melanie hocking

wintersville, oh | YEARS TAUGHT: 1975 - Present

Melanie describes personal and professional success as integrity, industry, intellectual discipline, and imagination. Yet, her students’ academic and personal successes serve as her most important measures of success She strives to make science challenging, interactive, and fun, and to seek excellence in all her students.
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
  • 2003 – Present      Phi Kappa Delta Member
  • 2001-04      Harvard Institute for School Improvement “Leadership and Teaching for High
                         Standards” Participant
  • 2002      USA Today All-USA First Team Teacher Team
  • 2002      Harvard Change Leadership Group Seminar “Leading, Learning, and Teaming for
                    Student Success” participant
  • 2001      USA Today All-USA Teacher Team Honorable Mention
  • 2001 – Present      Pi Lambda Theta Member
  • 2000-02      Governor Taft’s Teacher Advisory Board Member
  • 2000 – Present      American Mensa, Ltd. Member
  • 1999      National Board Certified Teacher in Adolescent and Young Adulthood Science
                    Outstanding Americans
  • 1999      Outstanding Americans
  • 1998      Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Ohio
                    Secondary Science Finalist
  • 1998      National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, Ohio’s Distinguished
                    Educator Panel Member
  • 1997-98      Teacher Representative on the Advisory Panel for the Ohio Department of
                         Education Public School Operational Efficiency Study
  • 1996-98      Teacher Representative on the Ohio Department of Education Ed Flex Panel
  • 1998, 95      Kappa Delta Pi Member and Regional Convocation Speaker
  • 1994-98      Ashland Oil Golden Apple Achiever Awards
  • 1997      Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program (Japan), Inaugural Participant
  • 1997      Scholastic, Inc.’s Exemplary Teacher Computer Network
  • 1996      Outstanding Science Educator, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, PA
  • 1996      Ohio Department of Education PRAXIS Evaluation Committee Member
  • 1995 – Present      Ohio Department of Education Teacher Scholar
  • 1995      Milken Family Foundation National Educator
  • 1995      National Science Educators’ Workshop Honoree, Ohio Chapter of the American
    ​                Vacuum Society
  • 1995      Ohio Teacher of the Year
  • 1995      Indian Creek High School Hall of Fame
  • 1994      Citizen of the Year, Wintersville, OH
  • 1993      Who’s Who in American Education
  • 1990 – Present      Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
  • 1989 – Present      Indian Creek Scholars Teacher Recognition Awards
  • 1989 – 90      Tandy Technology Scholars Outstanding Teacher Award
  • 1985 – 86      Who’s Who Among America’s Law Students

barbara kelley

bangor, me | YEARS TAUGHT: 1974 - 2003

Barbara has dedicated herself to two basic propositions: providing a consistently high quality, equitable physical education program to all of her students while working to elevate the stature of teachers and the teaching profession. One message that Barbara hopes to convey is that it is not only the right, but also the responsibility of teachers to participate in education policy decisions. When teachers finally accept the role of education leaders, when teacher leaders are the rule rather than the exception; that is when we will have moved the profession forward and significantly increased the likelihood of improved student learning.
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
  • 2003 – Present      Board of Directors for James B. Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership
                                    & Policy
  • 2003      Board of Directors for Donors Choose NC, web based philanthropy organization
  • 2003      One of three panelists to present at the Quality of Education Conference in Athens,
                   Greece
  • 1997 – 03      Chair, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Board of Directors
                           (Only teacher to chair)
  • 2002      Co-presenter at Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools
  • 2002      Leader of NBPTS Certified Teachers in Australia and New Zealand for the People to
                   People Ambassadors Program
  • 2002      Featured Speaker at the First Lady’s White House Summit on Teacher Quality
  • 2001      Collaborated with former Executive Vice-President of NBPTS and Dean of Education                 at Alverno College on the development process for accrediting professional 
                   development programs for Romanian teachers
  • 2001      Led a “Teaching Standards Delegation” of 180 educators to China over a 12 day
                    period for the People to People Ambassadors Program
  • 1999      Named “One of Ten People Who Shaped the Decade in American Education” by
                    Teacher Magazine
  • 1998      Recognized by the Maine State Legislature for excellence as an educator and
                    outstanding leadership in the Bangor School system
  • 1998      Milken National Educator Award
  • 1996-98      Vice President, Maine Education Association
  • 1995      Elected Vice-Chair of the NBPTS Board of Directors
  • 1991      Elementary Teacher of the Year by the Maine Association for Health, Physical
                    Education, Recreation, and Dance
  • 1991      One of two Maine teachers appointed by Governor John McKernan to serve on the
                    Governor’s Task Force on School Funding
  • 1981      Named Field Hockey Coach of the Year by the Maine High School Coaches
    ​                Association

