Alabama -- Ruth Teaford; Curry High School, Jasper, AL -- Language Arts
Alaska -- Martha Gilmore; Lathrop High School, Fairbanks, AK -- Science
Am. Samoa -- Esther Ili; Samoana High School, Pago Pago, AS -- English
Arizona -- Arthur DeFilippo; Zimmerman School, Mt. Lemmon, AZ --
Elementary, K-6
Arkansas -- Sue Perry; Ole Main High School, North Little Rock, AR -- English
California -- Reno Taini; Jefferson High School, Daly City, CA --
Environmental Education
Colorado -- Hugh Avis; Manual High School, Denver, CO -- Music
Connecticut -- Sandra Johnson; Metacomet School, Bloomfield, CT --
Elementary, 1-2
Delaware -- Renee O'Leary; Wilmington Manor Elementary School, New Castle, DE -- Elementary, Kindergarten
Florida -- Beth Johnson; Kathleen Senior High School, Lakeland, FL -- English/Latin
Georgia -- Sandra Worsham; Baldwin High School, Milledgeville, GA -- English
Hawaii -- Robin Otagaki; Moanalua High School, Honolulu, HI -- Science
Idaho -- Laurie Jones; Tendoy Elementary School, Pocatello, ID -- Elementary, 3
Illinois -- Carol Schaddelee; Gompers Junior High School, Joliet, IL -- Mathematics
Indiana -- Sofia Rodriguez; Snider High School, Fort Wayne, IN -- Spanish
Iowa -- Darlene Joyce Frazier; Boone Junior-Senior High School, Boone, IA -- Art; National Teacher of the Year Finalist
Kansas -- Shirley Palmer; Winfield Scott School, Fort Scott, KS -- Elementary, 2
Kentucky -- Coralie Jones; Mason County High School, Maysville, KY -- Music
Louisiana -- John Dempsey; Leesville High School, Leesville, LA -- Chemistry/Physics
Maine -- Rena Labbe; Madawaska High School, Madawaska, ME -- Language Arts
Massachusetts -- Joseph Kelley; Lexington High School, Lexington, MA -- English
Michigan -- Melvin Miller; L'Anse Creuse Middle North School, Mt. Clemens, MI -- Social Studies; National Teacher of the Year Finalist
Minnesota -- Donald Glover; Mariner Senior High School, White Bear Lake, MN -- Adapted Physical Education
Mississippi -- Tommy Williams; Wingfield High School, Jackson, MS -- Biology
Missouri -- Barbara Giardina; Hazelwood East High School, St. Louis, MO -- Accounting
Montana -- Susanna Irion; Monforton Elementary School, Bozeman, MT --
Talented & Gifted
Nebraska -- David Bernard-Stevens; Papillion-LaVista Senior High School, Papillion, NE -- Social Studies; National Teacher of the Year Finalist
Nevada -- Gwen Thacker; Owyhee Combined Schools, Owyhee, NV -- English
New Hampshire -- Ann Ranta; Walpole Middle School, Walpole, NH -- Elementary, 5
New Jersey -- Lillian Augustine; Number Ten School, Perth Amboy, NJ -- Elementary, Kindergarten
New Mexico -- Jerry Bird; Berrendo Middle School, Roswell, NM -- Art
New York -- Tom Wagner; Stewart Elementary School, Garden City, NY -- Music
North Carolina -- Penelope Smith; Asheboro High School, Asheboro, NC --
Social Studies
North Dakota -- Jane Kamletz; Washington Grade School, Jamestown, ND -- Elementary, 1
Ohio -- Bruce Brombacher; Jones Junior High School, Upper Arlington, OH -- Mathematics; 1982 National Teacher of the Year ( NTOY Information )
Oklahoma -- Kathlyn Reynolds; Wiley Post Elementary School, Oklahoma City, OK -- Music
Oregon -- Lynda Hatch; Pilot Butte Junior High School, Bend, OR -- , 6
Pennsylvania -- Janice Davis; Dalton Elementary School, Dalton, PA --
Elementary, 3
Rhode Island -- Rachele Modliszewski; Cranston Public Schools, Cranston, RI -- Art
South Carolina -- Mary Ann Blaskowitz; Camden High School, Camden, SC -- English
South Dakota -- Charlotte Hauge; Simmons Elementary School, Aberdeen, SD -- Elementary, Kindergarten
Tennessee -- Martha Elkins; Willow Brook Elementary School, Oak Ridge, TN -- Elementary, 6
Texas -- Rita Harlien; Eastwood High School, El Paso, TX -- Speech
Utah -- John Heppler; Dixie High School, St. George, UT -- Chemistry
Vermont -- Dorothy Melville; C. P. Smith School, Burlington, VT -- Elementary, 1
Virginia -- Gaye Adegbalola; Walker-Grant Middle School, Fredericksburg, VA -- Talented and Gifted
Washington -- Sharon Olson; Spanaway Junior High School, Tacoma, WA -- Physical Education
West Virginia -- Kenneth Godwin; Grafton High School, Grafton, WV -- Music
Wisconsin -- Michael Shoemaker; Freedom High School, Freedom, WI -- History
Wyoming -- Robert Hilgenfeld; East Junior High School, Rock Springs, WY -- Mathematics