Career Awards for Science and Mathematics Teachers
Selection
The advisory committee will review all eligible applications, interview candidates along with his/her Principal and Superintendent, and make recommendations for awards to BWF's Board of Directors.
Finalists selected for interview will be asked to submit additional evidence, such as a power point presentation, CD, or DVD, demonstrating innovations in their approaches to teaching. The candidate’s principal and superintendent will also be interviewed to help determine what career opportunities are available for the teacher. BWF does not provide critiques of unsuccessful applications.
Selection will be based primarily on:
1. Candidate’s qualifications and potential to conduct high quality science or mathematics teaching.
2. Candidate’s abilities to demonstrate how his/her students are proficient in science or mathematics learning.
3. Candidate’s significant contributions to enhancing students’ knowledge of science or mathematics by:
a. Teaching in an exemplary and innovative fashion
b. Developing projects that engage students in hands-on, problem-based activities with new approaches to questioning and problem solving
c. Making contributions to curricula
d. Demonstrating leadership and outreach in precollege science or mathematics education in his/her school, district, or community
e. Having a proactive impact on student achievement and the lives of students.
4. Candidates’ knowledge of subject content and effectiveness of communication skills.
5. Candidate’s abilities in the classroom that should demonstrate learner-centered, knowledge-centered, assessment centered, and community-centered learning styles.
The teaching environment and the commitment of the school and school district leadership to insure the success of the teacher will be judged during the interview with the teacher’s principal or superintendent. Special consideration will be given to teachers working in hard to staff, economically deprived classrooms in North Carolina.