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The Awards' Purpose:
In 2008-2009, two prizes of $25,000.00 will be available from the McGlothlin Foundation to award a Kindergarten - Grade 5 public school
teacher and a Middle/High School public school teacher who each excel in
their fields. This award is intended to recognize full-time classroom teachers of
core curriculum areas who have not previously won major awards in
education.
A stipulation of the awards is: $10,000.00 is to be used, within a
year, for international travel to broaden the thinking and experience of
the winning teachers, further enhancing their excellence as professional
educators.
"The McGlothlin Foundation's goal is for the awards to inspire
recipients, their students, their peers, and indeed, their entire
school. It is our intent to find the best teachers in today's classrooms
around our region. We want to recognize their fine work, reward them for
it, and by so doing inspire others to the high qualities they exemplify.
Certainly, this award will recognize in a rather significant way what we
consider one of the most important professions -- and one with so many
unsung heroes."
- Thomas D. McGlothlin, President, McGlothlin Foundation
History
Beginning in a farmhouse nestled in the mountains of Buchanan County,
Virginia, the McGlothlin family was sustained in their early years
through farming and coal mining. As their success grew, the family
business became involved in oil, gas, real estate, and financial
services. The McGlothlin Foundation was created in 1998 to support
worthy causes in higher education, health care, and the arts in
southwest Virginia, West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and northeast
Tennessee.
Since 1999, Blue Ridge PBS has administered The McGlothlin
Awards for Teaching Excellence. For 40 years, this community licensed
broadcast system has served the region's classrooms. Blue Ridge PBS
provides instructional broadcasts and online resources (www.blueridgepbs.org);
special projects and professional development for teachers - all
ultimately bringing the world to students while helping teachers meet
the Virginia Standards of Learning. Blue Ridge PBS includes WBRA/Roanoke,
WMSY/Marion and WSBN/Norton in Virginia. |
