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Kentucky Farm Bureau
Pictured, from left, Ellie
Pribble, Cherie Mingus, Betty Witten, The Kentucky Association for Career and Technical Education (KACTE) participates in the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) national awards program to promote excellence in career and technical education. The Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation sponsors the annual Career and Technical Education Awards, which seek to recognize:
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that have conducted activities to promote KACTE conducts the awards program, which is organized under the guidelines established by ACTE. There are 12 award categories, each with various criteria and eligibility requirements. KACTE members and individual program areas are encouraged to participate each year by submitting nominations to the KACTE Awards Committee chair. The Awards Committee reviews the nominees and selects the winners. Information on the awards, the criteria and the nominations process may be viewed on-line at the KACTE website, www.kacteonline.org. KACTE award winners are entered into the appropriate ACTE national award category for the following administrative year. In recent years, several KACTE members have been recognized nationally, including: Ø 2007 ACTE National Teacher-of-the-Year Leslie Watkins, Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, Reidland High School; Ø 2004-2005 KACTE President Sarah Raikes, Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, Washington County High School, who was the first recipient of the Outstanding Teacher in Community Service Award; Ø Donnalie Stratton, program consultant, Kentucky Department of Education Division of Career and Technical Education, who received the Carl D. Perkins Humanitarian Award, one of the highest honors bestowed by ACTE; Ø Sandra Miller, Ph.D., professor emeritus, University of Kentucky, who received an ACTE Outstanding Service Award. THIS YEAR, KACTE presented state winners in five categories: Ø Outstanding Career and Technical Educator, Ø Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher, Ø Outstanding Service Award, Ø Outstanding Teacher in Community Service, and Ø Career and Technical Teacher of the Year. KACTE expresses its sincere thanks to the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation whose support makes these awards possible year after year. Outstanding Career and Technical Educator Ginny Ellington
Family and Consumer Sciences Educator The prestigious award of Outstanding Career and Technical Educator recognizes an individual who makes significant contributions to professional organizations and Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs for youth and/or adults in his/her career field, community and/or state. The person receiving this award must be a currently employed baccalaureate CTE teacher educator, administrator, guidance counselor, or program specialist. Congratulations to Ginny Ellington who currently works as a CTE educator in the University of Kentucky College of Human Environmental Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences Education Program. Ms. Ellington has made numerous contributions to Career and Technical Education during her dynamic career. A few of her accomplishments include:
Ms. Ellington is the 2007 recipient of the Joe B. Davis Outstanding advising award. In 2004, she received the FCCLA National Distinguished Service Award. She also has received several honors from KACTE, including the Arch of Fame (1998) and Outstanding Service (2004). She has developed curriculum, worked on the recruitment of potential CTE teachers, helped to establish FACS skills standards, and presented at numerous conference and workshops. Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher Leslie Marie Lewis
Family and Consumer Science Teacher Leslie Lewis teaches Family and Consumer Science classes at Central Hardin High School in Cecilia, Kentucky. She has served as President-Elect, President and Past President of Region 5 KATFACS (Kentucky Association of Teachers of Family and Consumer Science). She now serves that organization as Legislative Chair. Ms. Lewis earned her Bachelor’s degree in 2003 from Western Kentucky University and has been teaching in Hardin County since earning her degree. She will receive her master’s in education in August of this year, also from Western Kentucky University. Ms. Lewis states that her three years as a member of KACTE has helped her become a better teacher. She has presented at the summer conference twice. Being involved in professional organizations such as KACTE and KATFACS also has helped her become a strong leader. Ms. Lewis is grateful for the recognition KACTE gives her as its Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher, but her greatest reward is a student’s smile as he or she gains knowledge and skills for life. Ms. Lewis is described as a 4’10” dynamo. One of her supporters stated that “Leslie values people.” She “listens and communicates effectively with students, parents, and teachers alike, encouraging even the most reluctant among them to accomplish shared goals.” Outstanding Service Award Cherie Lynn Mingus
Family and Consumer Science Teacher Cherie Mingus is a FACS teacher and chairperson of the Family and Consumer Science Department at Central Hardin High School. She has been a member of KACTE/ACTE for 24 years. She was president-elect for 2006-2007 and has served as the organization’s president during 2007-2008. During her 26 year career in education, Mrs. Mingus has served as the president of both the Kentucky Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (KAFCS) and president of the Kentucky Association of Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences (KATFACS). She has helped to write test questions and scenarios for the Kentucky Occupational Skills Standards Assessment (KOSSA). She has presented at conferences such as ACTE and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She has been a KACTE Teacher of the Year, a KAFCS Teacher of the Year, and the recipient of the NATFACS Distinguished Service Award. Mrs. Mingus finds time to serve as Practical Living/Vocational Studies Component Manager, working with the Consolidated School Improvement Plan and curriculum mapping. She serves on the Central Hardin Youth Services Board and is a teacher-member of her school’s site-based decision-making (SBDM) council. She has served on the SBDM for the past four years. She supervises student teachers from Western Kentucky University and is a KTIP resource teacher. She also judges FCCLA (Family Career and Community Leaders of America) competitions. She even finds time to serve on the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Culinary Arts Advisory Board. Mrs. Mingus served as a writer for the Fashion and Interior Design curriculum for the state of Kentucky. She has developed a video presentation concerning domestic violence that was distributed statewide. In a support letter, a colleague stated that Mrs. Mingus is innovative and “never hesitates to embark on a new challenge that could prove beneficial to all Family and Consumer Science…students.” Cherie is “a superhero in her personal and professional life. She lives to serve others…there seems to be no end to her talents and her desire to serve and promote Career and Technical Education. Outstanding Teacher in Community Service Betty L. Witten
