Madelene Loftin knows how to impress her peers as well as her students. She has been named the 2008 Mississippi Biology teacher of the year by the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) and has been awarded the 2007 Milken Award. Why? It might be because she is heavily involved in educational associations. Or maybe her awards have to do with having been a president for the Mississippi Association of Biology Educators, conducting several presentations for the National Association of Biology Teachers, and serving on a couple of science curriculum committees. That¿s a mouthful. While all of these accomplishments impress Loftin¿s peers and earn her awards, these achievements would mean little to her students if she did not put so much energy in her classroom. Loftin uses problem and inquiry based projects in her classroom, while daily combining technology in her lectures. She keeps science fun, having the students compete to make the largest soap bubble, while learning the properties of water, solutions, pH, and gravity. Students do not even realize they are learning because they¿re having too much fun. Loftin even began a program that mentors students with leaders in colleges and engineering businesses to help prepare students for their future careers. What more can be said for a teacher who does so much for her students?
Madelene Loftin knows how to impress her peers as well as her students. She has been named the 2008 Mississippi Biology teacher of the year by the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) and has been awarded the 2007 Milken Award. Why? It might be because she is heavily involved in educational associations. Or maybe her awards have to do with having been a president for the Mississippi Association of Biology Educators, conducting several presentations for the National Association of Biology Teachers, and serving on a couple of science curriculum committees. That¿s a mouthful. While all of these accomplishments impress Loftin¿s peers and earn her awards, these achievements would mean little to her students if she did not put so much energy in her classroom. Loftin uses problem and inquiry based projects in her classroom, while daily combining technology in her lectures. She keeps science fun, having the students compete to make the largest soap bubble, while learning the properties of water, solutions, pH, and gravity. Students do not even realize they are learning because they¿re having too much fun. Loftin even began a program that mentors students with leaders in colleges and engineering businesses to help prepare students for their future careers. What more can be said for a teacher who does so much for her students?