Teacher wins textbooks in contest
Outdoor power equipment technology instructor John Resh, left, accepts the textbooks from Katrina Pelow of Goodheart-Willcox.
Buckeye Career Center students enrolled in transportation labs will benefit from one instructor’s contest entry at the Ohio SkillsUSA State Championships.
Outdoor power equipment technology instructor John Resh entered Goodheart-Willcox Publisher’s drawing for free online textbooks for a year and was chosen as the winner from hundreds of entries.
Katrina Pelow of Goodheart-Willcox made the trip to Buckeye Career Center on Monday, May 21 to present Resh with the classroom copy of four books including "Small Gas Engines," "Basic Mathematics," "Two-Stroke Engines" and "Math for Automotive Technicians."
Pelow said the contest benefits schools while also helping her company remain current with what schools and instructors need.
“If an instructor wins this, they’re going to request books that they are interested in, and it gives us an opportunity to learn about what they want and their students too,” Pelow said.
Resh said, “The math books will especially be used in other labs, so they will be helpful for elsewhere, like ag and diesel technology."
Pelow said students and instructors will have online access to the textbooks, which also include related workbooks and instructor resource suites. She estimates that the normal cost to a school district for such supplies would cost $600-$800 annually.