Missouri Council for the Social Studies Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the Year Award
The Outstanding Social Studies Teacher Award for the year 2009 will be presented to one Missouri teacher at the Missouri Council for the Social Studies Spring 2009 Conference in the Lake of the Ozarks. The award will be presented to either an elementary teacher (K6), a middle school teacher (58), or a secondary teacher (712).
To be eligible, a teacher must be a practicing teacher in the category for which s/he is nominated and must be teaching social studies at least half-time. In addition, the nominee must demonstrate successful performance in at least five of the following six categories: Developing or using instructional materials creatively and effectively; incorporating innovative or verifiably effective instructional strategies and techniques; utilizing new scholarship from history, the social studies, and other appropriate fields; fostering a spirit of inquiry and the development of skills related to acquiring, organizing, processing, and using information and to making decisions related to both domestic and international matters; fostering the development of democratic beliefs and values and the skills needed for citizen participation in classroom, school, and community settings; and showing evidence of professional involvement through participation in such activities as workshops, curriculum development, and association activities.