America Campaign and Big Sky Code Academy Announce New Montana Teachers Teaching Tech Program Director

Today, the America Campaign’s- Big Sky Code Academy-, a Code.org Regional Partner, announced that Lander Bachert is joining the team as the new Montana Teachers Teaching Tech- Program Director. This key position will serve as the lead for the Big Sky Code Academy’s K-12 educator initiative developed in partnership with Code.org.

A native of North Carolina, Ms. Bachert has been teaching in Montana?s K-12 educational system since 2008 and is passionate about bringing Computer Science to all students in Montana.

"I am excited to be joining the Big Sky Code Academy’s team as the lead for the Montana Teachers Teaching Tech initiative," said Ms. Bachert. "In joining the team, I look forward to working with my favorite group of professionals, our K-12 educators, to educate and inspire them to use technology and teach computer science to benefit Montana?s students."

"We are excited to have Lander join our growing team to lead the effort to bring computer science to all of our K-12 educators and their students," said Devin B. Holmes, America Campaign and Big Sky Code Academy Founder. "With teachers signing up for our Montana Teachers Teaching Tech program from communities large and small, like Billings, Ritchey, Malta and more, Lander brings the leadership and K-12 experience to the team to make sure we hit our goal of training 500 teachers by the Summer of 2020."

The full press release can be found here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/02/prweb14028300.htm