Teachingexcellence

The chapter offers two awards in teaching excellence – one for college or university educators and one for K-12 educators.  These Awards are established to recognize local educators who have consistently inspired within their students a love and passion for statistics. Nominees should have at least five years of full-time teaching in the greater Philadelphia area.  This award will be given to a maximum of one college/university educator and a maximum of one K-12 educator per year. Nominees with demonstrated contributions to the ASA Philadelphia Chapter and Chapter activities are favorably reviewed. Self-nomination is allowed.

• Sustained commitment to the profession of teaching statistics.

• Demonstrated impact on their students, including learning statistical content and their views about the discipline, both in and out of the classroom.

• A nomination letter up to four pages addressing points in the selection criteria.
• The nominee's resume or curriculum vita.
• Between two and four additional supporting letters from students, colleagues, and/or supervisors. Each letter should be no longer than two pages.

The complete nomination package should be emailed to the ASA Philadelphia Chapter at amstatphiladelphia@gmail.com no later than the anounnced deadline, usually around early January. Please indicate in the email subject line either “ASA Philadelphia Chapter Award in Teaching Excellence by College or University Educator nomination” or “ASA Philadelphia Chapter Award in Teaching Excellence by K-12 Educator nomination”.

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For questions about the Awards in Teaching Excellence please contact us by email.

To see the list of the previous teaching excellence award recipients, click here.