Kelly R. Morrow, science teacher at Flathead High School, is the 2007
recipient of the Lawrence Scadden Outstanding Teacher of the Year
Award. She and her husband, Bob, travelled to Boston, MA in March to
the National Science Teachers Association national conference where she
met Dr. Scadden and accepted her award. Mrs. Morrow has been a science
teacher at FHS since 1990 and is a 1984 graduate of FHS. She has taught
a variety of science courses to all levels of students. She has taught
at the H.E. Robinson Vo-Ag Center and Laser Alternative High School, as
well as FHS’ main campus. Early on in her career, she discovered that
her true niche was teaching students that needed that “little extra”.
Morrow knows that no matter how strong the curriculum, if you don’t
teach to the heart, you’ll never get to the head. She provides students
with a variety of “non-traditional” ways to demonstrate their
understanding of science concepts without compromising the integrity of
the science content. Morrow has presented many workshops on alternative
teaching and assessment methods at local, state, and national
conferences. She is active in the Montana Science Teachers Association
and has served on the School District #5 curriculum development
committee. Morrow holds a B.S. in wildlife biology from the University
of Montana and a M.S. in science education from Montana State
University. She shares her life with Bob, her husband of 20 years and
their teenage daughters, Jemma and Julia.
The Lawrence Scadden Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award recognizes
outstanding elementary and high school science teachers who have
engaged all students, particularly those with disabilities in learning
science, mathematics, engineering and/or technology. This award was
named in honor of Dr. Lawrence Scadden, the National Science
foundation's Senior Program Director of the Program for Persons with
Disabilities.
Dr. Scadden, born in 1940 and blinded at the age of five, is an
internationally renowned scientist who has specialized in design of
technology applications for people with disabilities. This award has
been created in his honor jointly by the RASEM2 and the SESD (Science
Education for Students with Disabilities) a Special Interest Group of
the National Science Teachers Association.
