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GERMAN TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Each year since 1989 the Indiana Chapter - AATG has honored one pre-college and one post-secondary-level German teacher with the coveted Teacher of the Year Award. Indiana Chapter members of AATG are encouraged to submit recommendations for these awards to the current Indiana Chapter AATG President.

If you teach with or know about an energetic, hard-working, fascinating, organized, and committed German teacher at either the pre-college or post-secondary level, please send a nomination for that person as a candidate for the Teacher of the Year Award.


 

PRE-COLLEGE LEVEL

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

AWARDEES


POST-SECONDARY LEVEL

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

AWARDEES


 

THE DUDEN AWARD

The Duden Award from the Langenscheidt Company is given to Indiana teachers of German whose students have excelled on the AATG National German Exam.

DUDEN AWARD AWARDEES

  • 1991 - D. Fray, L. Rhinehart, E. Bowman - Valparaiso High School
  • 1992 - Carol Heckman - Lawrence Central High School
  • 1993 - Randy Studt - North White Jr.-Sr. High School
  • 1994 - Sue Huff - Floyd Central High School
  • 1995 - Gislind Pentecost - Indiana Academy and B.S.U.
  • 1996 - Genene Kambs - Carmel High School
  • 1997 - Mary Ann Verkamp and Amanda Schnabel - Hamilton SouthEast High School
  • 1998 - This award was not presented in 1998
  • 1999 - Ruth Buechlein - Carmel High School
  • 2000 - Josefa Crowe - Brebouf Jesuit Prep School
  • 2001 - Kathryn W. Lerch - Park Tudor School
  • 2002 - Michele Ault, Wheeler High School
  • 2003 - Sue Huff, Floyd Central Jr.-Sr. High School
  • 2004 - Gislind Pentecost, Indiana Academy for Science, Mathmatics and Humanities
  • 2005 - Mary Ann Verkamp, - - Hamilton SouthEast High School
  • 2006 - Ruth Buechlein - Carmel High School
  • 2007 - Angelika Becker - West LaFayette Jr. - Sr. High School


 

AATG/Goethe Institute
Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Contributions to the Teaching of German Language and Culture in the United States of America

The Certificate of Merit Award is a special joint award of the American Association of Teachers of German and the Goethe Institute recognizing those individuals who have made significant contributions to the teaching of German in the United States of America.

  • 1992 - Ronald C. Warner - Ball State University
  • 1997 - Sigrid Koehler - Yorktown High School
  • 1998 - Deborah Sue Burden - Martinsville High School
  • 2007 - Angelika Becker - West Lafayette High School


 

AATG Outstanding Educator Award

The AATG Outstanding Educator Award is a special award by the American Association of Teachers of German honoring individuals who have made significant contributions as members of the German teaching profession in the United States of America.

  • 1998 - Barbara Jurasek - Earlham College


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