The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) announced in a press release Thursday that Newcastle High School science teacher Zach Beam was named Wyoming’s 2023 Teacher of the Year.

Brian Schroeder, state superintendent of public education, said in a release:

“Zack has the ability to bring learning excitement to students with his innovation and explanation,” Schroeder said. It shows that we are committed to getting students to understand these wide-ranging concepts in a way that is really fun, and exciting.”

Beam holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Black Hills State University and prior to teaching worked in the Education Division of the Job Corps of the US Forest Service.

Beam has been teaching at Newcastle for the past nine years and will be teaching at Newcastle’s STEM lab next fall as a teacher of Physical Sciences, Physics and Advanced Chemistry.

He said in a release:

“I am honored to be named Weston District Teacher of the Year, but being named Wyoming Teacher of the Year is so much more than that,” Beam said. “It is amazing to see the reaction of the students to the presentation and it continues to excite me to see them excited…we always know what attracts the students. But when we pave a new path, we show that they are. I’m here. for pre-study. ”

Weston School District Superintendent Brad LaCroix said in a release:

“He truly cares about all of his students and that is shown by the relationships he has established with each one of them. Zak has been a WCSD #1 science teacher for 10 years. , who makes science not only fun and exciting, but educational for students.

According to the WDE website, the Wyoming Teacher of the Year can take a year off, serve as an educational community liaison to the Wyoming legislature, attend workshops and conferences, and be considered a national teacher candidate. automatically registered as a person. This year’s.

No teacher from Wyoming has won since the National Teacher of the Year program began in 1952.

Last year’s Wyoming Teacher of the Year Britney Montgomery is a first grade teacher at Harrison Elementary School in Green River.

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