Clair Antoon Newton, an AP Literature English teacher at El Dorado High School, and Shawna Radcliff, a fifth and sixth grade math teacher at Corning Middle School, were recently named the 2025 Arkansas Rural Education Association’s Teachers of the Year. The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas have sponsored the Rural Teachers of the Year Award since 2004.
Antoon and Radcliff were presented with a crystal apple gift and a check for $1,000 from the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas.
Teacher-of-the-year nominations are vetted by the state’s 15 educational cooperatives, which then submit a finalist for each educational cooperative district to the Arkansas Rural Education Association for consideration.
