Perham Teacher Receives Spotlight Award

PERHAM (KDLM) – Perham High School’s Kasey Wacker was honored at the Concurrent Enrollment Day hosted by Minnesota State Community and Technical Schools.

Wacker was one of four teachers to receive a Spotlight Award at the event. She was recognized and celebrated in front of 150 of her colleagues and peers for her extraordinary work in the college classroom as well as a state competing and placing speech coach.

“I feel honored because my mentor, Roberta Freeman, nominated me and she has many people that she mentors,” Wacker said. “To know that she took the time out of her day to pay attention to what I am doing is an honor and it makes me feel really valued. The things that I am doing in my classroom are being seen and recognized beyond what my students are getting.”

Wacker received high praise from her M-State Faculty Mentor, Roberta Freeman. Freeman said her recent classroom observation of Wacker’s COMM 1120 class at Perham reaffirmed her previous observation reports. “Wacker is a master teacher who utilizes a broad array of pedagogical strategies to ensure her students receive a college education akin to courses taken on campus,” Freeman said.

Wacker was honored along with the three other Spotlight Award Winners at the Concurrent Enrollment Day on Oct. 27. Wacker said it was an honor to be recognized for this award with the three other winners, who she has worked with and competed against during her time as a
Speech coach.