Nancy has authored several educational materials and calls herself a “child advocate.” One of her guiding principles is that “behavior is like a shirt; it can be changed.” Berry instills good character lessons into her Coded Discipline, an innovative management program that promotes dignity, imagination, self-discipline, and responsibility. “It stresses that we are in charge of our learning and behavior,” she explained. “It teaches and cultivates manners and values as being honest and living by the ‘Golden Rule.’”
Nancy Berry
Logansport, IN | Years Taught: 1974 – Present
Additional Recognition
- 1996 • Disney’s American Teacher Awards, Early Childhood Cass
- 1994 • County’s Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Citizen
- 1993 • Indiana University (Kokomo) Distinguished Alumna Award
- 1993 • Central Indiana’s Teacher of the Week
- 1993 • The Shining Star Teaching Award of Indiana
- 1992 • The State of Indiana Wildlife Teacher of the Year
- 1992 • Cass County and State of Indiana’s Outstanding Environmental and Conservation Educator of the Year
- 1991 • Cass County and State of Indiana’s Outstanding Environmental and Conservation Educator of the Year
- 1987 • Education’s Pillar of the Logansport Community School Corporation
- 1985 • Cass County’s Celebrate Literacy Award (Indiana Reading Association)
- 1980 • State of Indiana Department of Education Network of Outstanding Teachers in Elementary Science and Mathematics
- 1975 • Cass County and Indiana State’s Outstanding Young Educator