Nardi Routten
Fourth-Grade Teacher
Nardi Routten just finished her 25th year of teaching. She is a fourth-grade teacher at Creekside Elementary School in New Bern, North Carolina. She was recently named the 2023 Craven County Teacher of the Year. She is a member of the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress. She is also the recipient of the 2014 Milken Educator Award for Florida and a 2021 North Carolina State finalist for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.