Clinton, MI – MiSTEM Region 2 has congratulated Ron Schaffner, a teacher at Clinton High School, on winning the Region 2 STEM Educator of the Year Award.
Schaffner is a 27-year veteran educator who has been with Clinton Schools since 1994.
The award recognizes a consistent record of outstanding teaching and related activities in STEM fields, with a focus on:
- Promoting active learning and imaginative, critical, and independent thinking;
- Developing a love of learning and appreciation for the relationship between STEM-based content and society;
- Building resilience and helping students learn the advantages of ‘failing forward;’
- Using design process thinking and STEM-based learning experiences’
- Engaging with learners beyond the classroom and creating opportunities to address the individual needs of all learners;
- Using teaching techniques that are appropriate and effective with a wide variety of learning styles.
The award includes a $1000 grant to help increase Schaffner’s impact around STEM education in his classroom and school.
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