The LaJune Naud Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching
was first announced in October 1987, at the annual conference of
the Nova Scotia Mathematics Teachers Association. This
prestigious award has since been presented annually at the NSMTA
conference to a Nova Scotia teacher, Primary through grade 12,
who exemplifies characteristics of excellence in teaching
Mathematics. The nominees and award winners are educators
indentified by their peers as effective mathematics teachers.
The award is named in honour of LaJune Naud, of Halifax, a former
Director of Curriculum for the Nova Scotia Department of
Education who is currently teaching in the Department of
Education at Mount Saint Vincent University. Throughout the past
25 years, LaJune has had a tremendous influence on the direction
of mathematics education in Nova Scotia. In September 1969,
LaJune began teaching mathematics at Queen Elizabeth High,
Halifax, where she became Head of the Department and began
several curriculum initiatives: honours mathematics courses,
computer uses in mathematics, and the development of independent
study units for academic math courses.
In 1975, LaJune was appointed the first mathematics consultant
for the Nova Scotia Department of Education, and in 1983, she
became the director of curriculum for the province of Nova Scotia.
During her tenure at the department, she accomplished many good
things for education in Nova Scotia, and while her responsibility
later became the total curriculum of Nova Scotia, her love for
teaching, learning, and doing mathematics has always prevailed.
The NSMTA is delighted to honour mathematics teachers with the
LaJune Naud Award and it is very proud that LaJune's name is on
each of the awards presented. It is an honour to be recognized by
your peers with a nomination for this award.
In 1988, at the MTA annual conference, theLaJune Naud Award for
Excellence in Mathematics Teaching was presented for the first
time jointly to Georgina Kelly, Parkview Education Centre, and to
Roberta McKean, West Pictou Consolidated Elementary. Each
recipient of this award has been honoured with a "small take
home" plaque, their name is inscribed on MTA's large winner's
plaque which stays with the award recipient for a year, and the
gift of a cash award. At the annual meeting of the MTA in 1991,
George Kehoe recommended that the winner also recieve a keeper
plaque to remain in the recipient's school. During late 1995 and
early 1996, the MTA acted upon this recommendation by having a
local MTA representative or designate present a school plaque to
all previous award winners in the school requested by the
honouree. A list of all recipients of this prestigious award
follows.
1988 - Georgina Kelly, Bridgewater and Roberta MacKean, Pictou
County
1989 - George Kehoe, Isle Madame, Cape Breton
1990 - Gwen Sheppard, Sydney
1991 - Richard MacKinnon, Yarmouth
1992 - Linda Wheadon, Kentville
1993 - Rita Guilfoyle, Halifax
1994 - David DeCoste, Antigonish
1995 - Marie Casey, Bedford, Halifax County
1996 - Joe Fisher, Halifax County
1997 - Brenda MacKellar, Halifax
1998 - Eileen Millett, Halifax
1999 - Susan Wilkie, Halifax