Many educators have earned accolades for their work in the classroom. One of them is Jeff Remington, an outstanding STEM teacher from Palmyra, Pennsylvania.
I always enjoy sharing stories about educators who have earned accolades for their work in the classroom. One of them is Jeff Remington, an outstanding STEM teacher from Palmyra Area School District in Palmyra, Pennsylvania.
Jeff earned his Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Science Education and teaching from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1986. He earned his Master’s degree in Adult Training and Development from Pennsylvania in 1991.
In a career that has spanned 33 years, Jeff has been a superlative teacher of science and technology. He encourages his students to understand the impact of humans on the environment. He designs curriculum that puts them in the role of being problem solvers. He creates curriculum based on project-based assignments, and he is also a big proponent of collaborative learning. In addition, Jeff helped to establish a Youth Center to give struggling students a safe place to go if there was too much chaos at home.
Jeff has also promoted science learning abroad. He has facilitated science instruction in Haiti, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates. For his work in the field of STEM education, Jeff garnered a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2002. With the cash award that accompanied this honor, Jeff funded science and technology classrooms and teacher training at schools in Haiti. He also helped set up internet connections there and established a wiki project between students between Haiti and Palmyra.
The Presidential Award is not the only only honor Jeff has received. He earned a Paul DeHart Hurd Award For Exemplary Middle Level Science Teaching and Leadership. He is also the recipient of a Nevelyn J. Knisley Award for Inspirational Teaching by a Lebanon Valley College Adjunct Faculty Member. Furthermore, this Chalkboard Champion was named a National Teacher STEM Ambassador by the National Science Teachers Association and The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He has also been nominated for a Global Teacher Prize by the Varkey Foundation.
To read more about this amazing educator, see this article published by the Varkey Foundation.