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Christine Coren is Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year

Carl Taylor, Scott Moore, Superintendent Mark R. Garrett, Scott Rhodes and Bernie Sochia surprised Christine Coren with the news that she is the CTE Teacher of the Year.

By Lightning Reports, Published: April 1, 2023

Innovative High School teacher Christine Coren has been named as the district’s North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching’s Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year.

A Family and Consumer Science teacher at the Career Academy, Coren is responsible for teaching all courses in the Culinary Academy. Coren’s Foods I and Culinary Arts & Hospitality I-IV students are provided with the tools they need to succeed inside and outside the kitchen with experiential learning. They often cater events for the school and have been featured on WLOS’s Carolina Kitchens segments.

Coren has worked for Henderson County schools for a decade and is a School Improvement Team member, FCCLA advisor and CTE department chair.

NCCAT’s CTE Teacher of the Year program offers district-level nominees the opportunity to engage in professional development through NCCAT in Cullowhee, where Coren will be competing alongside teachers from other districts for the honor of North Carolina Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year.