May Howard Elementary School Teacher to Attend 2009 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy

(Savannah, GA)- Raegan Dillon, a teacher at May Howard Elementary School, has been selected by the National Council of Teachers in Mathematics (NCTM) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) to attend the 2009 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy. She will join 200 other teachers from across the nation at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City this summer, for a one week-intensive, all-expense paid professional development opportunity.

Last year, the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy launched http://www.sendmyteacher.com to expand professional development opportunities to teachers nationwide. More than 1,600 teachers applied to attend the Academy and your teacher’s commitment to teaching separated her from the rest.

The Academy aims to help teachers:

• Deepen their understanding of mathematics and science content with: data and statistics, measurement, force and motion
• Build expertise in facilitating student learning through problem solving and inquiry
• Use links between math and science to support student learning
• Understand how children learn and apply that to classroom instruction
• Build their knowledge base and use of instructional resources to support students’ learning
• Network with others involved in third-through-fifth grade mathematics and science education

The Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy launched in 2005 through a partnership between Phil and Amy Mickelson, ExxonMobil and the National Science Teachers Association and Math Solutions. Since its launch, more than 1,400 teachers have attended. For more information on the program, .