{"id":299,"date":"2018-05-29T17:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T21:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-education\/monmouth-university-william-roberts-charitable-foundation-outstanding-teaching-award\/outstanding-teacher-award-2017\/"},"modified":"2018-05-31T21:14:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T01:14:25","slug":"2017-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-education\/pubs-events\/roberts-award\/2017-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding Teacher Award 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monmouth University Honors Outstanding Teachers at Annual Roberts Dinner<\/h2>\n

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. \u2014 May 8, 2017 \u2014 The Monmouth University School of Education held its annual Monmouth University\u2014Roberts Charitable Foundation Outstanding Teaching Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 4.<\/p>\n

The awards honored the accomplishments of outstanding high school teachers who had a profound impact on the life and education of current Monmouth University seniors.<\/p>\n

The awards were instituted more than a decade ago by Monmouth University Life Trustee William Roberts, who said that he wants to help instill a passion for community involvement in the students who nominated the selected teachers.<\/p>\n

He asserted that by engaging in a community-building activity, people \u201cfeel better physically than [they] do at other times. I don\u2019t know why that is, but I\u2019ve never heard anyone disagree with me on that subject.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roberts also said that if \u201cyou knew someone was doing exactly what you were doing in your community and you thought that was admirable, then you\u2019re allowed to admire yourself.\u201d The more you do admirable things, the happier you end up, he said.<\/p>\n

He also said he worried that people may only equate philanthropy with money. \u201cDo not think that because you\u2019re not in a position to give money that it\u2019s the only commodity that works in community. What works in community, above all, is time.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s dinner honored the following teachers, whose biographies are followed by a nominating statement from a Monmouth University student:<\/p>\n

Mr. Dominique Gerard<\/h2>\n

Mr. Gerard is currently the Upper School Director at Abington Friends School in Jenkintown, Pa. He taught previously at Montclair Kimberley Academy in Montclair, N.J. Nominated by Carlie Till.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe made high school more than just a place we went for class; he made school a home, a place to learn about yourself and grow, to push yourself to new limits, to not be afraid of failing, to try new things, and most importantly, to learn to love the process of learning. Without Mr. Gerard, my high school experience would not have been nearly as good as it was.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ms. Irene Gilman \u201873<\/h2>\n

Ms. Gilman taught at Ocean Township High School in Oakhurst, N.J., until her retirement in 2016. She is a 1973 graduate of Monmouth College and credits a number of her Monmouth professors with cementing her desire to become an educator. Nominated by Sarah Gerstein.<\/p>\n

\u201cMrs. Gilman was more than a teacher to me, but she was a supporter and role model. [While in high school, my sister was diagnosed with leukemia and] Mrs. Gilman always checked-in on how my family was doing; her warm personality truly was comforting and it was nice to know that there were teachers like her in the school community, supporting my sister and family\u2019s journey. She continues to check in to see how I\u2019m doing today.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ms. Dana Harrington<\/h2>\n

Ms. Harrington is a math teacher at West Morris Central High School in Chester, N.J. Nominated by: Madeline Remshifski.<\/p>\n

\u201cMs. Harrington shaped the learner I had become, and still strive to be. She gave me irreplaceable confidence in myself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Roberts<\/div>\n

Life Trustee William Roberts, left, with honoree Irene Gilman and her student nominator, Sarah Gerstein, and Dean of the School of Education John Henning, at the 2017 Monmouth University\u2013William Roberts Charitable Foundation Outstanding Teacher Awards.<\/p>\n

\"Roberts<\/div>\n

Dean John Henning and Life Trustee William Roberts flank honoree Dominique Gerard of the Abingdon Friends School at the 2017 annual Monmouth University\u2013William Roberts Charitable Foundation Outstanding Teacher Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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