Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematical Teaching

根据这份合同，国家科学教师协会通过其特别项目办公室，将在项目主任的指导下执行科学和数学教学卓越总统奖项目。在每个州和其他四个司法管辖区(哥伦比亚特区、波多黎各、国防部家属学校以及维尔京群岛、关岛、北马里亚纳群岛和美属萨摩亚领土)，将进行提名和遴选程序，以确定六名中学和六名小学教师，每组一半是数学教师，一半是科学教师，他们是这些领域杰出教学的缩影。这些获奖者将从每个州或辖区的四名教师(两名小学、两名中学、两名科学、两名数学)中选出参加总统科学和数学杰出奖的候选人。这些总统奖获得者，每个人都有配偶或客人，将被带到华盛顿进行大约一周的表彰仪式和专业活动。本合同规定，提名、遴选和华盛顿活动的所有安排和费用将由承包商处理。

Under this contract, the National Science Teachers Association, through its Special Projects Office, will carry out the program of Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching as directed by the Program Director for the program. In each state and in four other jurisdictions (District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Department of Defense Dependents Schools, and the territories of the Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), a nomination and selection process will be carried out to identify six secondary and six elementary teachers, half of each group in mathematics and half in science, who epitomize outstanding teaching in those fields. These awardees will then be the nominees from which four teachers (two elementary, two secondary, two science, two mathematics) from each state or jurisdiction will be selected for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics. These Presidential Awardees, each with spouse or guest, will be brought to Washington for approximately one week of recognition ceremonies and professional activities. This contract provides for all arrangements for and expenses of the nomination, selection, and Washington activities to be handled by the contractor.