SRTC instructor receives two industry awards

Published 5:00 pm Tuesday, August 25, 2020

TIFTON — Southern Regional Technical College Tifton welding instructor Brad Simmons was recently awarded two industry awards.

Simmons was chosen as the Postsecondary Teacher of the Year by both the Trade & Industrial Educators of Georgia and the Georgia Association for Career & Technical Education, college officials said in a statement.

Simmons was chosen by a panel of fellow educators across the state. He will now represent Georgia at the Association for Career & Technical Education Region II Leadership Conference in October.

Simmons is the third instructor from Southern Regional to receive the honor in the past five years, college officials said.

Simmons is serving his fifth year as a postsecondary director for TIEGA. He also serves on the legislative committee for GACTE.