CIT Intern of the Year 2026
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.
- Darlene Brumfield, Dr. Charles T. Lunsford School No. 19
- Destiny Fernandes, East High School
- Emily Gibbons, Pinnacle School No. 35
- Michael Janover, School of the Arts
- Kelsea Kagarise, Special Education
- Jaqlyn Leiser, Abelard Reynolds School No. 42
- Emma Macero, Enrico Fermi School No. 17
- Sarah O’Rawe, Henry Hudson School No. 28
- Lisa Roy, Enrico Fermi School No. 17
- Brittany Rumph, Dr. David and Ruth Anderson Academy School No. 16
- Nelisa Torres-Gayle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School No. 9
- Morgan West, Mary McLeod Bethune School No. 45