Awards

AMSTI
Steve Ricks, Director
Alabama State Dept. of Education
50 North Ripley Street
PO Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
334-353-9151
questions@amsti.org

AMSTI-Athens
Carrie Lin, Director
256-216-6622
carrie.lin@athens.edu

AMSTI-AU
Beth Hickman, Director
334-209-2526
hickmep@auburn.edu

AMSTI-JSU
Tanya Barnes, Director
256-847-0784
tbarnes@jsu.edu

AMSTI-Troy
Kim Dove, Director
334-670-5978
kdove@troy.edu

AMSTI-UAB
Karen Wood, Director
205-996-6998
kwwood@uab.edu

AMSTI-UAH
Carol Mueller, Director
256-824-2806
muellerc@email.uah.edu

AMSTI-UA-UWA
Ninette Cannon, Director
205-409-3151 Ext. 102
ncannon@bamaed.ua.edu

AMSTI-UM
Debbie O'Hara, Director
205-358-8543
oharads@montevallo.edu

AMSTI-UNA
Shelly Hollis, Director
256-765-6908
dmhollis@una.edu

AMSTI-USA
Shelly Rider, Director
251-665-4684
srider@gulftel.com

AMSTI-WCCS-ASU
DeAndres Inge, Acting Director
334-876-9417
dede.inge @wccs.edu

Awards & Recognitions

AMSTI has garnered national and international recognition as a model program for math and science instruction. Here are just some of the numerous awards and citations that have been received.

2010 - AMSTI recognized as an "exemplary program of best practices in laboratory education" by the Center for Excellence in Education. AMSTI was one of only six programs recognized at the National Lab Skills Symposium in McLean, Virginia. www.cee.org

2009 - AMSTI was featured in a segment of the National Education Report, a series of programs produced for Public Television and hosted by Hugh Downs. Producers spent five days taping at AMSTI-USA and surrounding schools. www.nationaleducationreport.com

2009 - AMSTI was highlighted at the National Conference of State Legislators and at the National Science Resources Center at the Smithsonian/National Academies of Science for the National Science Education Symposium. http://www.nsrconline.org/pdf/Agenda09.pdf

2009 - The AMSTI website, www.amsti.org, was recognized by the Teacher Training Resource Bank (TTRB), a peer-reviewed online education journal from Great Britain. The review described AMSTI and the website as an "ambitious and exciting initiative...with substantial empirical data." www.ttrb.ac.uk

2009 - AMSTI was featured in four separate articles in Education Week. One was an in-depth look at the program with a reporter spending several days visiting schools and sites. www.edweek.org

2008 - AMSTI highlighted as the only state initiative at Science Generation: A National Imperative, a summit held at the American Museum of Natural History, addressing "What Works and Why." Panelists/speakers included Tom Brokaw, Newt Gingrich, Timothy Geithner, Aneesh Chopra, Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and numerous others. http://www.amnh.org/science/specials/summit/

AMSTI was chosen as one of 35 "Programs That Work" by the Business Higher Education Forum in Association with Strategic Ed Solutions. The study defined "Programs that Work" as those programs proven to increase student achievement and improve college readiness and was conducted at the request of Fortune 500 CEO's, college presidents, and foundation leaders. http://www.strategicedsolutions.org/

Visit us on

Webmaster