Lipscomb alumna wins national economics teaching award
Lacey Klotz |
The Council for Economic Education has recently named Lipscomb alumna Gina (Davis) Boyd (’93) a recipient of the 2016 John Morton Excellence in Teaching of Economics Award for her excellent service in providing after-school teacher workshops for the Purdue Center for Economic Education, and exemplifying the importance of economic and financial education to the future success of her students.
Boyd, who serves as a 4th/5th grade high ability teacher at Mayflower Mill Elementary, will receive the national award at the 55th Annual Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference, Oct. 7 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Boyd has been teaching for nearly 25 years, 16 of which were spent with the Tippecanoe School Corporation at Mayflower Mill. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Lipscomb University and a gifted and talented license from Purdue University.
As a teacher advocate, Boyd facilitates workshops at Purdue to demonstrate to other teachers how to incorporate economic education into their own elementary school classrooms. She also integrates economic vocabulary and concepts into her classroom management, reading, writing, math, science and social studies curriculum.
“In this way, I can teach thematically, connecting economics into every part of our day,” says Boyd. "Most Americans take one semester of economics in high school, so they're shocked to hear that students as young as kindergarten could grasp and benefit from economics education. My students are proof that even young children can learn about entrepreneurship and financial responsibility. Everybody benefits when these kids learn these concepts at an early age."
The Council for Economic Education recognizes excellence in economic and financial education by honoring three national educators in the elementary, middle and high school levels with the John Morton Excellence in the Teaching of Economics Awards. This award promotes economic education at the K-12 level by recognizing and honoring inspirational teachers whose innovative teaching concepts improve and stimulate economic understanding in and out of their classrooms and achieve results.
Boyd and the other two award recipients receive a $1,000 cash prize as well as an all-expense paid scholarship to attend the Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference.
Lipscomb’s College of Education, ranked No. 1 in the nation by the National Council of Teacher Quality, offers six undergraduate, four graduate and six graduate certificate programs. The college has been recognized as the No. 15 best value in the nation by NCTQ, ranked among NCTQ’s 35 “Top Colleges for Content Preparation” in the nation, named the 2016 Model of Excellence in Partnerships by the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education and, for the fifth consecutive year, was named one of the top programs in state according to the 2015 Tennessee Report Card on the Effectiveness of Teacher Training Programs.
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