Nancie Atwell
| Nancie Atwell | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Edgecomb, Maine[1] |
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Years active | 1973–2013[2] |
| Spouse(s) | Toby McLeod[2] |
| Children | Anne Atwell-McLeod[2] |
| Awards |
Global Teacher Prize (2015) NCTE Award for Outstanding American Middle School English Teacher (2003) MLA Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize (1987)[3] |
| Website |
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Nancie Atwell in an American educator who in 2015 became the first recipient of the Global Teacher Prize,[4] a $1 million award presented by the Varkey Foundation to "one innovative and caring teacher who has made an inspirational impact on their students and their community".[5][6]
Career
A teacher since 1973, Atwell started her career in west New York, but found traditional teaching methods constraining.[7]
In 1990 Atwell founded the nonprofit Center for Teaching and Learning, a school at Edgecomb in rural Maine where students read an average of 40 books a year, choose which books they read, and write prolifically.[8][7][6][4] She donated the $1 million from her 2015 Global Teacher Prize to the upkeep, development, and scholarships of the school, which is also a demonstration school for developing and disseminating teaching methods.[8][9][10]
Atwell has authored nine books on teaching. In The Middle: New Understandings About Writing, Reading, and Learning (1987) has sold more than half a million copies.[8][4]
Selected books
- In The Middle: New Understandings About Writing, Reading, and Learning (1987).
- Side by Side
- Lessons That Change Writers
- Naming the World: A Year of Poems and Lessons
- The Reading Zone
- Systems to Transform Your Classroom and School
See also
- Hanan Al Hroub 2016 winner.
References
- ↑ "Faculty: Nancie Atwell". Center for Teaching and Learning. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 Kristoff, Lisa (3 June 2013). "CTL founder retires". Boothbay Register. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ "Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize". Modern Language Association. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 Coughlan, Sean. "Global teacher prize winner to give away $1m". BBC News. 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "About The Global Teacher Prize". Varkey Foundation. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- 1 2 "Nancie Atwell Of Maine Wins $1 Million Global Teaching Prize". NPR. 16 March 2015.
- 1 2 Gambino, Lauren. "The world's best teacher lives in rural Maine and doesn't care about test scores". The Guardian. 23 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 Associated Press. "Maine Teacher Wins $1 Million Global Teacher Prize in Dubai". New York Times. 15 March 2015.
- ↑ Marsh, Sarah. "US teacher wins $1m for developing reading and writing skills". The Guardian. 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "10 Incredible Facts about Prize Winner Nancie Atwell". VarkeyFoundation.org. 19 March 2015.