Manatee County Teachers Awarded National "Program of Excellence" Award

Manatee County's engineering technology program and teachers at Braden River High School (BRHS) recently received some outstanding national recognition. 

The Executive Board of the Florida Technology Education and Engineering Educators Association notified three BRHS teachers that their engineering technology program has been awarded the “2012 International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) High School Program of Excellence.” This award is the highest honor a technology education teacher can receive in the profession. Engineering technology teachers Gil Burlew, Richard Platt, and John Frank were awarded the recognition. 

“Your commitment to the students and the commendable efforts you have made in creating a new and unique program are to be applauded. Florida Technology Education students need teachers like yourself and the programs you have developed,” wrote Thomas Cummings, the ITEEA Florida Affiliate Representative. 

The teachers, BRHS, and Manatee County were recognized nationally and presented with a walnut engraved plaque at the ITEEA 74th Annual Conference in Long Beach, California recently. State recognition will take place at the Florida Technology Education and Engineering Educators Association Annual Conference in November.