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TEACHING In this Issue Tammy Van Ess, Jackson Elementary, Green Bay
area Public Schools is Wisconsin’s School
TODAY
Counselor of the Year 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 18
8th Grader at MPS’s Golda Meir School is One of
the Top 300 Junior Innovators in u.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 MaNuFaCTuRING TODaY WI, FaLL/WINTER 2024
PuBLiSHER/EDiTOR: Renee Feight STEM Shuttle Gives Students Space to Learn! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Beginning on Page 21
EDiTOR: Andria Reinke Sennett Math Teacher’s Class Is about More a High School Senior’s Journey in Robotics,
PAGE COMPOSiTiON: Andrew Clausen Than Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 Manufacturing, and Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 21
WEBMASTER: Scott Bayerl Exploring Career Pathways: Exciting Opportunities Oconto Falls High School Brighter Image award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 24
for Learners under the CTE Framework at Norris
SPECiAL ASSiSTANT: Allie Zacharias School District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Building Futures: Green Bay Youth apprenticeship
Please direct articles, advertising, questions or Watertown High School CTE Program Earns Technical Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 24
comments to: Incentive Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 More Than $408,000 in Technical Education Equipment
Teaching Today WI™ Bellin College Offers Summer Camps for High School Grants to Serve Students at 17 School Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 26
PO Box 1704 Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 Two Rivers Preparing Students with the Skills Needed
Eau Claire,Wi 54702 We Energies Hosts Hands-On Field Trip For High to Succeed in Today’s Workforce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 28
Phone/Fax 715-839-7074 Schoolers Interested in the Trades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9 application Period Open for Fab Labs Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 28
www.teachingtodaywi.com DD Tech Manufacturing Program: Preparing Students
Keeping the Lights On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 10
Please direct all inquiries to: for Tomorrow’s Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 29
renee@teachingtodaywi.com Careers in Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 CTE Thriving at Muskego-Norway Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 29
ana Celia Báez Selected as Wisconsin’s 2025 National
Teaching Today WI™ is an independent Teacher of the Year Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12 CTE Programs Making a Measurable Impact on
publication for educators. Students’ Lives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 30
Five Named 2025 Wisconsin Teachers of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12
The opinions expressed in Teaching Today WI™ Future Innovators: ashwaubenon High School
are not necessarily the opinions of Teaching Today School District of Superior’s amy Starzecki Named Students Excel in Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 32
WI™. We reserve the right to edit any and all Wisconsin Superintendent of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Filling the Need for Welders in the Kiel area Companies . . . . . . . . . . Page 34
materials submitted due to grammar, content and Kari Krueger is the 2024 Elementary School Principal New Mobile Manufacturing Lab Ready to Hit the Road . . . . . . . . . . . Page 34
space allowances. Articles, photos and artwork of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 16
submitted to Teaching Today WI™ are assumed to Santiago Navarro is the 2024 Wisconsin Secondary Big Foot union High School’s Tech Ed Numbers are Growing . . . . . . . Page36
be released by the submitter for publication. Principal of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 16 DWD awards Eight School Districts Equipment Grants
Teaching Today MN™ Six Wisconsin Teachers Named Finalists for National to Southeast Wisconsin Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 37
Transportation Today WI™ Math and Science Teaching award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 17 Milton Redhawk Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 38
Manufacturing Today WI™ Recent uWM alum Wins State Outstanding Student Blackhawk Technical College unveils Innovative
Teacher award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 18 Manufacturing Education Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 38

23rd Annual WI Transition Conference

February 13–14, 2025

Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells

More than 20

breakout sessions

to choose from;

relevant exhibitors
and built in

networking time.

SHELLEY MOORE MARY MORNINGSTAR

Dr. Shelley Moore is a Canadian educator, Dr. Mary Morningstar specializes in secondary
researcher, consultant and storyteller. She special education and transition to adulthood,
advocates for inclusive education and seeks to online instruction and professional development,
reform Individualized Education Programs to and education of students with significant
better suit the needs of individual students. disabilities.
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