Photo: Dr. Jake Long, district superintendent, presents MHHS economics teacher Johnny Caststeel with a plaque recognizing his designation as a Polly M. Jackson Master Economics Teacher.
Mountain Home High School economics teacher Johnny Caststeel has been named a Polly M. Jackson Master Economics Teacher (MET) for Economics Arkansas. Caststeel was presented with a certificate in recognition of the honor by District Superintendent Dr. Jake Long on Thursday.
The MET program was established by Polly Jackson in 1992 with 16 inaugural METs from varying grade levels and curricular backgrounds. The program was designed to provide staff development opportunities to fulfill Economics Arkansas’s need for dynamic, enthusiastic economic educators to staff professional development opportunities across Arkansas.