{"id":11010,"date":"2021-04-28T11:01:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T16:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=11010"},"modified":"2021-06-29T10:54:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T15:54:45","slug":"bork-receives-uwsp-excellence-in-teaching-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2021\/04\/28\/bork-receives-uwsp-excellence-in-teaching-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Bork receives UWSP Excellence in Teaching Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"University Awards\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mDg-DVR4kQY?start=325&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Professor Pamela Bork from the School of Education for being presented the 2020-21 UW-Stevens Point Excellence in Teaching Award! (Watch at the 5:26 mark.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/BorkPam.jpg\" alt=\"Pam Bork\" class=\"wp-image-11237\" width=\"205\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/BorkPam.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/BorkPam-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A true teacher&#8217;s teacher, School of  Education Associate Professor Pam Bork empowers future educators through  providing high quality learning experiences and modeling her own love  for the profession. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bork has touched many lives through  students at the UW-Stevens Point and the future students that they will  all teach. For her efforts, she has been honored with the 2021  Excellence in Teaching Award at the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The art and  science of teaching often blend in a myriad of ways to make teaching one  of the most demanding of all professions,&#8221; says Bork. &#8220;In my mind,  teaching is service and requires deep commitment to both the art and  science to ensure student success.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bork began her teaching  career in an adaptive physical education classroom in 1980 after  graduating from UW-Stevens Point. Her passion for teaching and learning  then led her to a principal role the Stevens Point Area Public School  District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since joining the UWSP School of Education faculty  in 2012, Bork has embodied what it means to be an outstanding educator  and educational leader. Her contributions reach undergraduate through  doctoral levels and include advising, mentoring, leading seminars,  development of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/eddsustainability\">Doctor of Education in Educational Sustainability<\/a>  (Ed.D.) program and conducting multiple independent studies. Bork has  served on several Ed.D. doctoral research committees and supported  master&#8217;s students during their final research course. In fact, in Spring  2021, she advised 27 master&#8217;s students and four Ed.D. student  researchers. And when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/education\/Pages\/harju\/default.aspx\">Harju Center for Equity in Education<\/a>  was recently establish thanks to a $4.3 million gift from alumna  Dorothea Harju, Bork took on the leadership role as the center&#8217;s first  director. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/ucm\/PublishingImages\/PamBork-convoc.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In  her undergraduate courses, Bork provides a plethora of opportunities  for students to actively engage with elementary teachers and children in  local schools for authentic teaching experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Professor  Bork&#8217;s demonstration of her own love of learning and teaching  continuously inspires students as students, as future educators and as  individuals,&#8221; said Juliet Champion, an elementary education and special  education student. &#8220;She undoubtedly has impacted students across campus  and across the state in the schools in where her students teach.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bork&#8217;s  value for teaching and learning is evidenced not only with her role as a  professor, but also as the faculty adviser of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) and  mentor to students throughout their careers as students, student  teachers and practicing teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Professor Bork&#8217;s active \nparticipation in Kappa Delta Pi encouraged all members to strive for \nexcellence in their future educational field while she herself practiced\n life-long learning,&#8221; said elementary education student Jane Kubisiak. \n&#8220;The passion she has for the profession of education and the caring and \nresponsive approach she takes in her own teaching practices makes her \noutstanding and second to none.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor Pamela Bork from the School of Education for being presented the 2020-21 UW-Stevens Point Excellence in Teaching Award! 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