Mr. Jacob Martin has been the Kaukauna High School Band Director since 2018 and Neenah Community Band Director since 2021. Before that, from 2015-2018, he taught at the Iola-Scandinavia School District. Jacob has received awards as the 2021 Wisconsin Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Teacher Fellowship, 2019 and 2021 National GRAMMY Music Educator Award Quarterfinalist , 2022 Legacy GRAMMY Music Educator Award Quarterfinalist, 2022 Fox Cities Future 15, and 2020, 2021, and 2022 Best Communities for Music Education NAMM.
As a teacher, Jacob seeks to provide a musical learning environment that allows for students to develop creative and critical thinking skills regardless of their background. These skills learned in music will develop personal and social understandings to be successful in becoming well-rounded future citizens.
In addition to teaching, Mr. Martin enjoys writing music and playing euphonium. His non-musical hobbies include coaching basketball, playing golf, and video gaming.