The State Dept of Education has named Kristen Ann Record, a physics teacher at Stratford’s Bunnell High School, as CT's 2011 Teacher of the Year.
Record, 33, who has taught Physics for 10 year has also received a Presidential Award of Excellence in Mathematics and Science and the General Electric STAR Teaching Award. She is an expert in the science of renewable energy and has done research at Harvard University and at the National Renewable Energy Academies in Golden, Colorado as U.S. Department of Energy Teacher Scientist Fellow during the summer months. She has also conducted numerous professional development presentations on science teaching and on the science of renewable “green” energy systems.
Record had the opportunity to continue her career as a research scientist after earning her B.S. in Physics from Fairfield University and her Ed.M degree from Harvard University, but chose teaching after completing a semester student teaching. “It has been said that I was destined to be a teacher,” says Record, “teaching is in my DNA.” She is the daughter of two public school teachers.
In a press release State Education Commissioner Mark K. McQuillan and Governor M. Jodi Rell praised Record for here accomplishments.
Connecticut’s Teacher of the Year is selected from over 50,000 public school teachers in the state and will represent professional educators in forums and advisory committees that affect education policy and public awareness of the successes and the challenges that schools face today.
Connecticut’s Teacher of the Year will travel to Washington D. C. in the spring to meet with the President and U.S. Secretary of Education. Connecticut’s Teacher of the Year will automatically become a candidate for National Teacher of the Year, which will be announced by President Obama in June, 2011.
Check out the News 12 story about her.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
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Tate gets a year, which turns into 9 months. This is heartbreaking for the victim, the victims family, the convicted's family and coworkers. Very poor decision making on both the victims and the adult parts. Now what is the arguement about weeding out the bad apples? Tenure, backgrounds, well documented teacher and student evaluations? How about incentives? Maybe attract a higher quality professional? Hello? Anybody out there? Whats it gonna take? Are we done, yet, waiting for Superhero's to rescue our children? What the sam hill are we doing to these kids? Shame on you Tate, shame on BOE for not getting on top of things. And shame on us all, for allowing this to continue.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking a comment here might be, Congratulations. Instead it's some idiot that doesn't know the plural of hero (super or otherwise) is HEROES. And there it is, the famous New England misuse of the apostrophe. Try staying on topic.
ReplyDelete10:04, don't you know that folks here only want to sling the negatives. The positive news goes unnoticed.
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