CAMWS Teaching Awards

1. Kraft Award for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching:

Named for CAMWS benefactor Eunice E. Kraft, this award recognizes outstanding teachers of Latin in public or private schools (middle schools included) within our area. The honoree will receive $500, airfare to the Annual Meeting at the Saturday stayover rate, and two nights' accommodation at the convention hotel. On Saturday of the meeting, the recipient will give a brief talk at the CPL panel. Nominees must teach in the CAMWS area and will be eligible for consideration for three consecutive years.

Nominations should be accompanied by the following supporting data (not to exceed ten pages):

• information about the school(s) in which the nominee teaches;
• levels of Latin courses and enrollments;
• success of students in competitions and further study;
• information about any special courses or forms of instruction developed by the teacher;
• testimonials from school administrators, fellow teachers, and/or students.

Current and past winners of the Kraft Award:

• 2007 Ms. Michelle Breuer Vitt, Middle and (at times) High School teacher at Minnehaha Academy in Eagan, Minnesota
• 2006 Dr. Elizabeth Z. Hall, Coordinator of the Arts & Languages program at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, in Natchitoches, Louisiana
• 2005 Ms. Patsy Ricks, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Ridgeland, Mississippi
• 2004 Ms. Betsy Dawson, Latin teacher at Chapel Hill High School
• 2003 Mark Haynes of Creighton Prep in Omaha Nebraska.
• 2002 Randall Nichols
• 2001 Michaela Samson, Martin Luther King HS, Detroit, MI

2. Award for Excellence in College Teaching

The winner of this award will receive $500. The nominee must be a member in good standing of CAMWS, teaching classical subjects full-time at a college or university. Nominations should be accompanied by such evidence of teaching excellence as:

• student course evaluations or other student comments (which may include alumni comments),
• at least two letters of support from the recipient's teaching colleagues at the same or other institutions.

These letters should normally include one from the nominee's department or program chair. Other evidence of teaching excellence, such as pedagogical publications, is also welcome. Professional service may be considered a tie-breaking factor. Nominees who have not already been recognized through a national teaching award will be given preference. No sitting member of the CAMWS Executive Committee or of the CAMWS Subcommittee on Teaching Awards is eligible for this award.

Current and past winners of the Award for Excellence in College Teaching:

• 2007 Dr. Timothy F. Winters, Associate Professor of Classics at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee
• 2006 Dr. Geoffrey W. Bakewell, Michael W. Barry Professor in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies and Director of the Honors Program at Creighton University
• 2005 Dr. J. Rufus Fears, Professor of Classics at the University of Oklahoma
• 2004 Dr. John T. Kirby, Professor of Classics at Purdue University
• 2003 Louise Pratt of Emory University
• 2002 Susan Shapiro
• 2001 George Sheets
  

Nominations

Send nomination packets to Sarah H. Wright, 301 Falling Leaf Lane, Greensboro, N.C. 27410. If you have any questions about the nomination process, write to her at wrights3@gcsnc.com.