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Teaching for 28 years has
been a journey for Mr. Yeatts. Influenced by Mr. Roy Shirlen, his high
school industrial arts teacher, Mr. Yeatts earned BS and MA degrees in
Industrial Arts Education from East Tennessee University. His teaching
career began shortly after college graduation with Campbell County Schools
at Brookville High School where he taught general industrial arts, which
included fine woodworking, leather working, metal working and technical
drawing. Later, he took a position at Rosemont Jr. High School in
Norfolk, where he taught the World of Manufacturing, metal and
woodworking.
Mr. Yeatts returned to
Brookville High for 3 years before leaving to work at Limitorque
Corporation where he was employed as an engineering technician in the
research and development lab and later as manager of the graphic arts
department. He then was hired by Technical Publication Service to manage
the display division at that company.
After 16 years in
industry, Mr. Yeatts returned to Brookville High for a year before going
to Brookville Middle School where he taught Synergistics. During the time
at Brookville High and Middle Schools, Mr. Yeatts was involved in the
Technology Student Association where he took many students to competitions
where they won not only on the local and state levels, but also the
national level as well.
In 2004 he was hired by
Pittsylvania County Schools to be the technology teacher at Chatham Middle
School. For a few years, he and his wife, Debbie, were coaches for the
CMS FIRST Lego Team. Throughout his teaching career, Mr. Yeatts’
students have been able to explore a variety of experiences in the field
of technology.
At the end of this year,
Mr. Yeatts will retire. The journey has been unforgettable for him and
hopefully for the students he has taught. Now the pathway along the
journey will turn as he steps from the role of an educator in the school
system to spend more time with his wife and family. His new journey will
include teaching his grandsons some of the skills he has learned over the
years and putting those skills to work in numerous projects at home. |
