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Newark ag teacher named Illinois Educator of the Year · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Newark ag teacher named Illinois Educator of the Year. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Shaw Local News Network, this article is being read
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  Speaker 1: by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Joseph Stephan,
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  Speaker 1: an agricultural teacher at Newark High School, has been named
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  Speaker 1: the twenty twenty five to twenty twenty six Illinois ag
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  Speaker 1: Educator of the Year by Nationwide and the Illinois Association
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  Speaker 1: of Vocational Agriculture Teachers. Stephan was selected as the grand
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  Speaker 1: prize winner of the Golden Owl Award, which recognizes exceptional
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  Speaker 1: agricultural educators across the state. He receives a three thousand
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  Speaker 1: dollars donation to Newark's agricultural education program and a Golden
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  Speaker 1: Owl Award trophy. Stephan has taught agriculture for thirty three years,
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  Speaker 1: building a thriving program that mentors students through supervised agricultural
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  Speaker 1: experience projects, career development, event teams, and community partnership. He
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  Speaker 1: also supervises student teacher placements, extending his influence beyond his
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  Speaker 1: own classroom. Nationwide is proud to recognize the dedicated teachers
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  Speaker 1: who are educating and inspiring students to pursue careers in agriculture,
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  Speaker 1: said Brad Liggett, president of Agribusiness at Nationwide. The Golden
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  Speaker 1: Owl Award was established to highlight the contributions of agricultural
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  Speaker 1: educators and provide resources to support their programs. Five Illinois
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  Speaker 1: teachers were finalists this year. Nationwide is also donating five
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  Speaker 1: thousand dollars to the Illinois Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers
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  Speaker 1: to support professional development for students, teachers, and advisors.