The Canadian College of Teachers
Le Collège canadien des enseignantes et des enseignants
INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER AWARDS

M.E. LaZerte Chapter (Edmonton)
2001 Annual Awards

Individual Teacher - Project of the Year Award (plaque)
Denise Gagne, Teacher & Author
Musicplay - Elementary Music Textbook
Resource materials for classroom teachers (K to gr. 5)
Assessment tools, lesson plans, materials on composers, music, and CDs of songs using a variety of accompaniment styles. Includes original compositions, emphasizes Canadian and intercultural songs, and provides e-mail support.

G.W. Smith Elementary School,
17 Springfield Avenue,
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
T4N 0C6
Phone: (403) 346-3838

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Honourable Mention:
Individual Teacher - Project of the Year Award (certificate)
Bill Willis
Website: Worseley School Online

  • A focal point for the community of Worseley on the World Wide Web
    where parents and community members can find out
    what's going on in the school and in the community.
  • A resource centre for students where they can access information pertinent
    to their classroom studies.
  • A resource centre for teachers containing ideas and lessons.
  • An online Yearbook that records events and happenings at the school.
  • Also awarded "best school website in English Canada (1998-99)" by Canada's SchoolNet.


Worsley Central School
Box 210, Worsley, Alberta, Canada
T0H 3W0
Phone: (780) 685-3842

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Collaborative Educational Project of the Year Award (plaque)
Resource Development Services Team
Lisa Wright, Supervisor
Deb Colvin MacDormand, Lead Project Teacher
for "Math to the Max" Grade 1-6 Curriculum Resources
  • Initiated to address the needs expressed by math teachers
    in 156 Edmonton Public Schools in implementing the new math curriculum.
  • Planned and designed by a team of 30 teachers.
  • A creative, ongoing project currently involving two teaching consultants
    and two teacher/writers working toward the completion of the series.
  • Includes four sets of grades 1 to 6 resource manuals.
  • supports the new mathematics curriculum with lesson plans, activities,
    centres, assessment tools and homework pages.
  • Allows for teacher choice, varied teaching strategies, addresses individual
    student differences and a range of classroom and school demographics.
  • Emphasizes math processes, especially problem solving and communication.
  • Used by teachers in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nunavut, Saskatchewan and the Yukon.
  • Alberta Learning distribution warehouse has qualified these resources as
    "one of its top ten resources of the year".
  • Provides inservicing and followup coaching.

    Contact: Edmonton Public Schools
    Lisa Wright, Supervisor,
    One Kingsway, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    T5H 4G9
    Phone: (780) 429-8122
    Fax: (780) 429-8219
    email: lwright@eps.edmonton.ab.ca

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Honourable Mention:
Collaborative Educational Project of the Year Award (certificate)
Meyonohk Dragon Dance Project
Carolyn Pei, Project Chairperson
Chinese Bilingual Teacher Team:
Diana Andrews         Shiqi Tian
Junping Li         Sue Mao
Julie Zhu         Victor Wang

  • Four month project involving Meyonohk School teachers, students, staff,
    parents and community members in a great idea that grew and grew...
  • Resulted in a "majestic dragon" (23 m. long with metal, chicken wire and
    paper maché frame, with sparkling fabric as its skin, and wooden poles.
  • A creative collaborative project involving fundraising (begun October 1999),
    construction, and Dragon Dance instruction.
  • Included approximately 500 students from the English Core and the Chinese
    Bilingual Programs in a wide variety of activities and roles.
  • Represents over 500 volunteer hours.
  • Included performances at Chinese New Year celebration, Asian Heritage
    Month at Edmonton's City Hall, and a cultural exchange at Ermineskin School in Hobbema.
  • The Meyonohk Dragon is resting in its lair, awaiting future performances
    and the sharing of cultural activities.

Contact: Mrs. Carolyn Pei
Meyonohk School
1850 Lakewood Road South
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
T6K 3Y5
Phone: (780) 463-3727

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