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The Career Growth Award is given in recognition of that faculty member
who over the course of the year has demonstrated the most accelerated
professional growth within the Brewster Academy program. Examples of such
growth include: outstanding peer, student, and director evaluations; curriculum
development; use of teaching practices; use of technology; and utilizing support
offered.
Matt Butcher taught at Brewster from 2001-2003, took a year off to pursue
graduate studies, and then returned to the Brewster classroom. He has a
master’s in English Literature from the University of New Hampshire and an
undergraduate degree in English from Boston University. He is the English
teacher on the senior Team Martin.
Matt Butcher, recipient of the Career Growth
Award
In nominating Butcher for the award, a
colleague wrote “Matt Butcher stands
out as a professional who has really come
into his own, and one who exemplifies a
genuine commitment to the tenets of this
program.”
“He has found substantive ways to use
methods in his English classroom so
they truly foster learning, and he has
made wonderful contributions to the
department’s ongoing dialogue about
student needs and how to accommodate
them.”
Since 2001, Butcher has been the head
coach for the girls’ varsity soccer team,
coaching the team to two New England
championships (in 2002 and 2004). •
To Nominate a Faculty member
Faculty members are nominated by other faculty
members, administration, students, parents, and
trustees. The nomination deadline for 2006-07
candidates is June 1, 2007. Nomination forms are
available at www.brewsteracademy.org or you
may call Bonnie Medico, director of personnel, at
603.569.1600.
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recipients of the Career
Growth award are
recognized for:
• Productivity and degree of
excellence in the curriculum
they have developed
• High evaluations in five
different classes from their
director, peers, and
students
• Demonstrated excellence
in the delivery of best
practice pedagogies
• Strong and valuable
contributions made to all
team efforts
• Making tremendous use of
technology in curriculum
design and delivery and
taking advantage of the
Internet
• Building an awareness and
sensitivity within the
community of the needs of
the students in the English
as a Second Language
program