Professional Development Award Winners

Professional Development Award Winners
By Jack Greenwood Jr.

This year UConn Early College Experience selected eight Professional Development Award winners, across ve individual award categories, based on their nominations for outstanding instruction and administration of the ECE program. Each award recipient was invited to attend the annual formal dinner celebration in recognition of their achievement. With over 1,300 certied UConn ECE Instructors, it is dicult to choose a small selection of award winners from such a large pool of talented nominations. Although we take this time to celebrate the work of these specic indi-viduals who have gone above and beyond the normal scope of what is expected as a UConn ECE Instructor and Administrator, it is important to recognize that our program’s growing success is deeply rooted in the overall combined eorts of all aliated ECE instructors, sta, and faculty. It is truly a pleasure for ECE to award and recognize such dedicated educators who work tirelessly with students to achieve their individual academic goals.

We are pleased to announce our 2017-18 UConn ECE Professional Development Award Winners:

Thomas E. Recchio Faculty Coordinator Award for Academic Leadership

William Alpert, Economics

Site Representative Award for Excellence in Program Administration

Douglas Melody, Edwin O. Smith High School

Principal Award for Program Support and Advocacy

Louis DeLoreto, Edwin O. Smith High School

Instructor Award for Excellence in Course Instruction

David Bednarz, Marine Science, Ledyard High School

Linda Charpentier, Environmental Science & Biology, Xavier High School

Emily Kilbourn, English, Ridgefield High School

“Rookie of the Year” Award for Excellence in First-Year Course Instruction

Mark Waller, Political Science, The Master’s School

Michelle Amann-Wojenski, English, H.C. Wilcox Technical High School