National Awards
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The AATG offers awards for outstanding teaching and service each year. Our chapter may nominate candidates each year for the awards.
Outstanding Educator Award and Checkpoint Charlie Foundation Scholarship: One at the elementary, secondary and college/university level is chosen each year. Awarded by the AATG for excellence in teaching, as evidenced by the individual's ability to stimulate and challenge students intellectually; and for the teacher's professional growth and contributions, by the ability to influence the quality of education in classrooms other than one's own, and by the contributions to the academic environment outside the classroom. ISE Language Matters Award: One award per year, sponsored by Intercultural Student Experience to recognize a high school teacher who has achieved outstanding success in getting students to speak German through exemplary motivation and creative methods; in addition, the winner shall be a teacher who has provided authentic immersion experiences outside the classroom for students to apply their speaking skills. AATG/Goethe Institute Certificate of Merit: Up to ten are presented each year for outstanding achievement in furthering the teaching of German in schools at all levels in the US. German Embassy Teacher of Excellence Awards: Awarded by the German Embassy to up-and-coming German teachers for excellence in teaching, creativity, outstanding dedication, and enthusiasm for the German language. This award was created in 2008. AATG Friend of German Award: One or two each year recognize outstanding support for and promotion of German and the stufy of German at the local, regional, or national level. OUTSTANDING GERMAN EDUCATOR AWARDS FROM NEBRASKA 1997--Zoe Louton, elementary 1999--Aleidine Moeller, post-secondary 2001--Anthony Jung, post-secondary 2011--Wendy Brennan, K-8 FRIEND OF GERMAN AWARD 2002--Heinz Olk from the German-American Society AATG/ISE "Language Matters" Award 2006-Pat Branson 2011-Pam Hoover AATG/FL-A-CH Award 2023-Rae Fahrlander (At left--Sabine Strong was NILA's 2015 "Pro Lingua" winner, being nominated by the NATG for her support of German. |
Nebraska German Teacher of the Year Awards
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Nebraska Outstanding German Teacher Awards 1979-Karen Mullen 1981-Renee Chi 1982- Maurice Conner 1984-Edith Zahniser 1985-Anthony Jung 1985 or 1986-Gene Wilkinson 1987--Bill Hammelmann 1988--Ali Moeller 1989--Fred Schelert 1990--Duveen Penner 1991--Zoe Louton 1992--Sybille Bartels 1993--Pam Hoover 1994--Allen Ahlers 1995--Pat Branson 1996--Andreas Gommermann 1997--Ben Vrana 1998--Twyla Gerdes 1999--Art Beckman 2000--Wanda Biel 2001--Pam Bradley-Hoellering 2002--Diane Wulf 2002 (fall)--Peter Reinkordt 2003--Tony Epp 2004--Volker Langeheine 2005-Carol Stoltenberg 2006-Brenda Stewart 2007--Jane Reinkordt 2008--Wendy Brennan 2009--Lindsey Schulz 2011--Founding members of NATG recognized 2013—Sabine Fleshner 2015--Ginger Starks-Yoble 2016--Kellye Deane 2017--Marissa Wanamaker 2018--Kristen Hetrick 2019--none 2020--Yulia Evans 2021--none 2022--Dr. Olaf Böhlke |
AATG/Goethe Institut Certificate of Merit AwardsAATG/Goethe Institute Certificate of Merit Recipients 1979-Anthony Jung 1980-Sidney Hahn 1983-Maria Wiebe 1988-Maurice Conner 1990-Aleidine Moeller 1993-Patricia Branson 1994-Zoe Louton 1995-Edith Zahniser 1996-Sybille Bartels 1996-Elizabeth Hoffman 1997-Karen Mullen 1998-Pamela Hoover 2004-Volker Langeheine 2010--Diane Wulf 2012—Brenda Stewart NILA New World Language Teacher of the Year 2019 Kelleen Browning-Lincoln Southeast 2020 Nich Anderson--Lincoln Northeast 2022 Trinia Perigo--Columbus |
