Satchel Ford Elementary theatre teacher wins South Carolina Theatre Association’s Outstanding Mentor Teacher Award
April 23, 2025
Satchel Ford Elementary School theatre teacher Scott Vaughan has been named the recipient of the Deborah Smith Hoffman Outstanding Mentor Teacher Award by the South Carolina Theatre Association.
The award is given to a K-12 theatre educator who has contributed the most to rising, new and experienced theatre educators in South Carolina during the year most recently concluded.
Vaughan has taught theatre in Richland One for 16 years, with 11 of those years at Satchel Ford. He says he enjoys sharing ideas with new and seasoned educators about the importance of arts education and how to make any subject, not just the arts, shine.
“During the summer, I’ve been helping teachers create curriculums and lesson plans through the Curriculum Leadership Institute in the Arts (CLIA) offered through the Arts in Basic Curriculum (ABC) Institute. I’ve watched teachers do their lessons and give them ideas on how to add a little sparkle into them. We work together to create a lesson that’s the best it can be,” said Vaughan.
He will be recognized during the South Carolina Theatre Association’s awards gala in Greenville in June.
