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The Florida Consortium
of Public Charter Schools
The Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools (FCPCS) is congratulating a teacher at one of its member schools for winning a statewide leadership award from the Florida Department of Education.
Indy Goodwin Mack, who teaches at Jefferson County Somerset Charter School in Monticello, Fla., recently received the Dr. Brian Dassler Leadership Award as part of the 2021 Florida Department of Education Teacher of the Year Awards Program. Sarah Ann Painter of Pinellas County was named Florida’s 2022 Teacher of the Year.
According to the Florida Department of Education, the Dr. Brian Dassler Leadership Award presented to Indy Goodwin Mack “is given to an educator who upholds the belief that every single student deserves to have a teacher that is as good or better than the very best teacher any of us ever had.” The late Dr. Brian Dassler was the former Florida Department of Education Deputy Chancellor for Educator Quality.
Mack was previously named Jefferson Somerset’s Elementary Teacher of the Year for 2021.
“Congratulations to Indy Goodwin Mack for excelling in her role as an elementary school teacher at Jefferson County Somerset Charter School,” said FCPCS President Robert Haag. "She exemplifies the finest qualities of the best teachers working to educate their students at Florida’s public charter schools. FCPCS congratulates her and all of the winners of the 2022 Florida Department of Education Teacher of the Year Awards Program.”
Personal History of Indy Goodwin Mack
Mack is a Jefferson County local and a graduate of the class of 1988. After graduating from Jefferson County High School, she attended Florida A&M (FAMU) and received her bachelor and master degrees.
Mack has taught at the elementary grade level in Jefferson County for 29 years and is currently teaching the third-grade.
She and her husband Norman have been married for 26 years and have three children: Christopher, Norman T. and Nortory; and four granddaughters.
She is a proud member of the Greater Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church of Monticello and gives thanks and praise to God and her mother, Gladys Goodwin, for without either one, she would not be who she is today. Mack sees the good in all the children coming up through the Jefferson school system and strives to teach the children to preform to the best of their abilities.
“These children have a lot of potential and are of the same caliber as any student in the bigger city school systems. They need someone to help guide them in the right direction and help them not lose sight of the big picture,” said Mack.
About the Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools
The Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools (FCPCS) is the leading charter school membership association in the state, with a membership of nearly 75 percent of all operating charter schools. Since its inception in 1999, FCPCS has been dedicated to creating a national model of high quality, accredited public charter schools that are student-centered and performance-driven. FCPCS provides a wide array of technical support, mentoring, training, networking, and purchasing services to its membership, as well as serving as an advocate for all Florida public charter schools.