Mid-America Technology Center is the winner of a 2023 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Award from the Southern Regional Educational Board. MATC was honored at SREB’s Making Schools Work Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Pacesetter School Award recognizes schools that are implementing one of SREB’s Making Schools Work school improvement frameworks and are achieving success in meeting bold goals related to graduation rates, readiness for college and careers, and credential attainment.

Making Schools Work engages the entire tech center community — teachers, leaders and staff working together in a distributed leadership structure — in addressing SREB’s five focus areas.

• Leadership for continuous improvement
• Aligned curriculum
• Engaging instruction
• Career exploration
• Systems of support
  MATC was honored for implementing a bold ‘system of support’ for all students. A check-in program was implemented that involves all teachers, administrators, and staff members. Every individual meet with three to seven students each week to make sure all students receive the support they need.

SREB’s Making Schools Work Conference is held annually and provides educators with opportunities to participate in professional development, network with colleagues from across the country, and build school and district leadership capacity.

For information about full-time and short-term classes, and Business and Industry Services at Mid-America Technology Center please visit us at www.matech.edu.

The Southern Regional Education Board works with states and educators to improve education at every level, from early childhood through postsecondary education. Learn more about SREB at sreb.org.

SREB President Stephen L. Pruitt presented the 2023 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Award to Mid-America Technology Center representatives Mike Eubank, Sarah Raney, Karen Hemmerling, Sara Beth Simonton, Amanda Schneringer, Randy Henderson, Laryssa Couch, Kristin Frankenberg, April Johnson, and Dallas Krout at the Making Schools Work Conference in Orlando, Florida.