School Year 2008/2009
Welcome to the web page and nomination form for the 2008-2009 Third Annual Environmental Teacher of the Year Award. The Environmental Science Education Cooperative “ESEC” offers this $500.00 award to educators who promote critical thinking of environmental issues and to stimulate environmental awareness in the Central Savannah River Area.
ESEC believes that teachers play a large and important role in the lives of their students in addition to their impact in their communities. We open this award to all teachers. You will not need to be an Environmental Science Teacher or work in a public school to participate in this award process. We welcome nominees from all fields of instruction and from all educational institutions except from those institutions that are also ESEC members or affiliates. We are very pleased to receive nominations for grade school and science teachers but are equally pleased to get a nomination for (or from) the social science or math teacher who incorporates environmental concepts and issues into their instruction.
The Environmental Science Education Cooperative (ESEC) wishes to recognize and reward teachers who promote students to become critical thinkers of environmental issues and those who utilize environmental science concepts in their instruction. We seek to promote the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) as a center for excellence in environmental education.
The winning teacher will be selected based on the following criteria:
The Environmental Science Education Cooperative (ESEC) is offering a $500.00 award to recognize an outstanding environmentally oriented teacher for the 2008/2009 school year. This award is open to teachers K-12 of all disciplines (public, private, and home-school). The award nomination period will be open from November 14th 2008 to March 31st 2009. The award ceremony will be held at Augusta Canal Interpretive on Thursday April 23, 2009 at 6:00 pm. The awards ceremony, which will honor all nominated teachers, is opened to all nominators, guests, and ESEC members. The awards ceremony is an excellent time to socialize with like minded educators over drinks and hors d¢oeuvres.
Nominations for the 2008-2009 award can be made by teachers wishing to nominate themselves, teachers or administrators who want to nominate one of their peers, or by any of the members of the Environmental Science Education Cooperative (ESEC) group. The electronic form for nominations are available on this website. We will also accept nominations by mail. If you have any questions or are experiencing any difficulties with this nomination process or if you need copies of the form, contact Chuck Niemeyer 1885 Tobacco Road, Suite A, Augusta Georgia 30906 (706)-792-7744 chuck_niemeyer@dnr.state.ga.us
The online nomination form must be completed at one sitting. It is suggested that you craft your responses prior to completing the online form in writing or with some word processor so that you may copy/paste from your document into the form. Once submitted, an online form can not be re-opened or edited. The online form is long, but you will only be required to complete certain sections. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE FORM. Preview the form questions in Word format (note that Microsoft Word will be required to view in Word format) or pdf format (note that Adobe Acrobat Reader will be required to view in pdf format).