Nancie Atwell Explained
| Nancie Atwell |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Educator |
| Years Active: | 1973–2013 |
| Spouse: | Toby McLeod[1] |
| Children: | Anne Atwell-McLeod |
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Nancie Atwell is an American educator who in 2015 became the first recipient of the Global Teacher Prize, a $1million award presented by the Varkey Foundation to "one innovative and caring teacher who has made an inspirational impact on their students and their community".[3] [4]
Career
A teacher since 1973, Atwell started her career in western New York, but found traditional teaching methods constraining.[5]
In 1990 Atwell founded the nonprofit Center for Teaching and Learning, a school at Edgecomb in rural Maine where students read an average of 40 books a year, choose which books they read, and write prolifically.[6] [7] She donated the $1million from her 2015 Global Teacher Prize to the upkeep, development, and scholarships of the school, which is also a demonstration school for developing and disseminating teaching methods.[8] [9] [10]
Atwell has authored nine books on teaching. In The Middle: New Understandings About Writing, Reading, and Learning (1987) has sold more than half a million copies.
Selected books
- In The Middle: New Understandings About Writing, Reading, and Learning (1987).
- Side by Side
- Lessons That Change Writers
- Naming the World: A Year of Poems and Lessons
- The Reading Zone
- Systems to Transform Your Classroom and School
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Notes and References
- News: Kristoff. Lisa. CTL founder retires. 16 March 2015. Boothbay Register. 3 June 2013.
- Web site: Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize. Modern Language Association. 16 March 2015.
- Web site: About The Global Teacher Prize. Varkey Foundation. 16 March 2015.
- News: English teacher from rural Maine wins global prize worth $1 million. Associated Press. Ana. Batrawy. March 16, 2015. Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colorado). August 30, 2022. 4. Newspapers.com.
- Gambino, Lauren. "The world's best teacher lives in rural Maine and doesn't care about test scores". The Guardian. 23 March 2015.
- https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/03/16/393324420/nancie-atwell-of-maine-wins-1-million-global-teaching-prize "Nancie Atwell Of Maine Wins $1 Million Global Teaching Prize"
- Coughlan, Sean. "Global teacher prize winner to give away $1m". BBC News. 15 March 2015.
- [Associated Press]
- Marsh, Sarah. "US teacher wins $1m for developing reading and writing skills". The Guardian. 15 March 2015.
- https://www.varkeyfoundation.org/news/10-incredible-facts-about-prize-winner-nancie-atwell "10 Incredible Facts about Prize Winner Nancie Atwell"
