Lloyd Reuss Award for Teaching Excellence

Application Deadline: July 31
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Description
This award recognizes an outstanding elementary school teacher or a team of teachers who have made creative and exemplary use of A World In Motion (AWIM) Skimmer or JetToy Challenges to further develop students' understanding and experience in math and science.

To be eligible for this award, applicants must be elementary school teachers (individuals or teams) from public, parochial, and private schools, and must have demonstrated exemplary use of the AWIM Skimmer or JetToy Challenges*. The AWIM curriculum must have been implemented between September and May of the current academic school year.

Applicants will be judged on the following criteria:

• Quality of the teacher/volunteer partnership,
• Quality of the teaching experience, and
• Quality of the student experience.

* A World In Motion Motorized Toy Car or Glider Challenges are not eligible for this award.

This award honors the work and dedication of Lloyd Reuss, former President of General Motors Corporation and Chair of the SAE VISION 2000 Executive Committee. Mr. Reuss' support of AWIM was the building block of this award.

Award
This award, established in 1998, is administered by the Reuss Award Board and consists of a framed certificate and an honorarium that will be divided equally between the teacher and the elementary school where the program was implemented.

Honorarium
$2,000 (divided equally between the teacher and the elementary school where the program was implemented)

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Additional AWIM Awards
Gary Dickinson Award for Teaching Excellence
Bill Agnew Award for Outstanding AWIM Volunteers