Annual Conference Mr. John R. Tibbetts
John Tibbetts is a 21-year-veteran of the US Army. During his military service, he was stationed overseas for more than five years; he served in combat as a Tank Company Commander during Desert Storm, was deployed to Turkey during the Iraq War, and saw service with NATO headquarters in Afghanistan. He was on duty in the Pentagon on 9-11.
Mr. Tibbetts notes, “Every day I get to teach a subject that plays an important part of the very fabric of our students’ lives and is relevant to what is ongoing in the world around us.” He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a Masters of Military Art and Science from the Army’s prestigious School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He is a nine-year veteran of the classroom and has taught US and world history, geography, and government, in addition to Economics.
Since retiring from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2004, Tibbetts has worked in the private sector, but ultimately decided to pursue a teaching career – first in Tift, later in Dougherty, and at Worth County High School, where he currently teaches economics.
Mr. Tibbetts is the 2018 Georgia Teacher of the Year.
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