The A+ College Ready program announced its 2015-16 Teacher Awards for Math last weekend, and are proud to present them to you! Be sure to “like” us on Facebook, tag yourself or your friends and share the posts so we can spread the great things happening in our schools!
BEAT THE MEAN: The “Beat the Mean” Teacher Award is given to teachers whose students matched or beat the national average with Qualifying Scores (QS) on every category on the Instructional Planning Report (IPR). The winners for math for 2014-15 are:
AB Calculus
Nancy Hartfield, James Clemens High School
11/11 Beat/Match the Mean
36/39 QS-> 92% passing and 11 “5’s”
Beth Ronilo, Thompson High School
11/11 Beat/Match the Mean
30/42 QS-> 71% passing and 10 “5’s”
BC Calculus
Shaun Bardell, James Clemens High School
11/11 Beat/Match the Mean
50/52 QS-> 96% passing and 33 “5’s”
Up 8 QS from last year
AP Statistics
Amy Protos, James Clemens High School
29/43 QS 11 “5’s”
Beat the Mean on each category
24-> 29 from last year to this year
Steady Increase in AP Statistics Qualifying Scores
Jeanna Plunkett, Arab High School
7->11->17
Emily Ray, Cullman High School
4->8->11
Shannon Shepperd, Fairhope High School
5->11->12
SUPER NEWBIES: The “Super Newbie” Teacher Award is given to teachers new to the A+ College Ready program, or teachers who had success in their first year teaching AP Math courses. The winners for math for 2014-15 are:
AB Calculus
Sharon Gibson, Ashville High School
3/4 QS 2 “5’s” and no “1’s”
10/11 Beat the Mean
Carla Wurtz, Marbury High School
5/7 QS 1 “5”
6/11 Beat the Mean
BC Calculus
Beth Ronilo, Thompson High School
4/6 QS 3 “5’s”
10/14 Beat the Mean
Statistics
Ava Andrews, Thompson High School
3 QS
4 Match/Beat the Mean
1 QS “5” and only 3 “1’s”
Michelle Russell, Florence High School
5 QS for the first year teaching
Super Pi Award
Melissa Knight, Fairhope High School
7->16 QS Increase of 9 QS
129% increase in her 1st full year of teaching course
16/27 QS 7 “5’s”
7/11 Beat the Mean (each category not beat missed by .1 or .2)
Partner School Honorable Mention
Janice Samford, LAMP High School (Retired)
23-> 46 QS 100% Increase
Scott Sharp, Huntsville High School (now at Buckhorn)
57-> 68 QS Increase of 11 QS, 19% increase in QS
68/85 QS 34/68 were “5’s”
11/11 Beat the Mean
