Our Teachers

Teacher of the Year

2019-2020

Kelley Godwin has been employed with Creative Academy since August 2008. While teaching, she has been a student at Wayne Community College working towards her Associate Degree and then a student at the University of Mount Olive where she completed her Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood. She continued on and received her North Carolina Birth-Kindergarten teaching license thorough the Department of Public Instruction. Kelley has worked in various roles including Floater, Preschool Assistant Teacher, Toddler Lead Teacher and is currently our Preschool Lead teacher. She will begin working as the Pre-k Lead Teacher starting in the fall of 2019 . Kelley is dedicated to the young children in her care and provides an engaging and developmentally appropriate environment filled with music, cognitive, literacy, language, motor and social skill development activities. Kelley has devoted a large portion of her life to the betterment and education of young children and holds high expectations for all children that come through her door. She has a great love for young children and it shows in her everyday interactions with the children in her care.