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Awards



Outstanding Mathematics Teacher Awards

LATM Lifetime Service Award to Mathematics Education

LATM Travel Grants

The Carol Meyer Scholarship Award

The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

QSM Grant Program


Outstanding Mathematics Teacher Awards

The Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics (LATM) honors outstanding elementary (K-4), middle (5-8), and high (9-12) school mathematics teachers from participating schools each year. We also honor an outstanding new teacher who is in his/her first three years of teaching. This award will go to a teacher who has completed one, two, or three years of teaching with the completion of the third year being no later than the end of the 2022-2023 school year. Current members and immediate past members of the LATM Executive Council are ineligible to apply.   If the nominee is not a current member of LATM, a membership form must accompany the award application. The membership form can be found under the membership link on this website.

Award categories

Elementary (grades K-4)
Middle (grades 5-8)

High (grades 9-12)
New Teacher (in first 3 yrs teaching during ‘23-‘24 school year)



Applications are now closed for 2024.


 LATM Lifetime Service Award to Mathematics Education

The Lifetime Service to Math Education Award recognizes an LATM member for distinguished service in the field of mathematics education. LATM members in good standing are invited to share in the selection process by sending nominations and a rationale for each nomination to the current LATM President via this nomination form link for review by the selection committee.

The award is designed to recognize an LATM member who has made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of math education in mathematics and/or mathematics teaching over a significant period of time. The recipient may be a former LATM officer, a current or former school administrator, state department of education employee, elected official, or other individual who meets the stated criteria. The nominee must have been a member of LATM for a minimum of 5 years.




LATM Travel Grants

The Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics is awarding up to $3000 in travel grants with each grant awarded worth up to $500 to offset the expense of attending the 2024 LATM Conference in Baton Rouge. The money can be used to cover conference registration, short course registration, lodging, meals, parking, and/or travel. There are two types of grants are offered: attendees and presenters.


LATM Attendee Travel Grant Application
LATM Presenter Travel Grant Application

LATM Travel Grant Applications Are
Closed for the 2024 LATM Conference.

The Carol Meyer Scholarship Awards

The Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics is pleased to honor the memory of Carol Meyer, an elementary school mathematics teacher who died unexpectedly at an early age. Carol loved mathematics and was a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. She was an outstanding math teacher and a fervent worker on the LATM executive board. She was always generous in sharing her love of math with her students and fellow teachers.

In Carol's memory, the Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics is pleased to award two $500.00 scholarships each year to college upperclassmen with a declared major in elementary education, mathematics education, or mathematics. In addition to the scholarship, the awardees shall receive complimentary LATM student memberships. It is our hope that another future outstanding mathematics teacher or mathematician will be helped along the way by thisaward.

Requirements:
 1)College undergraduate with at least 40 hours completed
 2)Declared major in elementary education, mathematics education, or mathematics
 3)Anticipated graduation date after May 2024
 4)Attend a Louisiana University

Applications are now closed.

 

  Please email any questions to latmcarolmeyer@gmail.com

Congratulations to the 2024 Carol Meyer Scholarship Recipients



 

The Presidential Award for Excellence in
Mathematics and Science Teaching


 

The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) is the highest recognition that a kindergarten through 12th-grade mathematics or science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the United States. Enacted by Congress in 1983, this program authorizes the President to bestow up to 108 awards each year. The National Science Foundation administers PAEMST on behalf of The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

PAEMST Tip Sheet

For more information, visit http://www.paemst.org/ or

Contact our state coordinator:

Jean May-Brett
1627 Taylor Street
Kenner, LA 70062
Voice: 504.466.9621
Email:
jam05@bellsouth.net



 QSM - Quality Science & Mathematics Grant Program

Looking for a way to purchase instructional materials for your math, science, or STEM class? Then consider applying for a Quality Science & Mathematics (QSM) grant! The QSM Grant Program was established by R.S. 17:374 of the Louisiana Legislature in the summer of 1992 for the purpose of providing MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS public school teachers with non-consumable instructional materials and equipment to regular classroom teachers of mathematics, science, and STEM courses. The QSM program has funds to award approximately $162,000 in grants to eligible classroom teachers for the 2019-2020 school year. Grants of up to $1500 for approved materials and equipment will be awarded on a competitive basis to individual Louisiana public school teachers to use in providing standards-based classroom instruction. Applicants must show that their proposals will enhance the quality of instruction for regular education students who are enrolled in mathematics, science, or STEM classes.

 

The 2024-2025 Cycle is now closed.

 

For more information about the program and to apply, please visit lsu.edu/qsm or email qsminfo@lsu.edu. 

 

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The Quality Science and Math (QSM) Grant Program is now accepting grant applications for the 2023-2024 grant cycle. PK-12 public school teachers who are looking for a way to purchase instructional materials and equipment for their math, science, or STEM class should consider submitting a proposal starting June 2024!

Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis to individual Louisiana public school teachers for materials and equipment that will be used to provide quality, innovative, and standards-based instruction in Math, Science, or STEM.

Proposals should focus on implementing a specific project such as a lesson, unit, or module in the classroom, and they must demonstrate how the project will enhance the quality of instruction provided to students.

 

QSM GRANT ELIGIBILITY & INFO

· Grants of up to $1,000 are awarded to PK4-2nd grade teachers, $1,500 to 3rd-5th grade teachers, and $2,000 to 6th-12th grade teachers

· Applicants must be full-time classroom teachers assigned to teach math, science, or STEM courses/subjects in a PK-12 public regular education program

· Public charter school and university lab teachers are eligible

· Application Deadline:  to be announced

· To apply, please access the grant portal by going to lsu.edu/qsm

 

GRANT WRITING TIPS & RESOURCES

· Watch our QSM Explained Videos that briefly introduces each component of the application

· Review the QSM Grant Program Policies for more details about eligibility

· View the application questions and how they are scored by downloading QSM Grant Components and Scoring Rubric

· For more grant writing tips and resources, please visit lsu.edu/qsm

 

CONTACT

Megan Stone, QSM Grant Administrator
Gordon A. Cain Center for STEM Literacy
Louisiana State University
Office: 225-578-4606
Website: lsu.edu/qsm