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Elgin teacher Melissa Yvonne, 2025 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, credits CareerTech for career reinvention
Summary
Melissa Yvonne of Elgin Public Schools told the Oklahoma State Board of Career and Technology Education that CareerTech helped her transition into family and consumer sciences and shaped her message as state Teacher of the Year.
Melissa Yvonne, the 2025 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year and a teacher at Elgin Public Schools, addressed the State Board of Career and Technology Education about her career path and the role CareerTech played in her professional reinvention.
Yvonne described a long teaching career that took her outside Oklahoma before returning in 2014 to teach in Elgin. After a decade teaching seventh-grade social studies she said she considered leaving education but ultimately…
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