OSTA Board member and Putnam City North teacher Bethany Lorenz received the Outstanding Biology Teacher Award this past week-end at the awards luncheon National Association of Biology Teachers Professional Development Conference in Dallas.
Bethany Lorenz (left) pictured with Oklahoma OBTA Director Kay Gamble at the NABT Awards Luncheon November 3rd in Dallas.
Every year, the Outstanding Biology Teacher Award (OBTA) program attempts to recognize an outstanding biology educator (grades 7-12) in each of the 50 states; Washington, DC; Canada; Puerto Rico; and overseas territories. Candidates for this award must have at least three years public, private, or parochial school teaching experience. A major portion of the nominee’s career must have been devoted to the teaching of biology/life science, and candidates are judged on their teaching ability and experience, cooperativeness in the school and community, inventiveness, initiative, and student-teacher relationships. OBTA recipients receive gift certificates from Carolina Biological Supply Company, microscopes from Leica Microsystems, Inc., and certificates and a complimentary one-year membership from NABT.
Nominations for the 2013 Oklahoma OBTA are now being accepted. Contact Kay Gamble for more information or go the the Oklahoma OBTA website