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Barney Hixson, right, explains the smart car to Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim Scales during an open house at Tyner Academy celebrating the school receiving its National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation certification. Photo by Brandi Scoggins
Faculty and staff at Tyner Academy are celebrating after receiving national certifications for their automotive program and engineering academy. The two are now certified by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation and Project Lead the Way, respectively.
“This process has been a long and arduous one that involved lots of people,” said school principal Carol Goss. “We learned in November that we achieved certification in all areas and it’s a wonderful, wonderful honor. The future for our kids here is in the skills they'll learn in these programs.”
The idea to pursue Project Lead the Way certification resulted from a trip to a magnet school in Nebraska, Goss explained. She said she knew the certification would be a huge benefit to students in the program at Tyner as it provides hands-on tasks centered on engineering.
“Students have to think critically, work in teams and design products together,” she said.
Goss added that credit is due to the teachers who gave up two weeks every summer for the past three summers to obtain their qualifications to lead each course under the program.
The school’s automotive program also received certification from the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation. Goss said that with this program, students will be able to receive certification in the areas of brakes, electronic systems, engine performance and suspension and steering.
“Our students can either enter the job market directly after graduation or continue their education at a community or technical college,” she explained. “This is a milestone for us to be one of a handful of schools in Tennessee that are certified.”
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