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Q. What are the PAEMST selection criteria?
A. The program is open to practicing public-, private-, and
parochial-school teachers with a minimum of five years of experience.
Candidates are then chosen on the basis of their teaching performance,
their background, and their experience. This includes an evaluation of
their formal education and continuing educational experience as well as
professional and other activities related to their teaching. Applicants
are asked to demonstrate how their teaching enables students to learn
important math and science processes and concepts and to give examples
of how they assess student learning. They must also provide letters of
support for their application from colleagues; current or former
students; parents of current or former students; or their supervisors.
Q. How are recipients selected?
A. Awardees are selected from those eligible teachers who
have completed an application, obtained from NSF or from the science or
math coordinator at their state education department. Applicants
provide documentation of their background and evidence of professional
success to state selection committees of their peers.
The
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) oversees state
selection procedures in math, and the Council of State Science
Supervisors (CSSS) oversees those in science.
The committees
choose up to three math teachers (at the elementary level for even
years, and secondary for odd years) and three science teachers. These 6
state-level finalists are recognized by the national program and in
their individual states or political jurisdictions. All of these
teachers are candidates for the presidential award. One science and one
math teacher are recommended as presidential awardees by a national
selection committee of distinguished scientists, mathematicians, and
educators. The White House chooses and makes the official announcement
of the presidential awardees' names.
Q. What are the requirements for nominees?
A. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who teach in one of the
50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Department of
Defense Dependent Schools, or the U.S. territories of Guam, American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas, or the Virgin Islands.
Q. When was PAEMST established?
A.
The program was established in 1983 (P.L. 98-377) to honor secondary
teachers. The California Mathematics Council, however, also honored
outstanding elementary teachers. As a result, the law was amended in
1988 to include elementary teachers (P.L. 100-570) on a national level.
The teacher enhancement program of NSF's Division of Elementary,
Secondary and Informal education administers the program for the White
House.
Q. How many recipients are honored this year?
A.
There are 2 winners (one Math, one Science) alternating between elementary and secondary recipients, every year chosen
from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Department of Defense schools, and the U.S. territories.
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