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CIT Intern of the Year 2026

Career in Teaching Intern of the Year


The CIT Intern of the Year Award recognizes the most outstanding first year teachers and student service providers in the Rochester City School District. CIT Interns are nominated by their CIT Mentors and Administrator Supervisors.  Award winners are recognized at a ceremony with their families, mentors, supervisors, RTA Union Officers, and the RCSD Superintendent in attendance.

2026 CIT Intern of the Year recipients will be honored by Career in Teaching at a ceremony in May.

2026 CIT Intern Recipients

Congratulations to our CIT Interns of the Year and their mentors on their exemplary work on behalf of RCSD students.

Intern Name

Tenure Area

Location

Mentor

Mentor Location

Michael Janover

Music

SOTA

Stacy Allard

ALMS

Destiny Fernandes

Physical Education

East

Michael Militello

East HS

Emily Gibbons

Childhood

School 35

Jaime Stein

School 35

Emma Macero

Sped Sc 6-1-1 Kindergarten

School 17

Jonathan Cruz-Colon

Central Office

Nelisa Torres-Gayle

1 Bilingual

School 9

Jonathan Cruz-Colon

Central Office

Jaqlyn Lesier

1st Grade

School 42

Tina Bowman

Central Office

Morgan West

Kindergarten

School 45

Lynne Sassenhauson

School 45

Brittany Rumph

Sped 6:1:2

School 16

Patricia Adams

Central Office

Lisa Roy

PreK 4

School 17

Mariella Diaz

School 17

Darlene Brumfield

General Education - 2nd Grade

School 19

Cassandra Dearring

School 12

Sarah O’Rawe

ASD - 6:1-4

School 28

Kim Tartaglia

School 7

Kelsea Kagarise

Visually Impaired Teacher K-12

Central Office

Cassandra Walsh

Central Office