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Awards
Each year Maryland TESOL offers its membership the
chance to win an award. Previous years have shown that many of you think
that you do not have the chance to win. We know that anyone who applies
has a good chance to win. You will definitely not win if you do not apply,
therefore consider nominating a deserving colleague for an award as well
as applying for money to get that professional project finally finished.
1.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations
to
Dorothea Thorne
Lifetime Achievement Award 2006 Recipient |
| DOROTHEA THORNE
Dorothea Thorne has taught ESL in Maryland for the
past 24 years. Before that she taught English for several years
in Nepal. She has also gone abroad as a volunteer trainer, working
with ESL teachers in China, Lithuania and Republic of Georgia. She
researched these opportunities to volunteer abroad and encouraged
other members of Maryland TESOL to join her in these ventures. She
also trained visiting English teachers from Egypt at U.M.B.C. and
did teacher training in the graduate program at College of Notre
Dame of Maryland.
Dorothea has been an active member of Maryland TESOL, formerly BATESOL,
since its beginning, and has arranged for every annual business
meeting dinner held at College of Notre Dame. She has presented
at a number of TESOL conferences. Dorothea has worked quietly behind
the scenes on numerous TESOL projects, never seeking the limelight
but always offering her wise guidance and assistance.
Dorothea has taught ESL at Baltimore Hebrew University, U.M.B.C.,
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University.
She goes well beyond the weekday teaching of an ESL professional,
hosting students in her home, taking them on weekend hikes, annual
pancake breakfasts, and tubing adventures on the Gunpowder River.
But perhaps more significant is the labor of love that is evident
in Dorothea's lengthy responses to her students' journal entries,
often helping them through personal difficulties such as homesickness.
She cares deeply about each student and offers support when it's
most needed.
For her dedication to her students, her voluntary teacher training
abroad, her substantial contributions to the field of ESL locally
and internationally, and her contributions to Maryland TESOL, Dorothea
Thorne is awarded the 2006 Maryland TESOL Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Purpose: This award is to recognize
individuals who have devoted to the ESL/ESOL field in Maryland for at
least 15 years.
Criteria: 1) Individuals who have worked in the ESL/ESOL
field in Maryland for at least 15 years, 2) Individuals who have made
substantial and exemplary contributions to the field, its students, and
teachers, and 3) Individuals at any educational level are eligible.
Procedure: As a MD TESOL member, you are eligible to
submit nominations. To sumbit a nomination, please send 1) a short description
of the individual's contributions to the ESL/ESOL field, 2) the number
of years the individual has worked in Maryland, 3) your contact information,
and 4) the contact information for the nominee to Heidi Platt, Past President
MD TESOL 2004-2005 at Platthh at aol.com. All nominations are due by September
30th. The award will be given at the Maryland TESOL Fall Conference on
November 5th, 2005 at the College of Notre Dame.
Past Recipients: James Cook (2005), Rebecca Price (2005),
Pat Petrlik (2004)
2.The Ann Beusch Distinguished Service Award
Congratulations
to
Brad Keller
Ann Beusch Distinguished Service Award 2004 Recipient |
Purpose: Established in honor of
the accomplishments of former Supervisor of Foreign Languages and ESOL
of the State of Maryland, this award recognizes individuals who exemplify
the spirit and dedication to Ann demonstrated.
Criteria: This award is bestowed upon individuals working
outside the fields of ESL and International Student Services who have
made sustained, exemplary contributions to the field and/or its students.
Individuals whose daily employment is directly related to international
students and/or their families are no eligible. The award is non-competitive.
The Award Committee will consider all nominees meeting the criteria for
the award.
Procedure: Nominations should be sent in letter form
to the address below. Please include a description of how the individual
meets the award’s criteria and his or her contact information.
Past Recipients: Brad Keller
(2004)
3.Professional Development Award
Congratulations
to
Christian Clausen
Professional Development Award 2005 Recipient |
Purpose: The purpose of this award
is to recognize and reward individual efforts that promote, benefit, or
enhance services to ESL students.
Criteria: The financial award of $500 should be used
to benefit the field of ESOL either through the knowledge and skills of
the recipient receives and/or the ideas and efforts that the recipient
promotes. To be eligible, an applicant must be an active member of Maryland
TESOL. (Current members of the Executive Board or the Awards Committee
are not eligible).
The recipient of the award is expected to present a summary or overview
of how the award was used to benefit the field at the annual conference
in the fall of 2005. A written summary should be submitted to the Maryland
TESOL newsletter.
Examples of previously funded proposals include the development of a website
for international students residing in Baltimore and the development of
a multimedia training kit for mainstream teachers about working with ESL
students. Other uses such as tuition fees, conference attendance and other
types of special projects are also allowable.
Procedure:
1. Applicants should submit a letter including name, contact information,
title or topic of proposed use of funds, and a brief narrative (not to
exceed 300 words) describing the proposal. Please also include a statement
of commitment to present at Maryland TESOL conference and submit a newsletter
article if selected.
2. Applicants should send two letters of support related to his or her
involvement in ESL.
Past Recipients: Julie Sharpe (2004)
Information on TESOL Awards (National)
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