Lisa Wall has been named the Northwest Region/District 7 Teacher of the Year. The announcement was made Monday at Wall's school, Burke Middle College, on the campus of WPCC. North Carolina's current Teacher of the Tear, Lisa Godwin, made the announcement during a student assembly. Wall is the English Language Arts teacher at Burke Middle and has 22.5 years of experience teaching. Godwin told the students at the assembly that Wall is now in the running for the next North Carolina Teacher of the Year. At Burke Middle College, high school juniors and seniors work to complete their high school diploma as well as a two-year associate's degree.