Future Development of Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching

9355798沃森这个项目支持由州数学监督员协会为那些参与遴选总统科学和数学教学杰出奖(PAESMT)候选人的州官员举办的会议。这些人将讨论以下问题：(1)实施新的州奖励计划；(2)计划十年计划；(3)建立获奖者数据库；(4)探索在评选过程中使用录像带；(5)为获奖者开发电子联网系统；(6)培养获奖者的领导能力；(7)寻求各州和司法管辖区在申请和提名过程中的一致性；(8)扩大计划的候选人库，特别是鼓励更多来自少数族裔、城市和农村教师的申请。根据与会者的建议，州PAESMT协调员将实施必要的改革，以提高该计划在其州的有效性。

9355798 Watson This project supports a conference sponsored by the Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics for those state officers who are involved in the selection of candidates for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching (PAESMT). These people will discuss the following issues: (1) implementing the new state award program; (2) planning for the decade year of the program; (3) establishing a data base on the awardees; (4) exploring the use of video-taping in the selection process; (5) developing an electronic networking system for the awardees; (6) generating leadership capability among the awardees; (7) seeking consistency among states and jurisdictions in the application and nomination process; and (8) expansion of the pool of candidates for the program especially to encourage more applications from minority, urban and rural teachers. Based upon the recommendations of the conference participants, the state PAESMT coordinators will implement the necessary changes to improve the effectiveness of the Program for their state.