Toby Heard, an automotive technology instructor at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, was recently honored by the Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education (GACTE).

From an article on the Valdosta Today website:

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College’s Automotive Repair Technology Instructor Toby Heard was recently named the Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education (GACTE) Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year at their Annual Banquet.

This honor advances him to nominee status for a National Award in 2018 during the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Region II Fall Conference scheduled to be held on Jekyll Island.  Heard is in his 10th year of teaching.  At the GACTE conference in July, he was also recognized at the Trade and Industrial Educators of Georgia (TIEGA) Luncheon as the TIEGA Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year for a second time! In 2015 he was nominee for the Rick Perkins Teacher of the Year and ACTE Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year.

Click HERE to read the entire article about Toby Heard on the Valdosta Today website.