The Edyth May Sliffe Award is given annually to roughly 20 teachers in the United States by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).
The awards are funded by a bequest from a retired high school mathematics teacher named Edyth May Sliffe, of Emeryville, California.
Kenneth Rebman then told the President of the MAA, Professor Henry Alder, and arranged a meeting with Sliffe.
Three students from each of the top 60 highest scoring teams in the AMC 12 are asked to nominate a teacher they felt contributed most to their success.
[2] Award-winning teachers win a cash prize of $350-$750 depending on the student's score, a pin, 20 subscriptions to Math Horizons to distribute to students, a letter from the president of the MAA, a certificate signed by the president of MAA, Chair of the Committee on the AMC 12, and the Executive Director of the American Mathematics Competitions.