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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
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Year
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Name
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School
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Location
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Affiliated society
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2001
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John McKinney*
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Castle Rock Middle School
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Castle Rock, CO
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RMAG
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2002
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Rebecca Kerr
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Heights Middle School
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Farmington, NM
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NMGS
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2003
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Amy John*
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Tse Bit Ai Middle School
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Shiprock, NM
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NMGS
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2004
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William Christiansen
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East High School
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Salt Lake City, UT
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UGA
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2005
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Cheryl Mosier
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Columbine High School
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Littleton, CO
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RMAG
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2006
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Jim Schultz*
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Helena High School
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Helena, MT
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MGS
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2007
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Candace Penrod
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Hillside Middle School
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Salt Lake City, UT
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UGA
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2008
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Mary Fitts*
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Sierra Middle School
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Parker, CO
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RMAG
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2009
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Ty Robinson*
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Provo High School
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Provo, UT
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UGA
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2010
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No candidates submitted
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2011
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Jonna Gentry*
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Green Mountain High School
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Lakewood, CO
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RMAG
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* also went on to be awarded the National |