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The Career Awards for Science and Mathematics Teachers is a five-year award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund that rewards exceptional science or math teachers in North Carolina primary and secondary public schools. The Burroughs Wellcome Fund will support awards to five teachers, distributing $175,000 over a period of five years to eligible NC teachers. A bit of incentive for you? In addition to the teacher’s own recognition, the award allows for $10,000 of the award to purchase needed equipment and supplies for the winning teacher’s classroom or laboratory or be shared with the school or school district.

Do you have an incredible science or mathematics teacher working in your school? Nominations need to be put forth through the school principal, so if you are the principal you should write up a nomination. Several eligibility requirements are in play, so naturally you’ll want to check those out.

Are you a current or past student of an awesome science or math teacher? Nominations need to be put forth through the school principal, so you’ll need to sing your teacher’s praises to the principal and encourage them to submit a nomination. If anything, your unwarranted glowing feedback will at least give your teacher some bonus points with the principal.

Are you a science or math teacher? Perhaps you want to win this award. You might create a fake email account and then pretend to be a former student of an amazing science or math teacher. Now, here is the important part, you name yourself as that amazing teacher. You certainly play fast and loose with the ethics and morals, dude.

Start working on those applications right away — the application deadline is September 15, 2009. -NICK YINGLING

Career Awards for Science and Mathematics Teachers

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