Lisa Allen was named by her peers as 2017-2018 Teacher of the Year at Black’s Mill Elementary. She is an Interrelated Resource (IRR) Teacher, working with children with learning disabilities and special education needs to help them thrive in school. Allen has been teaching for 16 years and has spent time teaching at all levels of grade school. She spent three years teaching at the middle school level, seven teaching in high schools and six years in elementary education.