Awards and Fellows
Awards
STANYS Excellence in Science Teaching Award
THE STANYS MISSION
The Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) promotes excellence in science education. Its mission is to work with educators and communities to provide opportunities for all students to participate in and learn science.
To qualify for this award the Excellence in Teaching Entry Form must be submitted with the following:
- Philosophy of Science Teaching
- Implementation of Philosophy of Science Teaching
- Effectiveness of the Philosophy
- Professional Involvement
- Workshops (attended and /or given)
- Published materials
- Courses/seminars/staff development (attended and / or taught)
- Conferences (attended and / or planned)
- Offices held in professional organizations
- Awards or Honors
- Grants
Describe your vision of what constitutes excellence in science teaching and learning.
Describe how you attempt to make your philosophy a reality. For example, you may describe your approaches in teaching
sample lessons or units, projects, videos, special programs, community services, etc.
Provide evidence to demonstrate your success in implementing your philosophy. Evidence could include, but is not
limited to activities such as: sample student work, videos, pictures, slides, newspaper articles, published work, and letters of support
from people such as students, parents, colleagues, administrators, supervisors, etc.
Describe professional activities in which you have been involved in the past three years. Activities could include,
but are not limited to:
| Scoring Guide | |||
| Points | |||
| 2 | Philosophy | Does it reflect the mission of STANYS? | |
| 5 | Implementation | Effectiveness of strategies to meet the philosophy. | |
| 5 | Effectiveness | Quality and variety of evidence that illustrates the success of the philosophy. | |
| 2 | Professional | Evidence of teacher as a learner and leader in the science teaching field. | |
| 14 = Total number of points. |