Betty Blanton Educational Office
Professional of the Year Award
SCAEOP affiliates may nominate a SCAEOP member based on their personal and professional accomplishments, membership activities, and contributions to education. The Betty Blanton Office Professional of the Year is presented to the membership at the annual conference each year.
Louise Snipes, CEOE
2017-2018 Educational Office Professional of the Year
Since Louise joined SCAEOP and attended her first annual conference in 2013, she has served in nearly two dozen capacities on local, state and national levels. In each committee and every role Louise has shared her enthusiasm and applied her organizational skills. She is an advocate for professional development and has worked especially hard to align standards at the local level with state and national requirements. She is a tireless recruiter, leading her school to be the first to achieve 100% membership of its office professionals for her local affiliation, RCAEOP.
She has been employed by Richland School District Two since 2000, having first worked in the Superintendent’s office. As the district’s National Board Certification (NBC) liaison Louise proved her commitment to professional development by creating a program to assist teachers as they worked to achieve National Board Certification. Under Louise’s leadership, in 2005, Richland Two was recognized for having the most NBC teachers in South Carolina.
In 2009, she decided to seek new professional challenges and accepted the position of Administrative Assistant at Summit Parkway Middle School. Both principals she has served appreciate her task oriented nature, her ability to take charge when needed, as well as her nature to help others and to freely share her time, energy and expertise.
Louise is a lifelong learner, and completed all five levels of Option I of the Professional Standards Program, earning her Certified Educational Office Employee (CEOE) in September 2014.
She lives in the Northeast area of Columbia, is a member of Spring Valley Baptist Church and volunteers in community service projects. Her hobbies include gardening, reading, traveling and hanging out with her family. Married to Larry Snipes, they have two children, Anne and Lawrence. Anne and her husband, Bradley, have four children, Mac, Mary Brooks, Chapman and Mae.
She has been employed by Richland School District Two since 2000, having first worked in the Superintendent’s office. As the district’s National Board Certification (NBC) liaison Louise proved her commitment to professional development by creating a program to assist teachers as they worked to achieve National Board Certification. Under Louise’s leadership, in 2005, Richland Two was recognized for having the most NBC teachers in South Carolina.
In 2009, she decided to seek new professional challenges and accepted the position of Administrative Assistant at Summit Parkway Middle School. Both principals she has served appreciate her task oriented nature, her ability to take charge when needed, as well as her nature to help others and to freely share her time, energy and expertise.
Louise is a lifelong learner, and completed all five levels of Option I of the Professional Standards Program, earning her Certified Educational Office Employee (CEOE) in September 2014.
She lives in the Northeast area of Columbia, is a member of Spring Valley Baptist Church and volunteers in community service projects. Her hobbies include gardening, reading, traveling and hanging out with her family. Married to Larry Snipes, they have two children, Anne and Lawrence. Anne and her husband, Bradley, have four children, Mac, Mary Brooks, Chapman and Mae.
For more information about the Betty Blanton Educational Office Professional of the Year Award, please contact:
Carla Owings
cowings@uscupstate.edu
Carla Owings
cowings@uscupstate.edu
