Leadership Awards

Nomination Process

Each year since 1995, TCTM has accepted nominations for two awards for leaders in our professional community. The TCTM Leadership Award is presented to a TCTM member who is nominated by a TCTM affiliate. The second award, the E. Glenadine Gibb Achievement Award, is presented to someone nominated by a TCTM member.

TCTM Leadership Award

The TCTM Leadership Award is presented to a TCTM member who is nominated by a TCTM Affiliated Group. This person is to be honored for his/her contributions to the improvement of mathematics education at the local and state level. He/she has designed innovative staff development and has promoted the local TCTM Affiliated mathematics council.

E. Glenadine Gibb Achievement Award

The E. Glenadine Gibb Achievement Award is presented to someone nominated by a TCTM member to be honored for his/her contribution to the improvement of mathematics education at the state and/or national level.

If you wish to nominate someone, please download a nomination form at the right. Send the completed application, biographical sketch, and essay to the address listed.

Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

The Texas finalists in secondary mathematics are Cynthia Knowles of the Aldine ISD, Dixie Ross of Pflugerville ISD, and Jill Stevens of Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD. Cynthia Knowles is a Pre-AP Geometry teacher at Eisenhower Senior High School in Aldine ISD and has 14 years of teaching experience. Dixie Ross is an AP Calculus teacher at Pflugerville High School in Pflugerville ISD and has 27 years of teaching experience. Jill Stevens is a high school mathematics teacher who teaches AP Calculus, International Baccalaureate courses, and Algebra II at Trinity High School in Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD and has 35 years of teaching experience.

If you would like to nominate an outstanding mathematics or science teacher, nomination forms and applications are available at www.paemst.org. Nominations are due by April 1, 2012, and applications are due by May 2, 2012.

Leadership Awardees

The following individuals listed on our leadership awardees page have been honored and we wish to acknowledge their former and ongoing contributions.

Nomination Forms

Leadership Nomination (pdf)

E. Glenadine Gibb Achievement Award Nomination (pdf)

Applications must be Postmarked by May 1, 2012 for this year's awards.