Teacher of the Year
Teacher of the Year
2023-2024 Teacher of the Year
Jamie Head
Nursing Fundamentals, Pharmacy Tech
Jamie Head joined the CATS staff in 2016. She has been in nursing for over 20 years. She began her nursing career as a CNA and worked as a CNA during nursing school. She currently works at Iredell Memorial Hospital as well as the Iredell-Statesville School System.
Ms. Head grew up in Alexander County and graduated from Alexander Central in 1995. She then graduated with an Associates of Science in Nursing from Forsyth Technical Community College in 2004.
Ms. Head enjoys spending time at the beach, watching her boys play sports, and spending time with friends and family.
Her message for students:
Do your best. One day, you will be someone's hero!
Teacher Assistant of the Year
2023-2024 Teacher Assistant of the Year
Lora Bassey
EC Teacher Assistant (VATS)
Lora Bassey joined our team here at CATS in the 2015-2016 school year as a teacher assistant/bus driver. She works with the Occupational Course of Study students overseeing the PAES Lab. Her goal is to help the OCS students learn job skills so they can obtain employment after graduation.
Lora is a native to the Iredell-Statesville School system. She graduated from West Iredell High School. She began working for the school system in 1998. She has been working as a highly qualified teacher assistant/bus driver for the past 24 years. In addition, she received recognition as the I-SS District EC Teacher Assistant of the Year in 2019-2020 school year.
In her free-time she enjoys spending time with her family. She has a wonderful husband and one son. They enjoy outdoor activities, such as, camping, kayaking and four wheeling.
Previous TOY
2022-2023
Justin Bennett
Automotive Technology
2021-2022
Tanya Topazio
Filmmaking/Animation
2020-2021
Elizabeth DeLoach
VATS
2019-2020
Gerald Clodfelter
Fire Science
2018-2019
Linda Marshall
Culinary
2017 -2018
Danielle Dixon
VATS
2016-2017
Theresa Sloan
VATS
2015-2016
Deborah Wilkerson
Nursing
2014-2015
Rusty Parker
Auto Tech
2013-2014
Linda Marshall
Culinary
2012-2013
Kim Rogers
Nursing
2011-2012
Dwayne Troutman
ATC - Diesel Repair/Welding