Calallen High School Teacher earns UIL Excellence Award
From the University Interscholastic League
AUSTIN (News Release) - The University Interscholastic League recognized Charlene Dietrich as one of seven winners of the 2020 UIL Sponsor Excellence Award winners.
Charlene Dietrich has dedicated 47 years to teaching with the last 35 years as an UIL Sponsor. She has coached at Corpus Christi Carroll, Gregory-Portland, and the last 17 years have been at Corpus Christi Calallen High School. During her career, she has been a One-Act Play/Technical Director, as well as the district’s academic coordinator and speaking event director. Dietrich has also been a speech coach in all capacities, and a member of the Region 4 Advisory Committee. She has led her teams to numerous district and regional championships, including a state championship in Persuasive Speaking.
“When it is all ‘said and done’ at the end of the day, the end of the semester, at the end of the year, are my students better people because they were in my room,” Dietrich said. “Have my personal and professional goals for my students made their lives richer and fuller, and are they then able to go out and find success…if so, then my last 47 years have been worth it.”
The winners were selected by a panel of judges in the areas of academics, athletics and music from nominations submitted by school principals and superintendents across the state.
The award, now in its 30th year, was created to identify and recognize outstanding sponsors who enable students to develop and refine their extracurricular talents to the highest degree possible within the education system.
“Coaches and teachers have such a difficult job, and they go beyond the call of duty to serve as UIL sponsors, coaches and directors,” said UIL Executive Director Dr. Charles Breithaupt. “UIL events function and thrive on the dedication and immense effort from sponsors like these. On behalf of the UIL, I commend these outstanding educators.”
Each winner will receive $1,000 and a symbolic memento from the UIL in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the pursuit of educational excellence through interscholastic competition. The League continually strives to strengthen and promote the role of extracurricular activities in Texas through programs like the UIL Sponsor Excellence Award.