Bill Text: TX HR483 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Amanda Head of Caprock High School in Amarillo on her selection as the 2018 Secondary Teacher of the Year from the Region 16 Education Service Center's area.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-17 - Reported enrolled [HR483 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR483-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 483 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Amanda Head of the Amarillo Independent School | ||
| District received well-deserved recognition when she was named the | ||
| 2018 Secondary Teacher of the Year from the Region 16 Education | ||
| Service Center's area; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established in 1969, the Texas Teacher of the Year | ||
| Program recognizes excellence in classroom education and provides a | ||
| forum to showcase outstanding educators, whose efforts have | ||
| inspired their students, their colleagues, and the communities they | ||
| serve; the winners of these prestigious awards are first nominated | ||
| for consideration by their fellow faculty members, and those who | ||
| are later chosen as district Teacher of the Year become eligible for | ||
| the regional honor; recipients of the award were named at the Region | ||
| 16 "Mission Education" conference on August 10, 2017, before an | ||
| audience of more than 1,200 of their fellow educators; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Amanda Head teaches agricultural science in the | ||
| career and technology department at Caprock High School; she also | ||
| serves as the advisor for the school's FFA chapter, and under her | ||
| direction, the program has grown sevenfold; raised in Hereford, she | ||
| has been involved with FFA since she was nine years old, and she | ||
| ultimately opted to study agricultural education at Texas Tech | ||
| University, earning bachelor's and master's degrees in the subject; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, During the seven years she has taught agricultural | ||
| science, she has made a point of annually adjusting her curriculum; | ||
| this process has enabled her to continuously improve her methods as | ||
| she strives to impart skills to her students that are applicable far | ||
| beyond the walls of her classroom; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Amanda Head exemplifies the passion, determination, | ||
| and innovative spirit that are the hallmarks of our best teachers, | ||
| and she has set a standard of excellence to which all in her | ||
| profession may aspire; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Amanda Head on | ||
| her selection as the 2018 Secondary Teacher of the Year from the | ||
| Region 16 Education Service Center's area and extend to her sincere | ||
| best wishes for continued success with her important work; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Head as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Price | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 483 was adopted by the House on August | ||
| 15, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
