Loudermilk is now eligible for the national ACTE Teacher of the Year award, announced in December
Johnnie Loudermilk, a Criminal Justice instructor at Francis Tuttle Technology Center, has been named Teacher of the Year for Region IV of the national Association for Career and Technology Education (ACTE).
Loudermilk received the award during the ACTE Region IV 2026 Conference in Rogers, Arkansas. He was named Oklahoma Teacher of the Year at the state conference in August of last year.
Loudermilk has been in education for 25 years and launched the Criminal Justice Program at the Francis Tuttle Reno Campus in 2013. Prior to that, he launched the same program at Metro Tech and taught there for eight years.
“I am very blessed to work with wonderful support staff and administrators that allow me to think outside the box and deliver changing curriculum,” Loudermilk said. “My fellow instructors are always there to help me in any way they can. I have a strong advisory board that is very supportive of the program. And most of all, I’m blessed to have great students enroll in this class every year. They work hard and excel after graduating.”
In the Criminal Justice program, Loudermilk facilitates the training of high school students who want to enter law enforcement. Many of these students go on to the OKC Police Department Cadet program and become professional officers with the department.
“When my students return to visit the class after they have graduated and started their careers, I love for them to tell their stories to current students about how they got their start,” Loudermilk said. “I always encourage my students to never forget where they came from and that Francis Tuttle is always their home.”
Loudermilk will now be considered for the ACTE National Teacher of the Year award. It will be announced at the 2026 CareerTech VISION conference Dec. 2-5 in New Orleans, Louisiana, which will also be ACTE’s Centennial Celebration.