Each year the STANYS Suffolk Section presents an Awards Dinner at which outstanding science students and science educators are honored. The dinner this year will be held on May 23, 2018 at Villa Lombardi’s in Holbrook. Each high school science department from districts that are patrons of our District Membership Services Program submit an outstanding graduating senior from their school who is recognized at the Awards Dinner. At the dinner three teachers (elementary, middle level, and high school) receive our Science Teacher Recognition Awards for meritorious service as a science educators.
A letter has been sent to all building principals and to high school science supervisors inviting them to nominate a member of their faculty for recognition as a Science Teacher of the Year. We invite you to assist us with our Science Teacher Recognition Awards Program by submitting a nomination form for an outstanding science educator. You may nominate a colleague or yourself to be a candidate for recognition as a Science Teacher of the Year: 2017 – 2018. The award recipient may be either a teacher of science or a science specialist who has made extraordinary contributions to the science teaching profession. Examples of such contributions are:
- An outstanding teacher- One who helps students and other teachers both inside and outside the classroom with the delivery of science programs, organizes special student programs and has achieved success with special groups.
- An innovative teacher – One who successfully introduces new programs, develops or revises curricula, teaching methods or materials.
- A teacher serving other teachers – One who works through professional organizations such as STANYS, NSTA, NESTA, NABT, AAPT, AACT, BOCES, SCOPE, intra-school or inter-school programs, to provide ongoing help for student teachers, new teachers and veteran teachers.
To nominate a teacher for an award, click here to complete the Google form. Once the information on the nominee has been entered in the form a cover letter and an application will be sent to the candidate. This will include providing more detailed information about the candidate, and instructions for including a professional resume, a personal response, and letters of recommendation. It will be the candidate’s responsibility to complete all forms and obtain all of required documentation.
At the Awards dinner in May Outstanding High School Science Seniors are recognized from each participating high school in our District Membership Services Program. Student honorees and a teacher of their choice are guests of the Suffolk STANYS section. The invited teacher speaks about the student as the receive a plaque.
Letters have also been sent to all to all Suffolk County high school principals and science supervisors requesting student nominations, which should be submitted by completing this Google form. Please see if your district is a patron of the District Membership Services Program and can submit a student nomination. If not, it’s not to late for a district to enroll. The cost is $200 per high school. If you need information about enrolling your high school in the District Member Services Program please contact Brian Vorwald. If this isn’t possible for this year, please consider supporting the program next year.