FLATE Secondary Educator of the Year 2013 Award Winner highlighted in the MSSC Community News!

We are excited to share that one of our past FLATE educator of the year awardees has been featured in this month's MSSC Community News. Bruce (Dale) Toney was teaching manufacturing at Marion Technical Institute (MTI) when he won the award in 2013 and was one of the first Florida high school teachers to adopt the MSSC CPT (Certified Production Technician) credential for his students. Dale worked several years to get the right flow through the four credentials as well as good alignment with the high school curriculum. Dale always used creative design, build, and test projects in his program to make the manufacturing and technical skills meaningful for the students in his program.

After winning the FLATE Educator award, Dale got involved with the Florida Association for Career and Technical Education (FACTE) division for Industrial and Technology Education (FAITE) and has served as president of that FACTE division for several years. FAITE [ http://www.faite.us/ ] offers professional development workshops and tours annually at the FACTE conference.

Several years ago, Dale moved to Belleview High School (also in Marion County) where he teaches in the Robotics Automation and Design (RAD) CTE program. The RAD program is an Advanced Manufacturing program that uses industrial trainers to prepare Secondary students for highly skilled employment. Students can earn 2 industry Certifications recognized nationally. They are SolidWorks, a 3D Cad program, and the MSSC Certified Production Technician certification.  

Dale's RAD program at Belleview is featured in the February MSSC Community News - click here to read the article. P.S. – be sure to watch the short video at the link in the MSSC highlight story to an awesome project his students designed for the exceptional students at a local elementary school.

Congratulations Dale for this recognition from MSSC and thank you for all you do for manufacturing education in Florida!