The Master Teacher Committee of the Junction City Education Association has announced the selection of Carol Settgast, Library Media Specialist at Sheridan Elementary School, as the JCEA nominee from Geary USD 475 for the 2016 Kansas Master Teacher Award sponsored by Emporia State University.

Settgast received her BA in English Literature and Elementary Education in Colorado, and her MS in Elementary Education with Library Media endorsement at Fort Hays State University.   She has taught in Nevada, served as a teacher assistant at Custer Hill Elementary School, and a multi-age teacher at Morris Hill Elementary School prior to moving to her current job as Teacher / Library at Sheridan Elementary School in 1999.

The Kansas Master Teacher Award will be announced in April on the campus of Emporia State University.