NCCTM Awards and Special Recognitions

Rankin Award

The Rankin Award is designed to recognize and honor individuals for their outstanding contributions to NCCTM and to mathematics education in North Carolina. Presented in the fall at the State Mathematics Conference, the award, named in memory of W. W. Rankin, Professor of Mathematics at Duke University, is the highest honor NCCTM can bestow upon an individual. Download a nomination form.

• 2009 Harold Reiter, UNC-Charlotte
• 2009 Jane Timmerman, Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools

Past Winners

2008 David Royster, Jerry Taylor
2007 Ben Klein, Barbara McGill, Bill Scott
2006 Phillip Johnson, Emogene Kernodle, Bill Waters
2005 Bill McGalliard, Betty Long
2004 Randy Harter
2003 Diane Frost
2002 John Goebel, Harold Williford
2001 Ralph Willis
2000 Jan Wessell
1999 Jane R. (Betty) Barnett, Robert Joyner, Virginia Newell
1998 Roger Bruhwel
1997 Hunter Ballew, Jacquelin Nutt, Janice Richardson
1996 Richard Haworth, Peggy Rooks
1995 Claudette Brownley, Theresa Early
1994 Gilbert Casterlow, Leo Edwards, Jr., Mary Joyce Henderson
1993 Christine W. Gantt, Joyce D. Hooker, Ron Marshall
1992 Annie Puett, Lee Stiff, Linda H. Sullivan
1991 Betty Robinson, Jeane Joyner
1990 Ralph DeVane, Jeanette Gann, Jean Taylor
1989 Elizabeth Frazier, Sue Sams, Olive Taylor
1988 Gerry Francis, Geneva Maney
1987 Ronald Hann
1986 Joseph W. Dodson, William F. Palmer, Betty Williamson
1985 Katharine Hodgin, Ruth Rufty, Katye Sowell
1984 Miriam Leiva, John W. Ogle, Emmett Sams
1982 William Paul
1981 Elaine Bologna
1980 Robert Jones, Josie Thompson
1979 Margo Perkins
1978 John Kolb, Cleo M. Meek
1977 Ruby B. Smith, Herbert E. Speece
1976 Sybil Duckett-Gambell
1975 Annie J. Williams
1974 Marjorie Brown, William W. Rankin

Innovator Award

Since 1994, NCCTM has recognized innovative contributions to the organization and to mathematics education in the state with thre Innovator Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize and reward individuals or groups who have made an outstanding or noteworthy contribution by having founded, initiated, pioneered, or developed some program in mathematics education of service to a geographical region of the state or the entire state. Download a nomination form.

• 2009 Archie Benton, Buncombe County Schools
• 2009 Charlotte Mathematics Club

Past Winners

2008 Bampia Bangura
2008 Professional Engineers of NC
2007 Susan Friel
2007 State Math Fair Committe
2006 Lothar Dohse
2006 State Mathematics Contest Committee
2005 Gail Stafford
2005 Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics
2004 Jeane Joyner
2003 Becky McLawhorn
2002 Betty Long
2001 W. Earl Mitchell, Jr
2000 Tom Blackburn and Virginia Hawn
1999 Clifford Z. Adams
1998 Harold Williford
1997 Harold B. Reiter
1996 Jerry Taylor
1995 John Goebel
1994 Ralph Willis

Outstanding Teacher Recognition Program

To underscore the importance of mathematics instruction in the elementary classroom, the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM) each year recognizes and rewards those teachers who make mathematics exciting and who nurture their students' enthusiasm. By involving them in mathematics fairs, projects, and competitions, which extend and enhance everyday classroom experiences, these teachers succeed in motivating boys and girls to excel in mathematics.

Central Office Math Coordinators should make sure a copy of the nomination form gets to principals of schools with any combination of grades kindergarten through six. They are encouraged to nominate the teacher they believe does the most effective job teaching mathematics in their school. Request that principals return their form to the Central Office and select the one teacher from all nominations who represents the best in mathematics teaching in the entire system (LEA report form).

In 2008, principals of North Carolina schools with any combination of grades kindergarten through five were encouraged to nominate the teacher they believe does the most effective job teaching mathematics in their school. From those nominated, each LEA selected one teacher to represent the best in mathematics teaching from the entire system. The teacher selected from each LEA received one year's membership in the NCCTM, recognition at our annual meeting in Greensboro in October, and a special memento of the occasion.

Michelle Alford, Onslow County
Betsy Autry, Sampson County
Kimberlé Aycock, Johnston County
Allison Barnes, Scotland County
Deanna Berrier, Wilkes County
Trisha Brickhouse, Elizabeth City/Pasquotank
Anna Brooks, Davidson County
Caroline Brown, Wayne County
Jodi Bruegger, Jackson County
Media Campbell, Robeson County
Lynda Cobb, Lincoln County
Erin Dawson, Durham Public Schools
Carla Dickerson, Beaufort County
D'Ann Dickerson, Wake County
Gatsy Eason, Nash/Rocky Mount
Stephanie Ensminger, Bladen County
Layla Fields, Randolph County
Brenda Glad, Alexander County
Staci Hammond, Carteret County
Glenda Harris, Pitt County
Nicole Hazelwood, Surry County
Jennifer Ingram, Stanly County
Jennifer Johnson, Caldwell County
Kathryn Jones, Pamlico County
Shaun Kellogg, Hoke County
Rendy King, Dare County
Tammie Langley, Kannapolis City
Leslie Lipford, Rockingham County
Melissa Lynch, Lenoir County
Brenda Martin, Mooresville Graded
Robin Matthis, Clinton City
Donna McCloud, Currituck County
Tina McSwain, Winston-Salem/Forsyth
Jen Meagher, Davie County
Cathy Miller, Stokes County
Renee Peoples, Swain County
Beth Pike, Cabarrus County
Laura Podraza, Buncombe County
Sarah Schemanske, Iredell-Statesville
Melissa Staub, Richmond County
Rosanna Teal, Anson County
Summer Thomas, Moore County
Catherine Towle, Pender County
Kathy Tuttle, Rutherford County
Craig Walker, Chapel Hill/Carrboro City
Deanna Wiles, Asheboro City
Margaret Wright, Cherokee County
Timothy Zantello, Granville County

The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching is a national award administered for the White House by the National Science Foundation. Each year the program recognizes outstanding mathematics and science teachers from across the United States and four U.S. jurisdictions for their contributions in the classroom and to their profession. In addition to honoring individual achievement, the goal of the Awards is to expand and exemplify the definition of excellent science and mathematics teaching.