FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 8, 2006

CONTACT: Sabrina Kidwai (703) 683-9312; skidwai@acetonline.org

 

ALEXANDRIA, VA- The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) announces that Joline Dunbar of Brookings, South Dakota, has been named ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service.  The award was presented to her at the ACTE Annual Convention and Career Tech Expo on December 1 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The purpose of this award is 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.

Dunbar teaches Family and Consumer Science at Brookings High School. For the last 25 years, Dunbar has been an advisor for the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). She has helped students focus on finding ways to improve their community. With Dunbar’s assistance, the Brookings FCCLA members have done an average of 40-50 community service projects over the past five years. Some of the projects include: the Katrina Donation Drive, “Support Our Troops!” activities, Eating Disorders Awareness, and the Senior Citizen’s Carnival.

She received the 2005 South Dakota ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service. Her FCCLA chapter has won several awards including the National Join Hands Award (2003-2006), the National Stop the Violence Award (2005), and the National Career Connections Award (2004).

Through her community service work, Dunbar is able to encourage her students to do their best work.  One colleague states that “Mrs. Dunbar instills a desire in her students to always do their best…She sets high expectations for each student while doing this in a kind, caring, and nurturing manner.”

For more information on ACTE’s award program and its Annual Convention, visit the Association’s Web site at www.acteonline.org.

The Association for Career and Technical Education is the national professional association for the field of career and technical education.  Now in it’s 80th year, ACTE’s membership numbers more than 30,000 teachers, counselors and administrators at the middle school, high school and postsecondary levels.

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