TCSS Teacher of the Year Awards
The TCSS Teacher of the Year Awards are given to honor the memory of Dr. Mary Graham, a Metro Nashville Social Studies Supervisor, who served as President of TCSS and who served many years as a member of the TCSS Board of Directors.
Award winners were selected based on excellence in the areas of classroom instruction, curriculum development, leadership in the teaching profession, professional development, and community involvement. Each recipient received a check for $500 and a plaque from the TCSS.
In each photograph, Mark Finchum, TCSS President and Michelle Herczog, NCSS President are pictured with the Award recipient for 2015.
Award winners were selected based on excellence in the areas of classroom instruction, curriculum development, leadership in the teaching profession, professional development, and community involvement. Each recipient received a check for $500 and a plaque from the TCSS.
In each photograph, Mark Finchum, TCSS President and Michelle Herczog, NCSS President are pictured with the Award recipient for 2015.
Outstanding Elementary School
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Outstanding High School
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Tennessee Geographic Alliance Geography Awards
Beverly and Mullane Teacher of the Year Awards
The awards were established as the result of donations by two generous benefactors who are brothers. They are named after two dedicated K-12 educators. Thomas Mullane taught high school in northern New Jersey and was routinely voted the outstanding teacher at his school. He won national level awards for his development of curricular materials. His colleagues and students held him in high regard and his students went on to excel in college.
Alden Beverly was a lifelong teacher and administrator in the Westchester County, NY school system. He served as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal of schools in that area. He was genuinely interested in the health and development of public education.
Becky Hasselle, a gifted education teacher at Dyersburg Middle School, and Clay Francis, an AP Human Geography teacher at Hutchison School in Memphis, received the 2015 Lottie and Alden Beverly Geography Teacher of the Year Award and the Tom and Stella Mullane Geography Teacher of the Year Award, respectively. Kurt Butefish, Coordinator of the Tennessee Geographic Alliance, presented the awards at the March 13th TCSS Annual Conference in Memphis. The recipients received a plaque and $500 check from the Alliance. The Beverly award is bestowed for excellence in geography education for grades K-6. The Mullane award is bestowed for grades 7-12. Nominations were accepted from the teacher’s peers.
Alden Beverly was a lifelong teacher and administrator in the Westchester County, NY school system. He served as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal of schools in that area. He was genuinely interested in the health and development of public education.
Becky Hasselle, a gifted education teacher at Dyersburg Middle School, and Clay Francis, an AP Human Geography teacher at Hutchison School in Memphis, received the 2015 Lottie and Alden Beverly Geography Teacher of the Year Award and the Tom and Stella Mullane Geography Teacher of the Year Award, respectively. Kurt Butefish, Coordinator of the Tennessee Geographic Alliance, presented the awards at the March 13th TCSS Annual Conference in Memphis. The recipients received a plaque and $500 check from the Alliance. The Beverly award is bestowed for excellence in geography education for grades K-6. The Mullane award is bestowed for grades 7-12. Nominations were accepted from the teacher’s peers.
Becky Hasselle
Lesson Plan of the Year Award
Brian Smith, a seventh grade teacher at Jefferson Middle School in Oak Ridge, was presented the tenth annual Siesta Software Solutions Geography Lesson Plan of the Year Award during the awards luncheon at the 2015 TCSS Annual Conference in Memphis on March 13th. Brian’s lesson plan titled The Constitution of Prince Shotoku was chosen by a committee of the Alliance Board of Directors. Brian was presented with a plaque and a check for $500 complements of Siesta Software Solutions.
Brian Smith
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Clay Francis
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