Going to School with Samuel Wheeler (NSF does not provide a way to link directly so you have to look down the page to find this interview of teacher Samuel Wheeler).

Samuel Wheeler received the, Presidential Awardees for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching - USA.

Teachers must be nominated prior to completing an application. Anyone-principals, teachers, students, parents, members of the community, or the general public-may nominate a teacher. Self-nominations are not accepted.

Once nominated, a teacher must complete an application to be considered for the award. The application includes a videotaped lesson and written responses to questions about the teacher’s instructional practice.

The deadline for applying is 1 May 2007 for 7th-12th grade teachers and 1 May 2008 for k-6th grade teachers. List of 2005 awardees. Two are selected from each state, which seems a bit odd to me when you compare the size of the teacher and student population of California to many other states, for example.

Since this is a federal government program I guess they decided the model of the senate was better than other options. I would have to disagree - it would seem to me the selections should be based, at least to some extent, on the number or student or teachers in the state.

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