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Around Campus: 2024 Master Teachers
FWCD Endowed Master Teaching Chairs are awarded in recognition of past accomplishments and in anticipation of future contributions to programs that promote teaching excellence within the FWCD community. The 2024 FWCD Master Teacher chairs are Catherine Collins-Vecino (Perry and Nancy Lee Bass Distinguished Teaching Chair in Upper School), Colin Douglas ’06 (James S. Garvey Chair for Distinguished Teaching in History), and Kelly Jenkins (Thomas M. Ryan Chair for Distinguished Teaching in Lower School). These individuals will serve in this role for three years.
Originated through the efforts of former Head of School Evan Peterson H’15 in the early 2000s, revamped in 2017 by Director of Strategic Projects Bill Arnold ’86 and now coordinated by Assistant Head of School for Academics and Student Support Amy Witten, the Endowed Master Teaching Chair designation is the highest distinction given by Fort Worth Country Day to faculty members who have a sustained record of teaching excellence and who have gone through an extensive application process. The School has nine Chairs, all funded through significant donations established years ago.
