Awards
AMC 12 Awards 2009
Silver Anniversary Scholarship
- Requirements for application:
- Applicant must currently be a college junior who will enter the senior year after receipt of this award
- Applicant must be nominated by a faculty member who is a current member of NDCTM
- Degree requirements:
- Secondary education – pursuing a mathematics major
- Middle-level education – pursuing a mathematics minor
- Elementary education – pursuing a mathematics minor or a strong concentration in mathematics
- Criteria for selection:
- Strong academic performance
- School and community involvement
- Financial need
- List of scholarship recipients
- Application Form
Distinguished Member Award
- The nominee must currently be retiring or have previously retired
- Nominations may be submitted by any member of NDCTM
- Criteria for selection – nominee’s service should include several of the following:
- Long-term commitment to NDCTM
- Service on NDCTM Board of Directors
- Consistent presenter at conferences
- Active contributor to the organization
- List of Distinguished Member Award recipients
- Nomination Form
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST)
- Purposes of award:
- To honor individual achievement
- To exemplify the highest standards of mathematics and science teaching
- To encourage awardees to serve as models for their colleagues, inspiration to their communities, and leaders in the improvement of mathematics and science education
- E ligibility for this award requires that the applicant must:
- Be a highly qualified teacher
- H old a degree or appropriate credentials in the category for which they are applying and must be a full-time teacher in 1 of the 50 states or 4 U.S. jurisdictions
- H ave at least 5 years of mathematics or science teaching experience prior to application
- T each mathematics or science at the kindergarten-6th grade level in a public or private school
- Former PAEMST award winners are not eligible
- Nomination process:
- Forms are available online
- Teachers in grades 7-12 may apply in odd-numbered years
- Teachers in grades K-6 may apply in even-numbered years
