Bill Text: TX SR751 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Edie Carter for receiving the 2017 Faculty Innovation Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-09 - Reported enrolled [SR751 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR751-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize Edie Carter, who is the recipient of the 2017 Faculty | ||
| Innovation Award from the American Association of Community | ||
| Colleges; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This award program of the American Association of | ||
| Community Colleges recognizes teachers at member colleges who | ||
| have demonstrated leadership in the development and implementation | ||
| of college programs that have a positive impact on the learning | ||
| experiences of students; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Edie Carter is a teacher who leads the | ||
| developmental mathematics team at Amarillo College, where she | ||
| has guided the efforts to redesign the curriculum to effectively | ||
| prepare students for more advanced college-level mathematics | ||
| courses; her mathematics instruction team has prevailed in | ||
| producing positive outcomes for students in an environment where | ||
| funding is tight and expectations are high; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Under Edie Carter's leadership, the completion rates | ||
| in developmental mathematics courses at Amarillo College have | ||
| risen, and the dropout rates have declined; during the 2015-2016 | ||
| academic year, more than 75 percent of students in developmental | ||
| mathematics courses completed their course work; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Edie Carter is an exceptionally skilled higher | ||
| education instructor who is respected and admired by her students, | ||
| her colleagues, and the Amarillo College community; she is indeed | ||
| deserving of recognition for her outstanding accomplishments; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend Edie Carter on her exemplary career | ||
| at Amarillo College and congratulate her on receiving the 2017 | ||
| Faculty Innovation Award from the American Association of | ||
| Community Colleges; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for her | ||
| as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Seliger | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 9, 2917. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
