GTA NSW & ACT Inc. Awards
BROCK ROWE AWARD
The Brock Rowe Award is granted jointly by the Councils of the Geography Teachers’ Association of NSW and ACT Inc (GTA NSW & ACT Inc.) and the Geographical Society of New South Wales Inc (GSNSW), biennially, to persons who have demonstrated consistently, over a period of time, excellence in the teaching of geography in schools.
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GEOFF CONOLLY MEMORIAL AWARD
An award for an outstanding contribution to the Geography Bulletin.
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PTCNSW OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AWARD
In recognition of the voluntary work undertaken by association committees the PTC introduced, in 2002, an annual award known as the “Outstanding Professional Service Award”. This award is made by the PTC NSW on behalf of professional associations in recognition of the voluntary work undertaken by committee members of professional teachers’ associations. The award recognises individual committee member’s outstanding professional contribution to education in NSW made through a professional teachers’ association.
PTC NSW announces the annual award recipients on World Teachers’ Day through a PTC NSW Media Release.
>> Recipients of the PTCNSW Outstanding Professional Service Award
PTCNSW OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AWARD
In recognition of the voluntary work undertaken by association committees the PTC introduced, in 2002, an annual award known as the “Outstanding Professional Service Award”. This award is made by the PTC NSW on behalf of professional associations in recognition of the voluntary work undertaken by committee members of professional teachers’ associations. The award recognises individual committee member’s outstanding professional contribution to education in NSW made through a professional teachers’ association.
PTC NSW announces the annual award recipients on World Teachers’ Day through a PTC NSW Media Release.
>> Recipients of the PTCNSW Outstanding Professional Service Award
FELLOWSHIP OF THE GTANSW
Fellowship is the highest honour that the Geography Teachers’ Association of New South Wales bestows on a member for distinguished service to the Association and to Geographical Education in Australia.
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MACDONALD HOLMES MEDAL
James Macdonald Holmes was McCaughey Professor of Geography at the University of Sydney during the period 1929 to 1961. To commemorate his achievements over these years, the Councils of the Geography Teachers’ Association of New South Wales Inc (GTANSW) and the Geographical Society of New South Wales Inc (GSNSW), award biennially, a medal bearing his portrait and name, to a person deemed to have made a distinguished contribution in the field of geographical education in Australia.
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