2009.02.02
Montgomery teacher up for regional award
Jayanne Bridges, a sixth-grade science teacher at Christiansburg Middle School, is among the six finalists for the 2009 McGlothlin Awards for Teaching Excellence.
Blue Ridge PBS administers the McGlothlin Awards, now in its 10th year. The awards, which are among the largest teaching prizes in the United States, are given annually by the McGlothlin Foundation of Bristol,
Virginia. Teachers in parts of Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia and Kentucky are eligible.
Two teachers will be awarded $25,000 each. The ceremony will take place at Radford University on April 6.
Two winning teachers, one from grades K-5 and one from grades 6-12, must use $10,000 of the $25,000
award for international travel.
The finalists, who were selected from 19 semi-finalists, were judged based on a standards-based lesson plan with a 20-minute video of themselves teaching the lesson in their classrooms. Judges will next
visit the six teachers at their schools to evaluate their classroom instruction, classroom management, interaction with students, and, if possible, use of instructional technology such as computers, video, or
digital cameras.
