Biology instructor Sean Gordon of Collegiate High School at Northwest Florida State College has been named a Charter School Champion of the Year for 2025 by the Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools.

• Gordon is one of nine teachers selected from public charter schools throughout Florida for the honor, which covers the 2024-2025 school year.

Champion charter school teachers “are exceptional teachers who inspire their students to reach high achievement levels at their charter schools,” according to the award nomination materials.

The Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools received nominations for the twelfth year in several categories, including charter school teachers, charter school leaders, charter school governing board members, charter school innovators and charter school pioneers.

The 2025 Charter School Champions of the Year represent schools from across Florida at grade levels ranging from kindergarten through high school. Among the 18 total winners, nine are teachers, three are school leaders, three are governing board members, two are charter school pioneers and one is a charter school innovator.

• “Congratulations to Sean Gordon and to all of the 2025 Charter School Champions of the Year, and congratulations to their schools and communities,” said Robert Haag, FCPCS President. “Each of the winners helps to deliver quality education to Florida’s charter school students. They are important contributors to Florida’s hugely successful charter school movement.”