represent Beach Haven School and Ocean County as Teacher of the Year.
