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Prime Minister's Awards for teaching Excellence

Lorraine Baron

Year: 2006 – Province: British Columbia

Certificate of Excellence Recipient

School: Mount Boucherie Secondary School
2751 Cameron Road
Kelowna, British Columbia
V1Z 2T6

Principal: Norman Bradley
School Telephone: 250-712-7040
School Fax: 250-870-5001
School Website: www.mbs.sd23.bc.ca
Grades/Subjects Taught: Grades 11 and 12 and AP, Mathematics and Calculus

Teaching Approach:

Understands that students learn in various ways and that sometimes, it takes a multiplicity of methods of teaching one same concept before the idea really takes hold in a student's mind.
Developed number study-guide resources that organize the required concepts of each course in a clear and logical order.
Provides opportunities for students to be actively engaged in hands-on learning through the use of learning packages, which include a variety of multi-media technologies.
Posts learning materials generated by herself and students on websites for other teachers and students to reference. Often encourages her students to actively search the internet for use in her own classroom.
Integrates various teaching methods to teach very complex methods of calculus. She uses graphic, numeric, and analytic methodologies to help her students make sense of the mathematics they are learning.

Outstanding Achievements:

For years, Ms. Baron has been organizing the BC Association of Mathematics Teachers' Interior Mathematics Conference. Hundreds of teachers from the Interior of BC attend every February. Ms. Baron acts as the Chair and Head Organizer for the conference.
Over the past seven years, Ms. Baron has played an instrumental role in the development of the Provincial Ministry of Education documents with respect to Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment.
Ms. Baron was selected to participate as one of the members of the Grade 10-12 Mathematics Writing Team from 1999-2000.
Ms. Baron was selected by the Ministry of Education in leadership roles such as the Chairperson for the Applications of Mathematics 10 Examination Specifications Development Committee in 2003-2004.
In 2005, Ms. Baron was invited to the Canadian Mathematics Education Forum in Toronto. The purpose of the forum was to develop a national on-going conversation, among educators at all levels of schooling, about important issues and concerns in the development and future of mathematics education in Canada.

Rave Reviews:

"I had the good fortune of having my first year as a high-school teacher in the very school where Lorraine was the math leader. Her guidance, sharing of material and the great discussions we had on how to improve teaching and learning on an on-going basis greatly impacted my views on being a math teacher." - Colleague

"Lorraine Baron is the best math teacher I have ever known. Teaching is not easy. Successfully reaching students to help them understand the complex concepts in mathematics is a great challenge. It requires great skill, commitment to lifelong learning, dedication to all students and passion to make a difference. These are the premier qualities that Lorraine Baron possesses." - Principal

"A constant smile and upbeat attitude always made her class exciting and energetic. Many of my fellow students who were taught by other teachers found Math 12 and Calculus 12 to be very tough subjects. I discovered that Ms. Baron made the topics easier to understand by using a variety of different teaching methods to emphasize concepts. She often went above the call of duty to discover visual examples on-line to help students understand various Calculus topics." - Former Student