Colerain teacher given state recognition
The Ohio Association of Career and Technical Education recently named an instructor from Colerain Township as its Teacher of the Year for 2017.
Peter Clark, who teaches at Northwest High School, received the award during the Connections to Education conference, organized by the association. The conference took place in Columbus.
Clark teaches in the honors program at the high school, and is responsible for the Butler Tech Financial Services honors curriculum. High school students who take his course work with the staff at Knights Credit Union and elementary students to learn about finance. The program is a partnership between Northwest Local Schools and the Cincinnati Police Federal Credit Union.
According to Kristen AbuDakar, the supervisor at Butler Tech for programs in Northwest Local Schools:
Organizations that recognize the efforts of teachers can use stationery printers to produce certificates for those teachers, so that they have a tangible form of the recognition.
The Ohio Association of Career and Technical Education is not the only one to recognize Clark's efforts. Former students, such as Carlos Boyd, a graduate from Northwest High School, described him as a ‘role model’. Boyd was a semi-finalist from Ohio for the US Presidential Scholars program.
Peter Clark, who teaches at Northwest High School, received the award during the Connections to Education conference, organized by the association. The conference took place in Columbus.
Clark teaches in the honors program at the high school, and is responsible for the Butler Tech Financial Services honors curriculum. High school students who take his course work with the staff at Knights Credit Union and elementary students to learn about finance. The program is a partnership between Northwest Local Schools and the Cincinnati Police Federal Credit Union.
According to Kristen AbuDakar, the supervisor at Butler Tech for programs in Northwest Local Schools:
“[Clark] has high expectations for every student, pushing them beyond their own expectations.
"He lobbied for college credit and dual credit before it was ‘in’.”.
Organizations that recognize the efforts of teachers can use stationery printers to produce certificates for those teachers, so that they have a tangible form of the recognition.
The Ohio Association of Career and Technical Education is not the only one to recognize Clark's efforts. Former students, such as Carlos Boyd, a graduate from Northwest High School, described him as a ‘role model’. Boyd was a semi-finalist from Ohio for the US Presidential Scholars program.