Vermont Council of Teachers of Mathematics

www           www.vtmath.org

The Vermont Council of Teachers of

Mathematics

Mathematics Teaching Award

Acknowledge Great Teachers in Vermont!!!

Call for Nominations

The Vermont Council of Teachers of Mathematics (VCTM) would like to recognize teachers who display excellence in teaching mathematics

The teacher nominee should:

            1. understand mathematics and its role in the curriculum and society;

            2. communicate mathematics effectively using a variety of methods and materials to address the Vermont’s Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities;

            3. stimulate a love and excitement for learning mathematics through his or her own personal enthusiasm for learning;

            4. demonstrate a commitment to the improvement of math education beyond the classroom by sharing information with parents and colleagues;

            5. display a personal commitment to professional growth by keeping current with new developments in education, attending conferences and workshops, reading professional journals, and maintaining membership in professional organizations.

Requirements

The nominee must be teaching in the region from which he or she is nominated at the time of the nomination.

The nominee must have taught students at least half time for three years or more.

Teachers may be nominated any number of times if not a winner, submitting a new application each time, but teachers may be an award winner only once.

Deadline for nominations is January 4th each year; applications will be mailed by February 8^th .  Application deadline is March 1st.

An elementary nominee may be teaching mathematics in addition to other subjects in grades K-6.  A secondary nominee should be in a middle school or high school, teaching grades 6-12, and teaching mathematics 50% of the time or more.