The Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Program (named after the deceased teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe), administered by the United States Department of Education from 1987 to 2002, provided annual fellowships to outstanding public and private elementary and secondary school teachers to continue their education, develop innovative programs, consult with or assist school districts or private school systems, or engage in other educational activities that will improve their knowledge and skills and the education of their students.Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Program, United States Department of Education. accessed May 9, 2007.
Christa McAuliffe Fellows were permitted to use awards for (1) sabbaticals for study or research associated with the objectives of the program or academic improvement, (2) consultation and assistance to local school systems, private schools, or private school systems, (3) development of special innovative programs, (4) projects or partnerships between schools and the business community, (5) programs that utilize new technologies to help students learn, and (6) expanding or replicating model programs of staff development. Recipients were required to return to a teaching position in their current school system for at least 2 years following the completion of their fellowships.
Past recipients Carolyn Coakley, 1987 Terrance Franckowiak, 1988 Donna Mason, 1988 Michael McGuffee, 1988 Renise Marks 1988 W. Dean Eastman, 1989 Carolyn Staudt, 1990 Marilee Sharon Frickey, 1991 Robert A. Morrey, 1991 Sheri Lyn Sohm, 1992 Wes McCoy, 1993 (Published Georgia Biology, a magazine written mostly by students across Georgia.) Richard W. Halsey, 1994 Kathleen Mason, 1996 Nancy Cartwright, 1998 Robert Corbin, 1998 Helen Schatz Comba 1998 Kirsten Schmidt McCauley, IA, 1998 Willene W. Agnew, 1999 Gary Swick, 1999 Maureen McQuerry, 1999 Teri Dary, 2000 Theresa Battlo Bales, WV, 2000
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External links Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Program