Insurance Educator Of The Year Named
NU Online News Service, Sept. 29, 12:00 p.m. EDT?The Insurance Education Foundation has selected Steve Weissenstein to receive the James L. Osborne Insurance Educator of the Year award for 2004.[@@]
Mr. Weissenstein is an Accounting, Business Law, Marketing and Consumer Education teacher at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Ill.
As the winner of the seventh annual competition, Mr. Weissenstein was invited to serve on IEF's National Advisory Council of Secondary Teachers. He will also be one of the judges for next year's competition.
The national award is named in honor of the founder of IEF and presented to a high school teacher who demonstrates excellence and creativity in providing insurance education to our nation's high school students.
Eligibility was limited to the 2,300 high school teachers who have graduated from one of nine insurance education institute locations sponsored by IEF over the past 16 years and who have taught insurance during the past school year in a course leading to a high school diploma.
The IEF is a nonprofit charitable organization founded in Indianapolis in 1988. The goal of the foundation is to improve the understanding of insurance and its role in society through the education of teachers and students.
More information about IEF programs is available by contacting Michelle Maclin at (800) 433-4811 or by e-mail at mmaclin@ief.org.
© Arc, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to TMSalesOperations@arc-network.com. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.