CCH teacher receives Catholic Education Award

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 19, 2022.

Lance Rosen

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com

A Catholic Central High School teacher has been selected as the recipient for the Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta (CCSSA) Excellence in Catholic Education Award for 2021-2022.
Lance Rosen has been with CCH for the past four years, as a welding and religious education teacher.
“I was very completely surprised and very honoured to be receiving this award,” said Rosen.
The award recognizes Catholic educators in Alberta who are passionate about Catholic education and the students they teach, inspire their students, and demonstrate commitment to Catholic education and teaching excellence.
Rosen said he was just grateful to be recognized as he does not consider his practice to be any more exemplary than his colleagues.
“I work with amazing people and it was just really an honour to be recognized for something I try to do in my daily life,” said Rosen.
He said he was mostly surprised because he has been teaching for such a short period of time compared to some of his colleagues.
“It was such an honour to be considered among some of those giants that I work with,” said Rosen.
He said he really enjoys teaching at CCH because he gets the best of both worlds. He gets to share his faith with this students through his Religion Studies and in his welding class he gets to teach his students hands on skills that will help them in their future.
“In my welding classes it’s been a blessing, because we have students who come in and who have no idea of what they’re going to do in the future, and they’ve tried welding class and it inspired some to pursue that as a career,” said Rosen.
He said it was very cool to expose students to possible career paths, if they choose that trajectory their life is changed by these opportunities the school gives them.
“It’s really fitting for me and I love it so much, to get that balance, to talk about my faith, Catholicism, but I also, you know, like being in the trades and interacting with both types of students,” said Rosen.
He said he was doing some automotive technology and welding and got involved with youth ministry in Medicine Hat and then he went into education. He started at Medicine Hat College and after his first year he transferred to the University of Lethbridge and received his education degree.
“I’m just very grateful to be recognized in this way. Just means a lot to me because that’s a big reason why I became a teacher, and to be recognized for that, just means a lot. Makes me know I’m on the right track with things,” said Rosen.

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