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NATIONAL TEACHERS HALL OF FAME

2010 INDUCTEES

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Dr. alesia slocumb-bradford

washington, d.c. | YEARS TAUGHT: 1987 - Present

Alesia believes the most productive relationship between teachers and students is one where there is respect, communication, comfort, and a shared sense of mutual understanding of established goals for students as well as for teachers. Dr. Slocumb-Bradford believes that if ever there was a perfect pair, it’s certainly, students’ classroom success and a teacher’s efforts in the classroom. Teaching and learning should go hand and hand. When a teacher is teaching effectively, then students will learn. When students understand and master the standards, results immediately inform the teacher that the methods, techniques, and lesson plan was a success. 
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
  • 2007      Cambridge Who’s Who for Professionals, Cambridge’s Registry
  • 2005      Who’s Who Among American Teachers
  • 2004      National Council of Teachers-Toyota Award for Innovative Mathematics
  • 2001      Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Education Fellowship
  • 2001      Washington Post-Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award
  • 2000      Technology and Learning National Teacher of the Year
  • 1999      The National Council of Negro Women Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 1998      Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science
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linda evanchyk

walton beach, fl | YEARS TAUGHT: 1979 - Present

Linda believes the good teachers should challenge their students. She does this by challenging them to take leadership roles that will give them more responsibility and will call on them to take on a different set of skills. Ms. Evanchyk believes that accountability isn’t a judgment from outside sources nor an accusation that someone isn’t doing a good job. She tries to take an active approach to finding her own ways of accountability. “Ultimately, the greatest accountability comes from when a teacher regularly reflects on his or her practices and continues to eliminate those practices which no longer work, those which need to be updated, and add new practices which will lead to student achievement.
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
  • 2009 & 1995      State of Florida Journalism Teacher of the Year
  • 2008-2006      Quill & Scroll George Gallup Award
  • 2006      National Education Association Literacy Leadership Award
  • 2003      National Board Certification in AYA Language Arts
  • 1998      Named to Florida Journalism Teachers Gold Medallion Hall of Fame
  • 1987      Okaloosa County District Teacher of the Year
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Dr. erlene nelson

philadelphia, pa  | Years Taught: 1958 - Present

Erlene is creative, innovative and inspiring in order to implant within each student a love for learning, a desire to be with a community of learners, and be empowered as an independent thinker and problem solver.  Dr. Nelson believes that teaching is not stagnant, for to be an exemplary teacher, she must be a student herself, forever learning the latest that educational research has to offer from the teachers who were once our students.
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
  • 2009      World Teacher’s Day Proclamations: PA Governor; PA Secretary of Education; House
                   of Representatives; Philadelphia Mayor; PFT; Temple U.
  • 2007      Distinguished Educator of the Year  
  • 2007      Rose Lindenbaum Improvement of Education Award
  • 2006      First School District of Philadelphia Carter G. Woodson Award for Excellence in
    ​               Teaching
  • 2003      Philadelphia Eagles Football Team, Team Player teacher
  • 2003      PA 76’ers Basketball Team Hometown Hero Award
  • 2002      National Board Certification
  • 2000      Newspapers in Education; Innovative Teacher of the Year
  • 1999      USA Today Newspaper, Team Teacher
  • 1999      PA $10,000 Humane Educator of the Year
  • 1998      William Ross Scholarship Award for Exemplary Teaching
  • 1997      Philadelphia West Region Teacher of the Year
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warren phillips

plymouth, ma | Years Taught: 1973 - Present

Warren believes that collaboration is the key in every project. He also believes that the most productive relationship between teachers and students is mutual respect and shared responsibility in creating a positive school community. All parties have a vested interest and benefit from a happy and purposeful school environment. Mr. Phillips says that Service Learning is a combination of academic learning, service within the community, and civic engagement. The community needs are not more important than students needs, and vice versa. The relationship, therefore, is reciprocal. His students have found that doing service-learning has encouraged them to get involved with the community, make connections with the work force, learn how to work as a team, learn what it means to be a community member, and gain many other life-long skills. They become aware of their strengths and the strengths of others.
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
  • 2008      Bridgewater State University - President’s Award for Achievement in Education
                   Presidential Volunteer Service Award Earth watch fellowship studying African
                   Elephants
  • 2007      Massachusetts Science Educator’s Hall of Fame
  • 2006      Plymouth County Science Teacher of the Year
  • 2006      USA Today Newspaper, Team Teacher
  • 2004      Disney Middle School Teacher of the Year
  • 2002      Time/Chevrolet National Excellence Award “Teacher of the Year”
  • 1998      Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching
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darrell woods

north canton, oh | Years Taught: 1985 - present

Darrell believes the unity of any team is seen when the students share goals and failures, when they care enough to listen to each other, or even when they laugh spontaneously for no “scientific” reason. When each student feels self-worth, the potential that can be achieved reaches beyond what was previously believed possible. Taking the time to actively listen to these young people and their concerns about what is happening around them, he says makes his role even easier. Mr. Woods believes that we [educators] must challenge ourselves to be the best we can, holding ourselves to higher standards than anyone else expects of us, and then expecting the same of our students and colleagues. No teaching certificate or college transcript can make us “highly qualified.” No multi-million dollar school building or technology lab can create the perfect environment for learning. It is the heart and soul of a passionate teacher, someone who truly believes he can impact the lives of his students, that makes a teacher great
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
  • 2008      Walsh University Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award
  • 2006      Today All-USA Teacher Team
  • 2004      Disney Award
  • 2003      Presidential Award for Excellence in Math/Science Teaching
  • 2003      Great Lakes Science Center WOW Award
  • 1998      National Board Certification in Science for AYA
  • 1996      Jackson High School Teacher of the Year
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