The Presidential Award is an honor and achievement that I have been working toward for the past several years. This recognition validates the effort I give to make sure my students receive the best mathematics education possible. They deserve my best in the classroom and I hope to continue to grow and improve as a mathematics educator as I continue my career.

Kerianne Smead Morgantown, WV | 7-12, Mathematics, 2023

The official biography below was current at the time of the award.

Kerianne Smead, a teacher of 12 years, has taught mathematics at Morgantown High School for the past five years. She previously taught at Fairmont Senior High School, Preston High School and Greenbrier East High School. Kerianne is a Mountaineer Mathematics Master Teacher (M3T) Fellow supported through a National Science Foundation Grant. Through Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles, she works with fellow educators to target what bugs them in their classroom and find innovative solutions to address these bugs to engage more students in doing mathematics across the state of West Virginia. In addition, Kerianne has presented at the West Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (WVCTM) conference for several years and was recently recognized as the 2024 Mathematics Teacher of the Year at the secondary level. Kerianne teaches Math I and Math III, volunteers to help with Math Field Day and is a part of her county's local initiative Monongalia Rigorous Mathematics (MOR math). She continuously looks for ways to motivate her students to engage with mathematics and be active learners in her classroom. Kerianne is a National Board Certified Teacher and encourages her fellow educators going through that process. Kerianne has a B.S in mathematics from Grove City College and a M.A. in leadership studies from Marshall University. She is certified in mathematics education 5-adult.

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