Ronan business teacher receives Teacher of Year award
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MONTANA — Heather Gray, Business teacher at Ronan High School has been awarded the 2024 Montana Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year. The award was presented during the Montana ACTE Fall Institute on October 15 during the Annual Awards Banquet at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center.
Heather Gray has been in education for over 30 years and jumped into the world of CTE 6 years ago to keep the business education program alive at Ronan High School. She has taught in Ronan, Montana, a rural community in the center of the Flathead Indian Reservation, since 2003. Heather has been involved with a variety of CTSOs throughout her years in Ronan as her daughter was a state officer for 2 years in HOSA, her son serves as an officer in the Mission Valley FFA, and her husband is the state director for Montana TSA. Her passion for career tech is embedded deep within her heart and the desire to share what it offers to all who pass through the doors of Ronan High School.
The Teacher of the Year program is to recognize career and technical educators who have recently provided or currently are providing significant contributions to professional associations and career and technical education programs for youth and/or adults in their fields, communities and/or states. Recipients of this award must have made significant contributions toward innovative, unique and novel programs; and/or improvement, promotion, research or development of programs of career and technical education.
The Association for Career and Technical Education is the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers. Montana ACTE is a member state with a mission to provide leadership in developing an educated, prepared, and competitive workforce. The Montana Association of Career and Technical Educators provide the career and technical education necessary to create the highly skilled workforce that supports the demands of the 21st century economy and promotes economic development in Montana’s communities.