{"id":2632,"date":"2016-04-11T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T00:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/?p=2632"},"modified":"2016-04-11T16:12:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T00:12:46","slug":"cam-wyatt-receives-secondary-skillsusa-advisor-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2016\/04\/11\/cam-wyatt-receives-secondary-skillsusa-advisor-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Cam Wyatt receives Secondary SkillsUSA Advisor of the Year award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cam Wyatt, educator at Homer High School, receives top state award as 2016 Secondary SkillsUSA Advisor!<\/strong>
\n\u201cThis has been a bonus year for me,\u201d said Cam Wyatt, Homer High School educator. \u201cThe 2016\u00a0Secondary\u00a0SkillsUSA Advisor of the Year is a high\u00a0honor and\u00a0it will hang right beside the 2015 ACTE Promising Practice Award presented\u00a0to me in\u00a0November at the Alaska\u00a0Statewide ACTE Conference. To be selected as the\u00a02016 Secondary SkillsUSA Advisor of the\u00a0Year by\u00a0my peers, mentors and supervisors is a personal and professional\u00a0honor. Twenty-six years of teaching has led me to develop an instructional style that focuses on “allow the\u00a0eyes to see what the hands\u00a0are doing and the mind is thinking.” This proactive constructivist style\u00a0is a\u00a0student centered\u00a0growth mindset philosophy that values\u00a0hands on learning. SkillsUSA is all\u00a0about being able to demonstrate skill sets\u00a0that lend themselves to be\u00a0“Prepared-Polite-Productive”. Roll\u00a0it all together and you have an educational\u00a0environment that is exciting, full of discovery learning, and\u00a0promotes personal investment by all. As many know, I’m retiring from the classroom this year and will become Principal of\u00a0Mesa County School District 51 Career Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. It has been a lifelong\u00a0dream to lead a school of this type and now I get\u00a0my chance. My\u00a0two decades of service in KPBSD have served me\u00a0well. I will take this award and others with me as I continue to make a difference in the lives of young people.\u201d
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Cam Wyatt, Homer High School educator, with KPBSD students at Alaska State SkillsUSA conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n\u201cMr. Wyatt is one of the best teachers we have in our district and I am in so proud of his efforts with our students,\u201d said Superintendent Sean Dusek. \u201cThis is a well-deserved award and I am very exciting recognition that he has earned. While I am sad to see him retire from our district, I am happy for him and the next steps in his career that will allow him to be closer to family.\u201d
\n\u201cCam is an ambassador and a tremendous asset for the students and the programs of SkillsUSA and the learning community of Homer,\u201d said Matt Widaman, Work Experience & Work Force Coordinator\u00a0 It is exciting to see the powerful impact that Cam has had on the students of Homer High and surrounding Russian village schools, helping them gain the skills and the confidence to tackle and succeed with some very technically challenging projects. Cam\u2019s students are well prepared and compete in a wide variety of different competitions. He provides a culture of leadership and high expectations for his students and the SkillsUSA programs at Homer High School.\u201d
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