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2023 MS ACTE
New Teacher of the Year ZACH BETTINGER
By Nathan King 2023 Mississippi Association of Career Technical Educators (MS ACTE) Teacher of the Year Zachery Bettinger and his 10th-12th grade CTE students soar high into the Starkville skies with small, unmanned aircraft, from the grounds of Millsaps 4
CONNECTIONS Fall 2023
Career and Technical Center (MCTC). He teaches the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) course for the Starkville-Oktibbeha School District (SOSD). His course covers Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations for safe drone maintenance and operation, advanced image capture, flight theory
and UAS-related careers within aerial photography, agriculture, security and Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) mapping. His classroom includes a manned fixed-wing flight simulator where students experience private pilot training. Students practice simulated and real-world flight maneuvers while gaining technical skills that broaden
