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Robert Bentley
MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley will deliver the annual State of the State Address to a Joint Session of the Alabama Legislature on Tuesday, February 7, at 6:30 p.m. in the Old House Chamber of the State Capitol.
Governor Bentley has invited five special guests to the State of the State Address, and will recognize their work in various fields.
- Deborah Daniels, a former inmate, is currently the Southeast Director for Prison Fellowship Ministry. Daniels has worked with the Alabama Department of Corrections since 2000. During that time she has assisted in developing the mentoring children of prisoners program and she has worked to build relationships with faith-based and community organizations. Daniels is a wife and mother of four.
- Frank Gossett, a former inmate, is currently a Chaplain at Holman Correctional Facility. Since 2013, Gossett has worked with the Alabama Department of Corrections assisting and ministering to men through the We Care Ministry. This program trains missionary chaplains to serve in correctional facilities that request assistance.
- Alicia Koonce, Chelsi Jones and Angie Dillard, are all teachers at Zion Chapel School in Coffee County. Zion Chapel has implemented a play-based pilot program where teachers have gained strategies and techniques to document their students’ social-emotional, physical, language, cognitive and academic developmental levels rather than just measuring their academic proficiency. Over the last two years, Zion Chapel has been able to implement this program in kindergarten and first grade classrooms. The results are showing positive outcomes in academic areas as well as a reduction in the number of discipline referrals in these classrooms.
Media Release/OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROBERT BENTLEY
