Two teachers with Alamance County connections have been tapped for a new advisory board that North Carolina’s governor has created to bring insights from the classroom to bear on state education policy.
Delores Amanda Aguayo, an Alamance County resident who teaches in Efland, and Taleah Chanel Jones, a resident of Guilford County who teaches at Broadview Middle School, are among the latest additions to this Governor’s Teacher Advisory Committee, which Governor Josh Stein established through an executive order in May.
The governor’s office announced the selection of Aguayo, Jones, and 15 other “active classroom teachers” for this committee on Friday as part of a long slate of other appointments to various state-level posts.
According to the governor’s office, Aguayo is a visual arts teacher at Gravelly Hill Middle School, which is part of the Orange County school system. Meanwhile, Jones, who is currently a sixth grade social studies teacher at Broadview, was recently named the 2025 teacher of the year for the Piedmont Triad.
As members of the Governor’s Teacher Advisory Committee, Jones and Aguayo will be part of a 30-person brain trust that Stein has assembled to weigh in on “a range of education issues, particularly those of importance to teachers.” According to Stein’s office, the teachers appointed to this committee are more than a mere sounding board for the governor and other high-ranking officials.
“[They] serve as education ambassadors,” the governor’s office explained in one online publication, “represent the governor at events, maintain communication with local boards of education, teachers….and other stakeholders, and share opportunities to support teachers.”
