Lee Teacher of Year announced
It is with great pride that Lee County Public Schools announces Stephan Frank, a Visual Arts teacher at Mariner High School, has been named the District’s 2010 Teacher of the Year.
Mr. Frank will be SURPRISED with a visit at 9 a.m. this morning (2/17/10) at his school. Mariner High is located at 701 Chiquita Blvd., Cape Coral.
Stephan Frank has been working for Lee County Public Schools for the past 29 years, with the last 21 at Mariner High School. He is a Visual Arts teacher, and has established a program that consistently produces artists who excel at the high school level and beyond.
Over the years, he’s worked to create a program that allows students to experience a challenging curriculum and evokes thought, problem solving, creativity and confidence. Adults who have read Mr. Frank’s lesson plans have said they want to be part of his class to experience all of the exciting things that happen each and every day!
Overall, Mr. Frank has been teaching for 33 years and he says now, more than ever, students have to see how their classrooms relate to the outside world.
“The classroom must echo real world experience as close as possible and allow for students to explore subject matter more in-depth,” Mr. Frank said. “It needs the approach to learning that knowledge must come from many sources and be disseminated in many ways.
Source: Lee County Schools