Ruth Tulin Cion has been chosen Teacher of the Year by her colleagues at E.C. Goodwin Technical High School. Ms. Cion has been an instructor in the Connecticut High School System for 15 years, having taught English, Reading, Social Studies, and presently Special Education. She holds a B. A. in English and History from the University of Connecticut. In addition, she holds an M. A. in Language Arts and a 6th year degree in Special Education, both from St. Joseph’s College.  Ms. Cion also took courses in Urban Education at the University of Hartford.

Ms. Cion is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, the educational honor society. Active in diversity and multicultural education, she has designed curricula for her teachers’ union, the SVFT of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the AFL-CIO, serving on their Political Action Committee. She is an elected delegate to the AFT National Convention. Ms. Cion is a resident of West Hartford where she began her teaching career. She is also the lead resource teacher at Temple Beth El in that city. Ms. Cion described Goodwin’s students as “…filled with dreams and hopes, hardworking, and dedicated to productive citizenship by choosing to attend Connecticut’s first ‘magnet schools’- - the technical high schools.”