jane koszoru

davie, fl  | Years Taught: 1972 - Present

Jane wants to help all her students to acquire the skills necessary to find success in school and the workplace and to become confident and productive members in a democratic society that requires thoughtful analysis of complex issues. Jane believes that all children are capable of high achievement and they thrive in environments where they feel valued. Therefore, she strives to create relevant lessons that will challenge but not defeat them.
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
  • 2009      State of Florida – Committee to rewrite the English Language Arts Standards
  • 2003-04      Florida Regional Teacher of the Year (1 of 5 finalists for Florida Teacher of the
                        Year)
  • 2003-04      District Teacher of the Year, Broward County Public Schools
  • 2003-04      Teacher of the Year, The College Academy at Broward Community College
  • 2003      U.S. Department of Education High School Reform Leadership Summit
  • 2003      State of Florida Selection Committee for Commissioner’s Outstanding Assistant
                   Principal of the Year
  • 2003      “Jane M. Koszoru Appreciation Day” Proclamation of Board of County
                   Commissioners of Broward County, FL on February 11, 2003
  • 2002-03      Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Chair, College
                        Academy at Broward Community College
  • 2002-03      National Board of Professional Teaching Standards Adolescent and Young
                        Adulthood/English Language Arts Standards Committee Member
  • 2000, 2002      Broward’s Best, School Board of Broward County, FL
  • 2001      Library of Congress “American Memory” Fellow
  • 2001      Gale Group Corporation
  • 2000 – present      Certified Trainer Pre-AP Initiative – College Board
  • 2000      Elsa Murray Kaye Award, Coral Springs High School Outstanding Teacher Award
  • 2000      National Board of Professional Teaching Standards Test Evaluator
  • 2000, 1992      Teaching of Writing Award, The Florida Council of Teachers of English
  • 1999      National Board of Professional Teaching Standards Certified Teacher
  • 1998      State of Florida English Teacher of the Year, Florida Council of Teachers of English
  • 1997      National Council of Teachers of English award for EQUUS Literary Magazine
  • 1992      Muse Award for Outstanding Instruction, Broward County Council of Teachers of
                    English
  • 1987-2003      National Council of Teachers of English Achievement in Writing
  • 1986      Teacher of the Year, Coral Springs High School
  • 1985-87      State of Florida Merit Teacher, Florida Master Teacher Program
  • 1979-85      Florida Scholastic Press Association
  • 1979-85      Columbia Scholastic Press Association

john sullivan

hyannis, ma | Years Taught: 1978 - Present

John tries not to look at his students as “his accomplishments” because they succeeded with their own talent. He was simply the one who saw talent in them that they did not know they had and pushed them in the right direction. He approaches teaching with the philosophy that hard work and dedication pay off.
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
  • 2009      Barnstable High School Drama Club was chosen by Warner Bros Studio from 200
                   schools to be the starts of a reality series     High Drama: Against all OZ.
  • 2009      Distinguished Community Leadership in Support of the Arts Award – the Arts
                   Foundation of Cape Cod
  • 2008      Named the best drama program in the Northeast and one of the 5 best in the country
                   – Stage Craft Magazine
  • 1999      Barnstable Public Schools Contributions to the Barnstable High Performing Arts
                   Center and the Production of the Wizard of Oz
  • 1991      Association for Community Theater Excellence for Dedicated Service to Community
                   Theater
  • 1979 – Present      Barnstable Public Schools Commendation for Work with the Drama Club

george wolfe

rochester, ny | Years Taught: 1974 - present

George’s goal is to reach young people, to help them grow up, and to teach them about the excitement of learning science. He measures success by the number of lives he can touch, the amount of help he can give, and the differences he can make for people.
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
  • 2002      Radio Shack National Science Teaching Award
  • 2002      Proclamation by the Monroe County Legislature
  • 2001      State University of New York at Brockport Alumni Award for Outstanding
                   Community Service
  • 2001      Shell Science Teaching “National Science Teacher of the Year” Award
  • 2000      State University of New York at Brockport Alumnus Convocation Address
  • 2000      Amherst College Zebediah Swift Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 1999      University of Rochester Excellence in Secondary School Teaching
  • 1999      Charter One Bank Career Achievement Award
  • 1998      Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching
  • 1995, 1987      Wilson High School Teacher of the Year
  • 1992      Tufts University National Teacher of the Year
  • 1992      Kodak 21st Century/RCSD Science Teaching Award
  • 1991      Wilson High School Teacher of Excellence
  • 1990      National Association of Biology Teachers – New York State Outstanding Biology
    ​                Teacher
  • 1986      Ball State University “Honors Seminar in Genetics and Bioethics”
  • 1985      Clarkson University “Honors Program for Biology Teachers”
  • 1985      University of Rochester “Honors Program for Biology Teachers”
  • 1984      Clarkson University “Honors Program for Physics Teachers”