Lottery Commissioner, Suzanna Shkreli, presents Kimberly Stevenson together with her Excellence in Training test.
A Wayne County educator who is understood for constructing lasting relationships together with her college students has been honored with an Excellence In Training award from the Michigan Lottery.
The award winner, Kimberly Stevenson, is a highschool science instructor at Davis Aerospace Technical Excessive College. The varsity is a part of Detroit Public Colleges.
The Michigan Lottery established the Excellence In Training awards in 2014 to acknowledge excellent public-school educators throughout the state through the faculty yr.
Winners of the weekly award obtain a $2,000 money prize. On the finish of the varsity yr, one of many weekly award winners shall be chosen to obtain the Lottery’s Educator of the Yr award and can obtain a $10,000 money prize.
Every winner is also featured in a information section on the Lottery’s media accomplice stations: WXYZ-TV in Detroit, FOX 17 in Grand Rapids, FOX 47 in Lansing, WLUC in Marquette, WNEM-TV in Saginaw, and WWTV-TV in Traverse Metropolis. The information section that includes Stevenson will air this night.
“Ms. Stevenson’s illustrious profession in schooling spans greater than three a long time, throughout which she has had a profound influence on her college students,” stated Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli. “It’s clear she has a ardour for science and studying that she has efficiently instilled in her college students.”
Stevenson stated she comes from a household of educators and that impressed her to develop into an educator.
“Training was all the time essential in my household. My mom was an educator for greater than 40 years in the identical faculty district. After graduating from faculty, I started in its place instructor in secondary schooling. When our district provided an alternate pathway to certification and a grasp’s diploma, I jumped on the probability to safe and full my credentials in schooling. I really feel like I’ve an obligation and a accountability to our college students to offer them the perfect schooling attainable. I used to be very lucky to be raised in an atmosphere that emphasised the significance and advantages of getting a very good schooling and really feel privileged to share that with my college students.”
Stevenson was nominated for the award by a colleague.
“Kimberly Stevenson has been a devoted highschool science instructor within the Detroit Public Colleges Group District for greater than 25 years. Presently, she is a science instructor at Davis Aerospace Technical Excessive College. Davis Aerospace promotes aerospace and aviation science and offers college students expertise with flight simulators, drones, and aviation mechanics. Along with educating, she has worn a number of different hats as an educator. She was the facilitator for the STEM 2035 Eco-Justice Membership and sponsored the robotics, science honest and speech membership. She additionally chaperoned a bunch of scholars to the Michigan Youth in Authorities convention in Lansing. She was the director of the Inexperienced Staff and championed different causes resembling sustainability and recycling in celebration of Earth Day. She and her college students additionally planted bushes in the neighborhood with the Greening of Detroit group. Essentially the most thrilling alternative she had was when she chaperoned a bunch of scholars for 4 weeks throughout an abroad journey to Italy. What’s most rewarding as an educator is how wonderful it’s to see the scholars transfer ahead into maturity and mature and develop and develop into optimistic contributors to society. Instructing has given Kimberly an unmatched degree of data, management, and professionalism in addition to the power to beat any problem.”
Stevenson earned a bachelor’s diploma from Tuskegee College and a grasp’s diploma from Wayne State College. She has been an educator for 33 years, the final six in her present place.
Excellence in Training award nominees are evaluated on the next standards:
- Excellence – Their work persistently helps college students and/or their colleges or faculty districts advance to larger ranges of educational achievement.
- Dedication – They persistently go above and past expectations to assist college students succeed.
- Inspiration – Their work evokes others round them to exceed expectations both academically or professionally.
- Management – They exhibit clear management abilities of their positions with their faculty or faculty districts.
- Effectiveness – The nominee’s work has clear and optimistic outcomes on the academic development of scholars throughout the faculty or faculty district.
