Skip to main content

News Brief: NCCER Congratulates 2022 Prize for Teaching Excellence Winners

10/11/2022 News Brief

The National Center of Construction Education and Research (NCCER) would like to congratulate the winners of the 2022 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence.

Among the winners were three active NCCER instructors:

  • Grand Prize Winner: Kristie Jones, Franklin County Career and Technical Center, MS
  • Grand Prize Winner: Jason Blackwell, Escambia Career Readiness Center, AL
  • Prize Winner: Joshua Bowles, Alexander Central High School, NC

Now in its sixth year, the Prize for Teaching Excellence recognizes outstanding high school skilled trades teachers. Twenty instructors and their programs were awarded a total of $1.25 million in cash prizes this year, including $100,000 each to five grand prize winners.

With both Jones and Blackwell winning the grand prize, this is the second straight year an NCCER instructor has been a Prize for Teaching Excellence grand prize winner.

feqffixucaalkjr web3374d733c95a6cd4834aff0000731bb1       feqffgruuae9kwj web4674d733c95a6cd4834aff0000731bb1
Images via Harbor Freight Tools for Schools

NCCER celebrates and thanks all the skilled trades instructors working to teach and inspire the next generation of craft professionals.

Click here to read the full press release from Harbor Freight Tools for Schools.

Related News

Research

NCCER Celebrates 2024 Research Impacting Construction Workforce Development

12/18/2024 Press Release
Curricula

News Brief: NCCER’s Welding Levels 3-4, 6th Edition Now Available

12/16/2024 News Brief
Curricula

NCCER Publishes Updated Heavy Equipment Operations Curriculum

12/16/2024 Press Release
NCCER News and Updates

NCCER Program Expansion Impacts Thousands Nationwide in 2024

12/11/2024 Press Release
Curricula

News Brief: NCCER’s Drywall Level 2, 2nd Edition Now Available

12/06/2024 News Brief
Curricula

News Brief: NCCERconnect Course for Solar Photovoltaic System Installer Now Available

11/21/2024 News Brief
Career & Technical Education

NCCER Partners With the National FFA Organization and the National Council for Agricultural Education to Build a Credentialed Talent Pipeline

11/12/2024 Press Release
The Builders' Table Podcast

Turning the Tables: NCCER Podcast Celebrates 100 Episodes of Impact

10/08/2024 Article