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Deadline for nominations Dec. 20, 2019
Information about the MiSTEM Educator of the Year Awards:
The deadline for nominations will be Friday, December 20, 2019.
Two educators will be recognized:
• STEM Educator of the Year Award: The award recognizes a consistent record of outstanding teaching and related activities in STEM fields, focusing on the last 5 years accomplishments.
• STEM Integration Educator of the Year Award: The award recognizes an educator who primarily teaches outside of traditional STEM-fields and who has a consistent record of integration of STEM-principles and high quality STEM-related experiences for students, focusing on the last 5 years accomplishments.
In order to insure that ample evidence on which to evaluate teaching performance is available, educators become eligible for the award after three years as a full-time educator.
Selection criteria:
• Educators must be a full-time K-12/Middle College Educator in the MiSTEM Region 2 area with at least ½ of their contractual time instructing students. Evaluators should understand that great educators do more than excel as a classroom instructor.
• The essence of great teaching is the ability to create highly effective experiences for the learner, where the educator designs situations and fosters experiences which enable the learner to construct meaning for themselves. It should be recognized that contributing to changing the STEM Culture in the community is an important part of being an outstanding STEM Educator.
The list of criteria that follows represents some of the main things that define an outstanding STEM Educator. It is not an exhaustive list and it is recognized that other qualities of excellence can and do exist. The award winner need not excel in all of these categories.
Criteria (listed in no specific order):
• The educator promotes active learning and successfully encourages students to think imaginatively, critically, and independently.
• The educator promotes a love of learning and develops an appreciation for the relationship between STEM-based content and society.
• The educator supports the learner by building resilience and helping them to learn the advantages of failing forward.
• The educator uses design process thinking and engages students in STEM-based learning experiences.
• The educator interacts enthusiastically and effectively with learners beyond the classroom, creating circumstances to productively to engage learners in STEM-based opportunities to address individual needs of all learners.
• The educator’s pedagogical techniques are appropriate to, and effective with, a variety of different learning styles.
Nomination Procedure:
Any member community may nominate an educator from any public, charter or private K-12/middle college in the MiSTEM Region 2 area for this award by completing a nomination form. The information collected in the nomination process will be used as a part of the selection process.
The candidates will be invited to complete an educator of the year application and to provide materials that will assist with the evidence criteria listed above. In accepting candidacy, the candidates agree to provide the committee with appropriate materials such as teaching certification(s) and agrees to allow release of publicity material associated with the award. Applicants will be expected to give a short 3-5 minute acceptance speech at the Awards Ceremony.
Award:
Winners of the STEM Educator of the Year Award will be:
• Recognized at an MiSTEM Regional VIP Recognition Ceremony,
• Be granted a $1000 MiSTEM Region 2 Grant to use in support of STEM-based experiences in which they are engaging their students,
• Have their educational setting included in a MiSTEM Region 2 promotional video,
• Be invited to be a part of the MiSTEM Region 2 Fall Partner’s Forum.
Recognition Ceremony:
• The first annual MiSTEM Recognition Ceremony will be held in conjunction with the Washtenaw Community College STEAM Week and LSAMP STEM-Scholarship Award Recipient VIP Recognition Ceremony on Thursday February 6, 2020.
The deadline for nominations will be Friday, December 20, 2019.
Two educators will be recognized:
• STEM Educator of the Year Award: The award recognizes a consistent record of outstanding teaching and related activities in STEM fields, focusing on the last 5 years accomplishments.
• STEM Integration Educator of the Year Award: The award recognizes an educator who primarily teaches outside of traditional STEM-fields and who has a consistent record of integration of STEM-principles and high quality STEM-related experiences for students, focusing on the last 5 years accomplishments.
In order to insure that ample evidence on which to evaluate teaching performance is available, educators become eligible for the award after three years as a full-time educator.
Selection criteria:
• Educators must be a full-time K-12/Middle College Educator in the MiSTEM Region 2 area with at least ½ of their contractual time instructing students. Evaluators should understand that great educators do more than excel as a classroom instructor.
• The essence of great teaching is the ability to create highly effective experiences for the learner, where the educator designs situations and fosters experiences which enable the learner to construct meaning for themselves. It should be recognized that contributing to changing the STEM Culture in the community is an important part of being an outstanding STEM Educator.
The list of criteria that follows represents some of the main things that define an outstanding STEM Educator. It is not an exhaustive list and it is recognized that other qualities of excellence can and do exist. The award winner need not excel in all of these categories.
Criteria (listed in no specific order):
• The educator promotes active learning and successfully encourages students to think imaginatively, critically, and independently.
• The educator promotes a love of learning and develops an appreciation for the relationship between STEM-based content and society.
• The educator supports the learner by building resilience and helping them to learn the advantages of failing forward.
• The educator uses design process thinking and engages students in STEM-based learning experiences.
• The educator interacts enthusiastically and effectively with learners beyond the classroom, creating circumstances to productively to engage learners in STEM-based opportunities to address individual needs of all learners.
• The educator’s pedagogical techniques are appropriate to, and effective with, a variety of different learning styles.
Nomination Procedure:
Any member community may nominate an educator from any public, charter or private K-12/middle college in the MiSTEM Region 2 area for this award by completing a nomination form. The information collected in the nomination process will be used as a part of the selection process.
The candidates will be invited to complete an educator of the year application and to provide materials that will assist with the evidence criteria listed above. In accepting candidacy, the candidates agree to provide the committee with appropriate materials such as teaching certification(s) and agrees to allow release of publicity material associated with the award. Applicants will be expected to give a short 3-5 minute acceptance speech at the Awards Ceremony.
Award:
Winners of the STEM Educator of the Year Award will be:
• Recognized at an MiSTEM Regional VIP Recognition Ceremony,
• Be granted a $1000 MiSTEM Region 2 Grant to use in support of STEM-based experiences in which they are engaging their students,
• Have their educational setting included in a MiSTEM Region 2 promotional video,
• Be invited to be a part of the MiSTEM Region 2 Fall Partner’s Forum.
Recognition Ceremony:
• The first annual MiSTEM Recognition Ceremony will be held in conjunction with the Washtenaw Community College STEAM Week and LSAMP STEM-Scholarship Award Recipient VIP Recognition Ceremony on Thursday February 6, 2020.