STEM Educator Awards
The Delaware STEM Educator Awards recognize a teacher, or team of teachers at the Elementary (K-5), Middle (6-8), and High School (6-12) levels who demonstrate STEM innovation and excellence through teaching, academic collaboration, and student engagement.
STEM Educator
Community Award
Are you a STEM Educator but might not fit into the usual K-12 description? The Delaware STEM Educator Community Award offers recognition and funding. This award is open to organizations that coordinate STEM activities for youth in grades P-12 that typically, but not exclusively, take place outside the school environment such as afterschool and organizations that are essentially non-traditional.
Eligibility:
Applicants can be certified K-12 teachers in the Delaware public school system as well as exceptional educators who may be uncertified but still work with K-12 students in a focused STEM curriculum. Such a curriculum (science, math, engineering, technology, computer science and CTE) must still meet all expectations and goals of the Delaware STEM Council, as listed above. Programs can include before and afterschool programs as well as summer camps. Preference is given to published STEM curriculums and programs that have been vetted, sustainable STEM programs and activities that have impacted many and can be replicated and scaled across the state and beyond.
DE STEM ’24 Award Videos:
Keynote – Kevin Dickerson & Michele Kutch
Winner! Michele Timmons – Elementary School
Winner! Jordan Estock – High School
Team Winner! Math Marigolds
Winner! Youth Environmental Summit (YES!) – Jon Manon STEAM Team Award
DE STEM Educator Awards 2023
Award Meaning, STEM Mindset & Representation
2024 Event Recap:
The 10th Annual Delaware STEM Educator Awards were presented Nov. 7, 2024 as part of the recurring STEM Symposium at Buena Vista Country Estate, in New Castle, Delaware.
Winners (Pictured above): (Top) Carolmarie Brown, Ashland, and Daniel Suchenski, DE STEM Council, recognize awardee Michele Timmons. (Middle) Vere Archibald, DuPont, honors Math Marigolds Suzan Sappington, David Maloney, Shellee Wong, Thomas Becker and Anthony Reid. (Bottom) Carolmarie Brown and Vere Archibald present award to Jordan Estock.
Application info:
Nominated applicants for this award include science (all fields), mathematics (all fields), computer science, engineering, and CTE educators. The nomination window will reopen in Spring 2025.