{"id":1243315,"date":"2023-07-13T13:35:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T18:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1243315"},"modified":"2023-07-14T19:19:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T00:19:35","slug":"ut-tyler-teacher-named-national-adviser-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1243315","title":{"rendered":"UT Tyler teacher named national adviser of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1243321\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/07\/UT-Tyler-UA-Burke-Hicks-e1689325415318-150x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/07\/UT-Tyler-UA-Burke-Hicks-e1689325415318-150x175.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/07\/UT-Tyler-UA-Burke-Hicks-e1689325415318.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jaime W. Burke-Hicks, a teacher and student council adviser at The University of Texas at Tyler University Academy Longview campus, has been named the National Student Council Middle-Level Adviser of the Year at the 2023 Vision National Leadership Conference. She was named the Texas Association of Student Councils\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Middle-Level Adviser of the Year in May.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This national recognition speaks volumes about Mrs. Hicks and her contributions to the district. I congratulate her, and we are extremely proud,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Dr. Jo Ann Simmons, UA superintendent.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Burke-Hicks has guided her students to numerous Outstanding Student Council and Sweepstakes Awards, and they have served in various officer roles, including TASC district president.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mrs. Burke-Hicks is phenomenal and goes above and beyond for our students and our school,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d saidn Rachel Hawkins, campus director. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our student council is more than a club \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it is a highly engaged<br \/>\nservice organization.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Burke-Hicks, who joined UA in 2015, teaches art, social studies and physical education. She currently serves as TASC District 419 coordinator and is a past TASC Board of Directors member.<br \/>\nTASC is the largest student council organization in the United States. Burke-Hicks represents those council advisers and students across the state who give their time and knowledge to ensure student success, improve their communities, and make their schools a place where students and staff want to be. For additional information, visit tasconline.org. The UT Tyler University Academy is a K-12 public university charter school with campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine. UT Tyler UA offers a focused STEM curriculum in a hands-on learning<br \/>\nenvironment. The district currently serves about 835 students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jaime W. Burke-Hicks, a teacher and student council adviser at The University of Texas at Tyler University Academy Longview campus, has been named the National Student Council Middle-Level Adviser of the Year at the 2023 Vision National Leadership Conference. She was named the Texas Association of Student Councils\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Middle-Level Adviser of the Year &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1243315\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UT Tyler teacher named national adviser of the year<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1243325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/07\/UT-Tyler-UA-Burke-Hicks-e1689325415318-150x175.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"UT Tyler teacher named national adviser of the year","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1243315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 08:40:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/07\/UT-Tyler-UA-Burke-Hicks-e1689325415318-150x175.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"UT Tyler teacher named national adviser of the year","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1243315"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1243497,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243315\/revisions\/1243497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1243325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1243315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1243315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1243315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}