Biology teacher at Unity High School named a 2024 Wisconsin Teacher of the Year

MADISON, Wis. (WEAU) -The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is announcing that five educators from across Wis. have been named 2024 Wisconsin Teachers of the Year.

According to a media release from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Brian Collins, a Biology Teacher at Unity High School, Unity School District, is one of those named.

The media release states, “Collins has taught general biology, AP biology, environmental biology, human anatomy/physiology, ecology, zoology, and ornithology at Unity for about 22 years. He has used the school forest for research and innovative learning opportunities, and even has his own collection of “birds on a stick” in his classroom. Collins has coached football and powerlifting at the schools, has been a participant of Unity’s Ojibwe Language Revitalization Club, and has chaired the Professional Staff Development Committee. He continues his passion for birds and photography every summer as a contract biologist working all over Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, which he shares in his classroom.”...