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FWISD Announces 2019-2020 Chairs for Teaching Excellence
Fort Worth, Texas – Sixteen Fort Worth ISD teachers have been chosen as the 2019-2020 Academic Chairs for Teaching Excellence. The selected teachers will be conferred with the title of Chair for Teaching Excellence for one year and receive a $5,000 honorarium. Each Teaching Chair’s campus will receive a banner to display in a prominent location. In addition, a photograph of each winner will be on display at the FWISD Professional Development Center for one year.
The Chairs for Teaching Excellence Luncheon will be November 14, 2019.
Fort Worth ISD established The Chairs for Teaching Excellence program in 1994. It is modeled after the university-level Chair program and is designed to recognize and reward exemplary teachers. This program is unique because of its role in a public K-12 setting and for its rigorous selection process.
Each year, more than 100 teachers submit Teaching Chair applications across 16 subject area categories, as well as recommendation letters, for review by members of the Teaching Chairs selection committees. Each category has its own selection committee. Teachers selected as finalists undergo a rigorous evaluation process based on their application; a teaching demonstration recorded on video during a class visit; and an interview session with their respective selection committee.
This year’s Teaching Chairs sponsors and honorees are:
Angela D. Paulos Chair for Teaching Excellence in Visual Arts
Alyssa Vallecorsa, Trimble Tech High School
Central Market Chair for Teaching Excellence in Acquisition of Language
Maria Cruz Washington, Stripling Middle School
Bayard H. Friedman Chair for Teaching Excellence in Performing Arts
Brent Schooley, South Hills High School
Blue Zones Project Chair for Teaching Excellence in Health & Physical Education
Mark Greenwood, Westcliff Elementary School
Broadway at the Bass Chair for Teaching Excellence in Dance & Theater
Victoria K. Scheffler, South Hills High School
Chase Chair for Teaching Excellence in Secondary English
Cassie Hanson, Trimble Tech High School
Crescent Real Estate Chair for Teaching Excellence in Career & Technical Education
Vickie Jenson, South Hills High School
Atmos Energy Chair for Teaching Excellence in Secondary Science
Naomi V. Gutierrez, Rosemont 6th Grade
Kroger Chair for Teaching Excellence in Special Education
Lauren Caldwell, Westcliff Elementary School
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP Chair for Teaching Excellence in Elementary Reading
Brandi Mayhall, Burton Hill Elementary School
Lockheed Martin Chair for Teaching Excellence in Elementary Math & Science
Marisol Herrera, Dolores Huerta Elementary School
Lockheed Martin Chair for Teaching Excellence in Middle School STEM
Ann Marie Burgess, J. Martin Jacquet Middle School
Lockheed Martin Chair for Teaching Excellence in High School STEM
Barton Scott, Young Men’s Leadership Academy
Sewell Lexus & Infiniti of Fort Worth Chair for Teaching Excellence in Humanities
Nathan Pena, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
TTI, Inc. Chair for Teaching Excellence in Secondary Math
Heather Hedges, Paschal High School
XTO Energy Chair for Teaching Excellence in Early Childhood Education
Amy Sikes Morrison, Waverly Park Elementary School
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