PAEMST awardees are recognized and utilized as learning mentors in the district for a period of time. Long-term records are not maintained so eventually awareness fades.

Randall Warner Olathe, KS | 7-12, Science, 1998

Randall “Randy” Warner is the eLearning Coordinator for the Olathe Public Schools. He began teaching science in Olathe in the fall of 1987 and taught at Oregon Trail Junior High School, moved to Frontier Trail Junior High School in 1992, and then to California Trail Junior High School in 1999. In 2005, he left the classroom to direct eAcademy and eventually to become the district eLearning Coordinator. He has assisted the district Technology Division with training and projects and now directs one division of online learning for the Olathe Public Schools. In 1997, Randy was named a Kansas Master Teacher and in 1998 received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching for Kansas Secondary Science while at Frontier Trail. He graduated from Kansas State University in 1987 with dual B.S. degrees in psychology and secondary education. In May of 2001, Randy completed an M.A. in education technology leadership through the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at The George Washington University. Randy has been a Boy Scout Leader for two decades, maintaining a record of camping which recently ended with 14 years and nine months of consecutive camping months. Both his sons are Olathe graduates and Eagle Scouts. To relax, he enjoys riding his Harley Davidson Street Glide Special.

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