Pre-school teacher gets FIRST incentive

Village Children’s Learning Center teacher Latoya Green accepts a First-time Incentive to Raise Standards for Teachers (FIRST) award in the amount of $1,200 from Hinesville Mayor Jim Thomas on Thursday, as center co-owner Michael Terry, left, and pre-K teacher Evangeline Pate, right, look on. - photo by Photo by Denise Etheridge

0307 FIRST incentive STANDALONE — Village Children’s Learning Center teacher Latoya Green accepts a First-time Incentive to Raise Standards for Teachers (FIRST) award in the amount of $1,200 from Hinesville Mayor Jim Thomas on Thursday, as center co-owner Michael Terry, left, and pre-K teacher Evangeline Pate, right, look on. - photo by Photo by Denise Etheridge

Village Children’s Learning Center teacher Latoya Green was honored at a Hinesville City Council meeting on March 4

She had received $1,200 through the First-time Incentive to Raise Standards for Teachers (FIRST) award. The incentive program is for early care and education professionals who earn their credentials between Sept. 1, 2009 and Feb. 28, 2011. Green graduated from Altamaha Technical College in Jesup on Jan. 28.

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