District 5 serves Stokes, Forsyth, Davidson, Rockingham, Guilford, Randolph, Caswell, Person, Orange, Alamance, and Chatham counties.
“This was definitely a high honor," Bennett said. “I feel extremely honored to have been nominated and recognized for what I've been able to accomplish so far. I was even more humbled to actually receive the award.
“A large portion of my success can be attributed to my mentor, Louise Mowbray, who showed me the ropes for teaching AP Biology; Dennis Moser, the former Career Center principal who hired me and allowed me some creative freedom; and my wife, Colleen, who has supported and encouraged me over the years.”
These
Awards are presented to recognize excellence in science teaching in North
Carolina to teachers who exemplify excellent, creative, innovative teaching of
science. The award is open to teachers at the elementary, middle and high
school grade levels. The winners will receive a plaque and one year's
membership in N.C. Science Teachers Association.
Criteria
for this award: The nominee shall be an educator in North Carolina who has been
in his/her present position for at least 3 years and has demonstrated exemplary
teaching in the following ways: creativity in use of science teaching
materials; design and use of innovative teaching plans and ideas; development
and implementation of department, school, and/or school-community programs for
the improvement of science instruction or the stimulation of interest in
science and the learning of science; high performance in the use of
supplementary materials in an exemplary manner to integrate science with other
subjects; and fostering student, school, and school-community instruction
programs in science.
Bennett
is also participating in the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission’s annual holiday food
drive. In you go to WFMY News 2 and click on the third video, you will find
an interview with him his participation.
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