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Heady, DeVane Win Teaching Awards
Headmaster Charlie Britton saved the best for last. He surprised seventh grade science teacher Eileen Heady and Head of Upper School Visual Arts Oletha DeVane with endowed teaching chair awards at the conclusion of the opening faculty/staff meeting in Tagart Chapel yesterday.
Heady received the Raymond B. Oliver Chair, while DeVane was honored with the Rollins-Luetkemeyer Chair. These three-year awards celebrate teaching excellence and include stipends for the recipients. They also help the school in its mission to attract and retain the finest teachers.
Colleagues, family, and friends swarmed both Heady and DeVane when Britton called their names. Both reacted with shock and tears.
It took Heady, who has taught McDonogh middle schoolers since 1993, a while to realize that Britton was describing her: positive spirit; love of kids and sensitivity to their needs; a champion for the underdog; passionate about earth science, winner of the 2004 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award for Maryland by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers; creator of archaeological digs, the seventh grade stream study, and the interdisciplinary Citizens of the World Week.
When Britton started talking about DeVane, also a notable local artist and curator, she was initially unaware that he was referring to her.
"As gifted as she is, this teacher’s true mission is to expose students to a different way of thinking and learning," Britton said. "She wants them to be open to new possibilities, even if they don’t go on to specialize in her field. She gets as excited as they do when they translate their ideas into something tangible and it works."
DeVane's own creations--paintings, art books, multi-media pieces, and large installations--have been exhibited around the country since 1976. Among the most prominent is a video installation and sculpture in the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture downtown.
DeVane has taught at McDonogh since 1994.
McDonogh has six endowed teaching awards to recognize outstanding educators. Recipients are chosen by the school's administrative team.
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Headmaster Charlie Britton saved the best for last. He surprised seventh grade science teacher Eileen Heady and Head of Upper School Visual Arts Oletha DeVane with endowed teaching chair awards at the conclusion of the opening faculty/staff meeting in Tagart Chapel yesterday.
Heady received the Raymond B. Oliver Chair, while DeVane was honored with the Rollins-Luetkemeyer Chair. These three-year awards celebrate teaching excellence and include stipends for the recipients. They also help the school in its mission to attract and retain the finest teachers.
Colleagues, family, and friends swarmed both Heady and DeVane when Britton called their names. Both reacted with shock and tears.
It took Heady, who has taught McDonogh middle schoolers since 1993, a while to realize that Britton was describing her: positive spirit; love of kids and sensitivity to their needs; a champion for the underdog; passionate about earth science, winner of the 2004 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award for Maryland by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers; creator of archaeological digs, the seventh grade stream study, and the interdisciplinary Citizens of the World Week.
When Britton started talking about DeVane, also a notable local artist and curator, she was initially unaware that he was referring to her.
"As gifted as she is, this teacher’s true mission is to expose students to a different way of thinking and learning," Britton said. "She wants them to be open to new possibilities, even if they don’t go on to specialize in her field. She gets as excited as they do when they translate their ideas into something tangible and it works."
DeVane's own creations--paintings, art books, multi-media pieces, and large installations--have been exhibited around the country since 1976. Among the most prominent is a video installation and sculpture in the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture downtown.
DeVane has taught at McDonogh since 1994.
McDonogh has six endowed teaching awards to recognize outstanding educators. Recipients are chosen by the school's administrative team.