Megan Campbell, instrumental music teacher at Parkland Middle School, was named the 2025–2026 MCPS Teacher of the Year during the Distinguished Service to Education Honors celebration at The Music Center at Strathmore on May 6. She will now compete for Maryland Teacher of the Year.
Per MCPS: At Parkland, she teaches 10 percent of Parkland’s 1,195 enrolled students. Her students are racially and ethnically diverse, and she also teaches students with varying abilities. The number of students enrolled in band and orchestra at Parkland has increased by more than 75 percent. Her students perform regularly at school and community events, and she organizes a trip to Hersheypark every year for her students to perform competitively.
Campbell’s students have earned at least Excellent ratings at every adjudication event since she began teaching there, with her 2023 band and her 2024 orchestra earning Superior ratings. She contributed to the founding of the MCPS Marching Band Showcase and initiated the Middle School Massed Band Performance of the national anthem. She also manages Senior All-County Orchestra and coaches the woodwinds for the Albert Einstein Marching Titans. She began her career at John F. Kennedy High School. She grew that program, introduced her students to the competitive marching band world and led the Marching Cavaliers to fourth in the state in their division at the state championships.
As Teacher of the Year, Campbell will receive a one-year car lease from Fitzgerald Auto Malls.