FTYCMAIn even numbered years, FTYCMA presents a Teaching Excellence Award to one of its members who has at least 5 years of teaching experience, has exhibited outstanding teaching ability, and has created or adapted innovative teaching methods or materials. (Special consideration is given by the committee to those who have shared such practices with colleagues.)
The list of past honorees is:
1994 Bill Jordan (Seminole CC)
1996 Frank Ward (Indian River CC)
1998 Lou Cleveland (Chipola College)
2000 Bill Palow (Miami-Dade College)
2002 Martha Goshaw (Seminole CC)
2004 John Salak (Tallahassee CC)
2006 Dennis Runde (Manatee CC)
2008 Steven Grosteffon (Santa Fe College)
2010 Debbie Garrison (Valencia College)
2012 Don Ransford (Edison State College)
2014 Sandy Cohen (St. Petersburg College)
2016 Joni Pirnot (State College of Florida)
2018 Ryan Kasha (Valencia College)
2020 Carol Weideman (St. Petersburg College)
2022 Dan Richardson (Indian River State College)