Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching

Recognizing Excellence

These awards were created in 1990 to honor elementary, middle, and high school teachers who share their energy and enthusiasm for science through creative and innovative methods to cultivate student interest in medicine and science.

What's at Stake?  $62,000

Each year, TMA's Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching recognize and reward school teachers at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. These teachers share their energy and enthusiasm for science with their students every day, thereby sparking students' interest in science. TMA is now accepting nominations and self-nominations for 2022.

Grand Prize: One Texas science teacher will receive $20,000 plus a $5,000 resource grant for his or her school science curriculum.

Distinguished Awards: Three teachers (one at each level) will receive $7,000 and a $3,000 resource grant for their schools.

Rookie Award: A teacher with less than seven years of experience will receive $5,000 plus $2,000 for his or her school.

      

Celebrate Great Science Teachers

 

Who's eligible? 

• Texas full-time public and private school science teachers with a minimum or two years' completed classroom experience.
• Teachers must be returning to teach in a Texas classroom during the 2022-23 school year. 
• All areas of science are welcome.

Check back to send us your nominees for outstanding science teachers or self-nominate this summer.

Are you a science teacher? We want to hear from you. Please take this short survey, click here.

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TMA Honors Excellence in Science Teaching

 

TMA continues to receive an outstanding number of nominations and applications for this distinguished award program. Learn more about the Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching.

About the Award