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RMS Teacher of the Year

About the Award
 
The RMS-AAPG each year chooses a K-12 teacher of earth and resource science to represent the section in a competition held by the American Association of Geologists where the winner of the national Excellence in Teaching Award personally receives $2,500 and the winner’s school receives $2,500. In addition, the winner gets an expense-paid trip to the annual AAPG meeting to receive the award.
 
To qualify for the section award, a teacher needs to be nominated by their local affiliated geological society. So the first step is to go to the Affiliated Societies page and choose the society that represents your area. The society can then inform the teacher of that society’s requirements for competition.
 
If the teacher wins the local competition, his or her name is then submitted to the section for evaluation. A complete set of rules and forms for the national competition, found at http://foundation.aapg.org/toty/eforms.cfm, are required for the competition both at the section and national levels. In addition to the cash award at the national level, both the section and most affiliated societies also provide a cash bonus to go with their awards.

Previous Winners

Year

Name

School

Location

Affiliated society

2001

John McKinney*

Castle Rock Middle School

Castle Rock, CO

RMAG

2002

Rebecca Kerr

Heights Middle School

Farmington, NM

NMGS

2003

Amy John*

Tse Bit Ai Middle School

Shiprock, NM

NMGS

2004

William Christiansen

East High School

Salt Lake City, UT

UGA

2005

Cheryl Mosier

Columbine High School

Littleton, CO

RMAG

2006

Jim Schultz*

Helena High School

Helena, MT

MGS

2007

Candace Penrod

Hillside Middle School

Salt Lake City, UT

UGA

2008

Mary Fitts*

Sierra Middle School

Parker, CO

RMAG

2009

Ty Robinson*

Provo High School

Provo, UT

UGA

2010

No candidates submitted

     

2011

Jonna Gentry*

Green Mountain High School

 Lakewood, CO

RMAG

* also went on to be awarded the National


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