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Outstanding Educator Award

The ASEE St. Lawrence Section Outstanding Educator Award is presented for excellence in the instruction of engineering, engineering technology or engineering science. The purpose of the award is to honor the recipient and to serve as an incentive to make further significant contributions to teaching.

The Award: The award consists of a certificate, presented by the section, and travel expenses to attend the annual section meeting at which the award is presented.

Past Award Winners

Nominees will be evaluated on the following two areas of criteria:

  • Teacher's personal attributes:
    • Possess and be able to communicate a broad and accurate knowledge of the subject area;
    • Possess self-confidence, create a feeling of harmony between self and students and be able to meet difficulties with poise;
    • Possess a sense of proportion, stressing fundamentals  and disregarding trivial detail, and give assignments that challenge students, demanding thinking in the completion of assignments;
    • Demonstrate an intense interest and enthusiasm for the subject area thereby motivating students to their fullest capacities;
    • Be available for counseling students before and after graduation.
  • Teacher's professional contributions:
    • Participation in the development of courses or curricula;
    • Contribution to the improvement of laboratories or other facilities;
    • Development of a generally applicable conceptual, mathematical or probability model;
    • Publication of original work through any information medium;
    • Development of teaching equipment or development of a wider application of teaching equipment previously developed.

Individuals within the St. Lawrence Section boundaries may be nominated for this award. Candidates may be teachers of any subject in the engineering and engineering technology curriculum of:

  • Two year private and public colleges awarding associate degrees in engineering or engineering technology programs, or
  • Three year colleges awarding three year diplomas.

In addition to the technical courses, the subjects may include humanities and social studies, mathematics, science and other subjects included in engineering and engineering technology curricula.

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Outstanding Educator Award

The ASEE St. Lawrence Section Outstanding Educator Award is presented for excellence in the instruction of engineering, engineering technology or engineering science. The purpose of the award is to honor the recipient and to serve as an incentive to make further significant contributions to teaching.

The Award: The award consists of a certificate, presented by the section, and travel expenses to attend the annual section meeting at which the award is presented.

Past Award Winners

Nominees will be evaluated on the following two areas of criteria:

  • Teacher's personal attributes:
    • Possess and be able to communicate a broad and accurate knowledge of the subject area;
    • Possess self-confidence, create a feeling of harmony between self and students and be able to meet difficulties with poise;
    • Possess a sense of proportion, stressing fundamentals  and disregarding trivial detail, and give assignments that challenge students, demanding thinking in the completion of assignments;
    • Demonstrate an intense interest and enthusiasm for the subject area thereby motivating students to their fullest capacities;
    • Be available for counseling students before and after graduation.
  • Teacher's professional contributions:
    • Participation in the development of courses or curricula;
    • Contribution to the improvement of laboratories or other facilities;
    • Development of a generally applicable conceptual, mathematical or probability model;
    • Publication of original work through any information medium;
    • Development of teaching equipment or development of a wider application of teaching equipment previously developed.

Individuals within the St. Lawrence Section boundaries may be nominated for this award. Candidates may be teachers of any subject in the engineering and engineering technology curriculum of:

  • Two year private and public colleges awarding associate degrees in engineering or engineering technology programs, or
  • Three year colleges awarding three year diplomas.

In addition to the technical courses, the subjects may include humanities and social studies, mathematics, science and other subjects included in engineering and engineering technology curricula.