The George Polya Memorial Award
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Teaching is not a science; it is an art. If teaching were a science there would be a best way of teaching and everyone would have to teach like that. Since teaching is not a science, there is great latitude and much possibility for personal differences. ... Let me tell you what my idea of teaching is. Perhaps the first point, which is widely accepted, is that teaching must be active, or rather active learning. ... The main point in mathematics teaching is to develop the tactics of problem solving. George Polya
The George Polya Memorial Award may be conferred upon the teacher or
teachers, K-12, who have been deemed as outstanding teachers of
mathematics over a sustained period of time, have supported CMC
activities, have been active participants in CMC, and have high
visibility throughout the state of California.
Throughout
California there are a number of truly outstanding teachers of
mathematics—those teachers who stand head and shoulders above their
colleagues and serve as an inspiring beacon to the experienced as well
as the inexperienced teacher. These are the teachers that CMC wishes to
honor with the George Polya Memorial Award.
Previous recipients of the George Polya Memorial Award are:
- Clyde Corcoran, Ruth Hadley*, Lyle Fisher
- Joan Gell, Dorothy Wood, Les Winters
- Elisabeth Javor*
- Dorothy Kirk
- Mike Contino, William Medigovich
- Roberta Koss
- Sheila Berman, Merry Harrold
- Marian Pasternack
- Richard Schaff*
- Shelly Ferguson, Donna Goldenstein, Elaine Rosenfield
- Harold Jacobs
- Barbara Alcala*, Gretchen Davis, Margaret DeArmond
- Amarjit Chadda, James Goth
- Ann Carlyle, Lois Hale, Gwen Hogin, Les Leibovitch
- Hope Bjerke, Sally Parker
- Kathlan Latimer, Jerry Neidenbach
- Floyd Flack, Nancy Scheer
- Christine Robles
- Sia Lux
- Sandie Gilliam
- Carlos Cabana
(* Deceased)
George Polya Award Nomination
Nominations are now being accepted for the George Polya Memorial
Award. As you think about a nominee, please keep in mind the that the
teacher you nominate should be one of the two or three finest teachers
that you have ever known. Since this award is a statewide award, your
nominee should be well-known throughout California, not just in a
section or region.
Send the following
information by February 1 to be considered for this year's award:
Using no more than two sheets of paper, singe-sided, first include:
- Nominee’s name, address, telephone number, school, and years of teaching experience.
- Nominator’s name, phone number, and email.
Next, respond to each of the following questions:
- Describe this teacher in the practice of teaching.
What have you observed him/her doing in the classroom that makes this teacher truly superior and outstanding? - How has this teacher been involved in CMC or an affiliate?
- In what other educational activities has this teacher been involved?
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