Greenwich Sail & Power Squadron
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In the 450 squadrons of USPS, we have literally thousands of active teachers giving freely of their time and talent every year to present our courses. Most do a reasonably good job of presenting the material. Some are outstanding. A handful are great. Each year the Educational Department conducts an extensive search through every squadron and district to identify and recognize five of our very best instructors. This search and recognition program leads up to the presentation at the USPS Annual Meeting in January of the Charles F. Chapman Award for Excellence in Teaching. The screening process starts in the spring, when every squadron is asked to identify and nominate its very best currently active teacher. A nomination packet is then put together by the squadron. It provides basic biographical data about the squadron's nominee, specifics of his/her teaching activities, a current photograph, and up to five supporting letters from squadron members explaining why they feel this person is such an outstanding teacher. Squadron nominations are submitted to their District Educational Officer. The DEO reviews all of the nominations from within that district and selects the one best candidate as the district's nominee. That teacher's packet is then forwarded USPS headquarters. All of the district nominations (hopefully 33) are reproduced by the HQ staff and sent out to a committee of 10 national judges, all of whom are highly regarded P/V/Cs or P/R/Cs who have been prominent in USPS education. Each of the national judges reviews every district Chapman Award nomination and selects the five he or she considers best. These five are rank-ordered and assigned a scoring point value by that judge. The award committee chairman then assembles the results from the ten judges and combines their scoring. The five nominees receiving the highest combined point value are selected as the national winners. Winners of the Charles F. Chapman Award for Excellence in Teaching are honored in several ways. Each receives a recognition plaque and special lapel pin at the Annual Meeting and has his/her name inscribed in a permanent log book in the Chapman Memorial Library at USPS headquarters in Raleigh. Each winner's squadron is also presented with a useful award of significant value, given in the winner's name. The Charles F. Chapman Award for Excellence in Teaching is clearly the highest recognition award given to any individual in USPS.
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The Charles F. Chapman Award for Excellence in Teaching is clearly the highest recognition award given to any individual in USPSLatest Events
| Mon, Sep 13th, @7:30pm - 09:30PM Cruise Planning |
| Tue, Sep 14th, @7:30am - 09:30PM Piloting |
| Wed, Sep 15th, @7:30pm - 09:30PM Seamanship |
| Wed, Sep 15th, @7:30pm - 09:30PM General Members' Meeting |
| Thu, Sep 16th, @7:30pm - 09:30PM Engine Maintenance |