Dr. Rosemary Morrow Supervisor of the Year Award

Dr. Rosemary Morrow has been a member of TCSS for over thirty years and has been a member of TSSSA almost from its beginning.  Her classroom experience included social studies, Grades 7 - 12, at Porter Junior High and Austin High School in Austin ISD and also served as the  Instructional Coordinator and Administrative Supervisor for Social Studies, K-12, in Austin ISD.  She served as Assistant Director of Social Studies Curriculum and then Director of Social Studies Curriculum at the Texas Education Agency.

She was TCSS President during the 2001-2002 year.  In 2012, The Supervisor of the Year Award given out by TSSSA was renamed in her honor for her years of service to social studies.
Michelle Neyrey, 2019 TSSSA Supervisor of the the Year and Dr. Rosemary Morrow

Ann Rogers Scholarship

Katie Peterson, 2019 Recipient of Ann Rogers Scholarship
"Dear Texas Social Studies Supervisors Association,
 I wanted to start off by expressing my gratitude and appreciation to the Texas Social Studies Supervisors Association for selecting me to be the recipient of the Ann Rogers Scholarship. This scholarship will be an immense help in pursuing my dream of becoming a social studies educator. Not only is this gracious scholarship supporting me financially during my student teaching semester, but the connections and resources that I will find in the Texas Social Studies Supervisors Association will also help me improve. Due to this scholarship, I am able to focus solely on practicing teaching and improving my skills to become an effective social studies educator. My ultimate goal is to impact my future students and be an amazing social studies educator and advocate. Currently, I am teaching 11th grade U.S. History at Cy-Fair High School and I am loving every minute of it. The best part about it is being able to show the connections of social studies to the students everyday lives and making a positive impact on my students. I also have loved showing my students how skills, such as research and writing, will help them beyond high school. In the six weeks that I have been working there, I have seen faces light up when they understand a difficult concept and I have witnessed the joys, and sometimes hardships, of being a teacher. I graciously accept this scholarship and again, want to thank the Texas Social Studies Supervisors Association for not only helping me in my dream of becoming an effective social studies educator, but also for allocating resources towards making social studies education as a whole better. This organizations work is amazing and should be celebrated."
 
Sincerely,
Katie Peterson 
Ann Rogers was the Director of Social Studies for the Texas Education Agency for ten years. She spent her years in that position championing the needs of social studies teachers across the state of Texas. She has encouraged and enabled the excellence of social studies instruction in the state of Texas and has guided the writing and implementation of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. This scholarship was created to honor Ann Rogers and her vision of the teaching of social studies in Texas.

The Ann Rogers Scholarship is funded by the Texas Social Studies Supervisors Association, a non-profit, tax-exempt entity chartered under the laws of the State of Texas. The scholarship was created to provide scholarship funds for a student teacher doing his/her student teaching in social studies in the state of Texas. This $1,000.00 scholarship is paid directly to the student.

TSSSA District Improvement Grant

The goal of the DIGrant is to help facilitate quality social studies education through the development and implementation of research-based best practices.
 
Purpose
The purpose of the grant is to allow supervisors the opportunity to identify and address needs, challenges, and concerns unique to the district or area.  Grants should benefit a community of learners (such as an entire district, campus, department, or discipline within a department).
 
Amount of 2017 Award
  • $3000 total funding allocated based on Executive Board's review of applications.
 
Funding Period
  • One funding period will occur after the spring conference for use in the following summer/fall.
 
Qualifications
  • Applicant must be a current member of TSSSA.
  • Grant outcomes must relate to TSSSA mission and belief statements.
  • Grant proposals should have potential to impact as large a number as of teachers as possible.
  • Awarding priority will be given to grants that impact pedagogy/best practices over materials or resources.
  • Grant winners must either submit a summary of their grant for publication by TSSSA or present their learning/program at a subsequent TSSSA conference within the year of the award.
2019 Winner
Jamie Filipow, Houston ISD-- A Texas Teacher's History of the United States
2018 Winner
Cynthia Fairbanks, Houston ISD - Gone to "Teach" Texas History