Family and Consumer Science The Outstanding Teacher in Community Service Award is designed to recognize teachers with significant accomplishments and outstanding leadership in programs and activities that promote community involvement. Recipients of this award must have made significant contributions toward training, motivating and inspiring their peers and students to become involved in programs and projects benefiting their communities. Ms. Witten is an active community member, earning recognition from the Leitchfield Lions Club (she serves as the organization’s secretary). She is the 2007 recipient of the Lion’s Club International Certificate of Achievement and the Lions District 43-E Governor’s Appreciation Award. She is an active member of the Young Homemakers Club and has been a member for 30 years. These facts attest to Ms. Witten’s commitment to service and her position as a role model for others. Ms. Witten is a Family and Consumer Science teacher at Grayson County High School. Given her current service efforts, it is natural that a ladies sewing group at the First Baptist Church in Leitchfield shared with her an idea they had for an international service project. Ms. Witten passed on the idea to her school leaders and her students. The project involved the construction of 100 dresses to be sent to Nicaraguan children in need. The sewing club supplied Ms. Witten with a basic pattern in a variety of sizes. The club also provided fabric, buttons, and thread, all of the items donated to the project. Ms. Witten’s students had to furnish time, talent, more thread, and trims to make each dress unique. The class contributed forty-four of the needed dresses while the students learned the whole process of cutting a pattern, then marking, sewing and serging, and finally trimming a dress. Ms. Witten set up her class as a simulated factory. Students included personal notes in a pocket of each dress, written in Spanish with the assistance of a world language instructor. This amazing service project was spotlighted in the local newspaper. The project has been repeated this year, and it has given participating students the satisfaction of knowing that they are helping people in their community (the ladies in the church group) and abroad. Ms. Witten says the service her students provided can be applied to their life situations. The project helped her students to see how their classroom learning can be applied to real world situations. They can see practical applications for the products/services they produce to help other people. And, she says, “when students understand the need, they strive to meet it.” Career and Technical Teacher of the Year Ellie Pribble
Health Sciences Education Ellie Marshall Pribble has been an ACTE/KACTE member for 21 years. She teaches Health Science Education at Harrison Area Technology Center where she is also the HOSA advisor. As an educator, Mrs. Pribble wants to help every student reach his/her fullest potential, and she accomplishes this by providing an instructional environment that is safe, supports risk-taking, and invites a sharing of ideas. Mrs. Pribble believes in using any instructional strategy that increases student learning. She shares experiences from her own career in health care, uses collaborative learning, job shadowing, practicums in a variety of settings, modeling, simulations, and more. She uses HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) to provide students with leadership and community service opportunities. The organization also helps students develop solid soft skills such as interview competency and customer service skills. In all these varied ways, Mrs. Pribble engages students with health science content. Mrs. Pribble is herself a lifelong learner. She shares her own passion for learning with her students in order to motivate and inspire them. She also demonstrates leadership and community service skills by example. She has served KACTE in the role of Vice President for Health Science Technology Education and has served on the KCTCS Medicaid Nurse Aid Test Bank Review Committee. She has been a presenter at ACTE and KACTE conferences, National Tech Prep conferences, the Kentucky New Career and Technical Teacher Institute, and at HOSA conferences. Mrs. Pribble holds an associate degree in nursing from Midway College and a bachelor’s degree in Education from the University of Kentucky. She is close to completing a Masters in Career and Technical Education at Eastern Kentucky University. She teaches Healthcare Provider CPR, AED, and first aid for local businesses such as Judy Construction and the Harrison County Fire Department. She has done volunteer training for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. She has been honored as the Licking Valley Business and Professional Women’s Educator of the Year (2006) and the Kentucky HOSA Outstanding Secondary Advisor. Mrs. Pribble’s principal, James L. Schmidt, says that she “is successful because she is a trendsetter. She’s constantly searching for and finding new and innovative ways to share information with her students…she totally invests herself in this profession and she will not give up until she finds the answer” to any problems with which her students may wrestle. One of her past students, now a practicing nurse, remembers Mrs. Pribble as someone “who went above and beyond what was required of a teacher. She taught us how to be professionals and how to survive in the real world…I will never forget how she motivated me.” Sarah Fischer also says, “I now work as a pediatric nurse at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and I have Mrs. Pribble to thank for that.”
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