This year’s
winners are experienced, hands-on educators. Originally
from New York City, Burnham has lived in Vermont for over
30 years and has taught in rural schools in Vermont and
New Hampshire. She currently teaches seventh-grade English
and language arts at the Haverhill Cooperative Middle School
in North Haverhill, New Hampshire. During her career she
has taught grades 3-8 and has earned fellowships to the
Bread Loaf School of English and the Fulbright Memorial
Teacher program in Japan. She has served as the chair of
the Nominating Committee for the National Council of Teachers
of English (NCTE) Middle School and Secondary delegates.
Burnham has been named a Levels of Technology Implementation
(LoTi) Mentor to aid other teachers in integrating technology
into academics and helped to implement her school’s
“Laptop Initiative” for seventh- and eighth-graders.
Burnham received her bachelor of arts from Molloy College
and master of education degree from Antioch New England
Graduate School. She also holds a master of arts in English
from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College.
"Putting oneself into disequilibrium is the best learning
experience, I believe,” Burnham says. “Travel
provides this opportunity again and again.”
Lampkin, a teacher for more than three decades, teaches
U.S. history and civics to seventh- and eighth-graders in
Hermiston, Oregon. She has participated in Fulbright Teacher
Programs in Japan and India. Lampkin is involved in the
social studies content assessment panel with the Oregon
Department of Education and the Teacher Evaluation Committee
in her school district. She is a graduate of Portland State
University.
Lampkin says, “Travel is truly the gold standard
in professional development. My mother has traveled with
Elderhostel, and we often joked about when I would be old
enough to attend…I hope this is the year through Road
Scholar.
Eaton has spent 28 years teaching social science courses
in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District in Kennett
Square, Pennsylvania, specializing in advanced placement
comparative government and politics, and cultural studies
over the past decade. Eaton earned her bachelor of arts
degree from Northwestern University and a master’s
in education from West Chester University. She also holds
a doctorate degree in education from Widener University.
“I am forever grateful for the myriad benefits that
education has bestowed on me,” Eaton says. “My
life has been dedicated to teaching, to contributing to
the education profession, and to lifelong learning.”
The winners were chosen by a selection committee made up
of former Elderhostel Board Chair Harry R. Moody, former
Elderhostel Board Members Alan Carter and John Reinhardt,
former Elderhostel President William Berkeley and Kali Lightfoot
of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University
of Southern Maine.
“We are thrilled to offer the Road Scholar Educator of the Year
Awards to such distinguished educators,” says James
Moses, president and CEO of Elderhostel and Road Scholar.
“Elderhostel and Road Scholar were founded on the
belief that learning is important and enriching at every
stage of life. We are delighted that so many amazing educators
applied for these awards. The quality of these candidates
and their dedication to lifelong learning should give us
great faith in our educational system.”
In 2004, Elderhostel launched Road Scholar to meet the
needs of a new generation of independent educational travelers.
Elderhostel, founded in 1975, is the world’s largest
not-for-profit educational travel organization for older
adults. More than 160,000 people enroll in Elderhostel’s
nearly 8,000 programs annually. Road Scholar provides exceptional
educational adventures throughout the United States and
around the world. For more information, please visit www.roadscholar.org
or www.elderhostel.org.
To apply or nominate an experienced educator for the 2007
Road Scholar Eduator of the Year Award, visit
http://www.roadscholar.org/teacheraward/.
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