Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching
Teaching Medal Award Winner
Malia Lau Kong
Windward
Instructor in History Malia Lau Kong has taught at Windward since 2006. She believes all students can learn and succeed and that “it is my job as a teacher to inspire them to want to learn and to help them succeed not only in my class, but in life in general.”
She creates a learner-centered environment in which her students are responsible for their learning and success, and she attempts to make history come alive, relating it to the present and showing historical connections to modern day living.
The Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching is awarded by the as tribute to faculty members who exhibit an extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity and personal values that benefit students. The board also awards the Regents’ Medal for and links to archives.
