East County CTE Superintendent Bob Weir named Career and Technical Education’s Administrator of the Year

Programs provide students with high school and Yavapai Community College credit and industry certification except for construction, for which no college credits were available

Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education Superintendent Bob Weir was named Career and Technical Education Administrator of the Year at the state conference of the Association for Career and Technical Education of Arizona on July 18. Weir works closely with Yavapai College as an educational partner to develop new dual and concurrent enrolled CTE programs.

Weir, second from left, is pictured with board members from Association for Career and Technical Education of Arizona after receiving award.

In receiving the award, Weir was recognized for his work in developing, staffing, and finding facilities for East County high school programs including certified nursing assistant, construction, culinary arts, firefighting, medical assistant, phlebotomy and teacher training.

These programs provide students both high school and college credit as well as industry certification except for construction, for which no college credits were available.

As Arizona’s representative for CTE Administrator of the Year, Weir will now compete at the regional level.