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Teaching Association or Federation Awards
John Mazurek Memorial - The Morgex Insurance Group Ltd Scholarship
- Administered by: The Teacher Education and Certification Committee of the Alberta Teacher's Association
- Provides assistance in taking an approved professional development courses in the field of business education and/or computers in education
- The Award: cash prize of $1,000 to winning ATA members with a minimum of five years of teaching experience
- Note: must be an ATA member
Contact Information:
Corinne Anderson, Administrative Assistant to the Scholarship Subcommittee
Alberta Teachers' Association
11010 - 142nd Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta T5N 2R1
Telephone: 780-447-9477 or 1-800-232-7208
Website: www.teachers.ab.ca/Professional+Development/Grants+and
+Scholarships/Fellowships+and+Scholarships.htm
Email: canderson@teachers.ab.ca
Alberta Teacher's Association Science Council Awards
- Administered by: The Alberta Teacher's Association Science Council
- Distinguished Service Citation
- Recognizes: a teacher with a broad, extended contribution to science education in Alberta over 10 years or more. Contributions may have been in curriculum development, in service classroom teaching or leadership in a broad context.
- Award: a large trophy and personal "keeper" trophy
- Award presented at annual conference
- Outstanding Science Teacher
- Recognizes: excellence in classroom teaching in Alberta, specifically contributions to science teaching through articles, workshops, curriculum development or other forms of professional development
- Award: a plaque
- Award presented at the annual conference
- Certificate of Achievement
- Recognizes: special science projects undertaken by individual teachers or groups of teachers in Alberta
- Honoured by article describing the project which appears in The Alberta Science Teacher
- Certificate presented at regional meeting
Contact Information:
Nora MacGregor, President
Science Council of the Alberta Teacher's Association
93 Coachwood West
Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 6B4
Edmonton, Alberta T6E 4N5
Telephone: 403-329-3144
Website: www.apegga.org
Excellence in Teaching Awards Program
- Presented by Alberta Learning and supported by the Alberta Excellence in Teaching Foundation
- Recognizes outstanding K-12 teachers, honouring creative, innovative and effective teaching; as well recognizes school principals whose outstanding work supports outstanding teaching.
- Local Award: in April, 131 finalists are given a certificate signed by the Minister of Learning.
- Provincial Award: 22 teachers receive Provincial Excellence in Teaching Awards in May
- Cash awards of varying amount to be used in teachers' schools
- Provincial awards presented by the Minister of Learning, Xerox and other Foundation representatives at a gala ceremony in early May
- SMARTer Kids Foundation Innovative Use of Technology Award: given to 1 recipient annually
- APEGGA Excellence in Teaching Mathematics/Science Award: given to 1 recipient annually
- Note: nominations require support of teacher's principal, superintendent, teaching colleague and a member of the public, plus the consent of the nominee; a school principal's nomination requires the support of a superintendent or designee
Contact Information:
Alberta Excellence in Teaching Foundation
c/o Currie Communications Ltd.
8223 - 189 A Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5T 4Z7
Telephone: 780-413-9547 or 1 888 414-9547
Fax: 403-381-2667
Irwin Talesnick Award for Excellence in Teaching of Science
- Administered by: The Science Teachers' Association of Ontario
- Recognizes: outstanding performance for at least 5 years both in the classroom and beyond, by a high school or elementary science teacher who is a member of STAO.
- The Award: recipient receives a certificate
- Certificate presented at annual STAO Conference in the Fall.
Contact Information:
Science Teacher's Association of Ontario
P.O. Box 771
Dresden, Ontario N0P 1M0
Telephone: 519-683-4172
Fax: 519-683-2473
Jack Bell Leadership Award in Science Education
- Administered and funded by: The Science Teachers' Association of Ontario
- Recognizes outstanding leadership in direct contributions to large scale improvement of science education at all levels in Ontario
- The Award: Jack Bell Leadership Award in Science Education Certificate
- Certificate presented at annual STAO Conference in the Fall
- Note: nominator must be a person who has worked with the nominee, a supervisor of the nominee, a person with whom the nominee is or has been involved, or others as seen fit by the Awards Committee. Recipient must be a member of STAO
Contact Information:
Science Teacher's Association of Ontario
P.O. Box 771
Dresden, Ontario N0P 1M0
Telephone: 519-683-4172
Fax: 519-683-2473
Science Teacher of the Year
- Administered by: The Science Teacher's Association, Manitoba
- Recognizes teachers who have introduced innovative programs in Science
- Award: recipients receive a plaque and trophy that they kept for the year and other prizes such as software or books.
Contact Information:
The Manitoba Teachers' Association
c/o The Manitoba Teachers' Society
191 Harcourt Street
Winnipeg, MB R3J 3H2
Website: www.stam.mb.ca
B.C. Science Teachers' Awards
- Administered by the B.C. Teachers' Association
- Recognizes outstanding science teachers and their contributions to the teaching of science.
- The Award: a framed picture (may change from year to year)
- Distinguished Service Award - for contribution to, and leadership in science activities outside the classroom.
- Science Education Award - for successful classroom teachers who demonstrate outstanding performance in creating science teaching materials, in developing programs for the improvement of science education, or in stimulating interest in science.
- Science Service Award - for outstanding work that contributes to the goals of Science education (individuals whose contributions are outside of the classroom are eligible for this award.)
Contact Information:
B.C. Science Teachers' Association
c/o B.C. Teachers' Federation
100-550 West 6th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4P2
Website: www.bctf.bc.ca/psas/BCScTA
