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AATG Award Winners (2007)

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2007 AATG Awards, which are presented at the AATG Awards Luncheon, Saturday, November 17, at the Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX.

AATG/Goethe-Institut Certificate of Merit Award
The Goethe-Institut New York and the American Association of Teachers of German bestow the Certificate of Merit for outstanding achievements in furthering the teaching of German at all levels in the United States of America.

Mary Ashcraft, Nevada
Angelika Becker, Indiana
Joan Keck Campbell, Massachusetts
Jane DeBacco, Western Pennsylvania
Susanne Kanning, Washington
James Livingston, San Diego
William "Buck" Lyon-Vaiden, Maryland
Gisela Moffit, Michigan
Rosmarie Morewedge, Central New York
Karl F. Otto, Jr., Northern Illinois
Jim Witte, Southern Illinois

Best Article in Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2006

Teaching Controversial Topics in Contemporary German Culture through Hip-Hop
Volume 39, Number 1-2

Michael Putnam
Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, TN

Special thanks to Austrian Airlines for their support of Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German Best Article Award

Max Kade Prize for Best Article in The German Quarterly, 2006

Poesie as Anthropology: Schleiermacher, Colonial History, and the Ethics of Ethnography
Volume 79, Number 4

Chad Wellmon
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Friend of German Award
This award recognizes outstanding support for and promotion of German and the study of German at the local, regional, or national level. Individuals must demonstrate exemplary leadership in the advocacy of German and German language education.

Outside the Profession: Gordon and Rigmor Anke, Central Pennsylvania
Inside the Profession: Marlene Stocks, Philadelphia & Vicinity

Outstanding German Educator Award
Awarded by the AATG for excellence in teaching, as evidenced by the individual's ability to stimulate and challenge students intellectually; and the teacher's professional growth and contributions, as evidenced by continued study, by the ability to influence the quality of education in classrooms other than one's own, and by contributions to the academic environment outside the classroom. Three awards are given yearly at the Annual Meeting: one to an elementary, middle school or junior high school instructor; one to a high school instructor; one to a post-secondary instructor.

Awarded by the AATG for excellence in teaching, as evidenced by the individual's ability to stimulate and challenge students intellectually; and the teacher's professional growth and contributions, as evidenced by continued study, by the ability to influence the quality of education in classrooms other than one's own, and by contributions to the academic environment outside the classroom. Three awards are given yearly at the Annual Meeting: one to an elementary, middle school or junior high school instructor; one to a high school instructor; one to a post-secondary instructor.

Since 1999, the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation has supported the Outstanding German Educator Award with stipends for study-travel awards in Berlin.

K-8 Level: Ester Eichler, Philadelphia & Vicinity
9-12 Level: Suzanne Schaudel, Central Pennsylvania
College-University Level: Donna Van Handle, Massachusetts

Intercultural Student Experiences (ISE) Year of Languages Teacher Award
This award, sponsored by Intercultural Student Experiences (ISE Web site: http://www.isemn.net/), recognizes a high school world language teacher who has demonstrated excellence in the foreign language classroom, a commitment to the pursuit of global awareness and cultural understanding, whose students participate in a travel or exchange program.

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Rick Knoop, Jr., Kentucky
 
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