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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Mr. Anthony Tegtmeyer on
4being named the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Engineering Teacher
5of the Year at the recent PLTW Summit in Indianapolis; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Anthony Tegtmeyer is a teacher at Neuqua Valley
7High School in Indian Prairie School District 204 in
8Naperville; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Anthony Tegtmeyer is a PLTW Master Teacher for
10Engineering Design and Development; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Anthony Tegtmeyer worked as an industry engineer
12for more than 20 years before becoming a high school
13engineering teacher; his experience has been a great resource
14to students who attend Neuqua Valley High School; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Anthony Tegtmeyer leads a rigorous engineering
16curriculum at Neuqua Valley High School, including
17Introduction to Engineering Design, Principles of Engineering,
18Civil Engineering and Architecture, Digital Electronics, and
19Engineering Design and Development, with Aerospace Engineering
20to be added as a curriculum offering in the fall of 2020; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Through this coursework, his students learn
2transferable skills through project-based and problem-based
3learning, which provides students with real-world
4applications; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Anthony Tegtmeyer enhances these learning
6opportunities by inviting guest speakers from local companies
7to teach students through hands-on learning experiences; he
8also utilizes cross-curricular opportunities to tie
9engineering to marketing; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The success and growth of the PLTW program has led
11to competitions and generous scholarship offerings for
12students; therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
14HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
15we congratulate Anthony Tegtmeyer on recently being named the
16PLTW Engineering Teacher of the Year; and be it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That we thank Anthony Tegtmeyer for answering the
18call to teach and for being a positive influence on the
19engineering students at Neuqua Valley High School; and be it
20further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1presented to Anthony Tegtmeyer as an expression of our esteem
2and respect.