Becky McDowell, a K-5 STEM Teacher at the Barrington 220 School in Wauconda, Illinois and TEEP Alum (2016) won the Program Excellence Award at the ITEEA Conference this year.

The Program Excellence Award is presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession and students and is designed to recognize exceptional technology and engineering education programs in each state. Awardees serve as models for their colleagues, inspiration to their communities, and leaders in their state as proponents of advancing technological literacy for all.
The Program Excellence Award is sponsored by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) and Paxton/Patterson.