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Student Program Scholarship Information 2012

Student Program Scholarship Application 2012

All awardees receive expenses-paid travel to The NEA Foundation’s Annual Salute to Excellence in Education Gala in Washington, DC. Five awardees are selected for The Horace Mann Awards for Teaching Excellence and receive expenses-paid travel for a guest in addition to themselves. Find out more from The NEA Foudation.

The NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence recipient, selected from the five, receives $25,000 in cash and a commemorative gift. The finalists for the national award receive $10,000 in cash. Current members of NEA local affiliates and bargaining units can place nominations by clicking on the following links . . .

• NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence data sheet
• NFIE applicant criteria guidelines for IEA applicants
  

Each state affiliate may submit one nomination by May 1, 2012.

Interested members of the IEA-NEA must complete all required criteria.

Application documents should be emailed to jill.scheller@ieanea.org no later than Tuesday, January 3, 2012 or date stamped and mailed no later than December 29, 2011 to:

Cinda Klickna
Illinois Education Association-NEA
100 East Edwards Street
Springfield, IL 62704-1999

Do you know an IEA member who has performed outstanding service above and beyond the call of duty in your local or community?

IEA is seeking nominations of members or groups of members for its annual Human Services and Civil Rights Award. This award, to be presented at the 2012 IEA Representative Assembly, it is part of the Association’s commitment to recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement of civil rights and humanitarian activities.

If you know an IEA member or group of members deserving of recognition, please submit a nomination using the provided form. All locals (certified, ESP, wall-to-wall, higher education) are encouraged to apply.

The application deadline is January 17, 2012

Download the Human Services and Civil Rights Award application

IEA Friend of Education Award 2011

Please read the application carefully. The Committee will allow previous winners of this award to reapply for the program this year. Previous winners are not guaranteed an award but will be put into the pool with the other applicants.

The Scholarship Committee cannot stress enough that we need your continued funding support in order to make this program a success. Locals and individuals have already made many generous contributions alike. For these donations, the Scholarship Committee is truly grateful. Both the size and the number of awards given depend on your contributions.

All applications, complete with supporting documents, must be postmarked by December 2, 2011 in order to be considered for the 2012 – 2013 school year scholarship program.

Please note that applications and/or supporting documents postmarked after the deadline date will not be eligible for the 2012 – 2013 program. Due to the large number of applications received and the short turn-around time involved for the Committee to come to a decision, all applications must be received in a timely fashion.

See a video on Elliott’s work and her acceptance speech

Read the July 2010 Advocate story on Elliott’s work.

Elliott received the NEA’s Applegate-Dorros Peace and International Understanding Award, which is given for outstanding  contributions toward efforts to foster peace and international understanding and the ability to motivate youth to work toward world peace.

“The need for wider public support for international understanding and a willingness to work for peace has never been greater,” said Dennis Van Roekel, NEA president. “Kerri Elliott has made lasting contributions that will continue to make a difference for years to come.”

While visiting the Kilimahewa village near the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania during the summer of 2008, Elliott learned that local children whose families could not afford to provide a formal education for them were being taught by village elders. The Kilimahewa School initially had been held outdoors in the shade of a roadside tree until a local benefactor donated a small building to shelter the students and their teachers.

Since her initial visit, Elliott has returned to the village each summer with other volunteers for four to six weeks. Their work has enabled the villagers to expand their two-room school into the Kilimahewa Educational Center. Elliott has designed a curriculum, taught students, and provided professional development to the local school staff. Her next project is to use technology to connect her American and Tanzanian students.

In 2009 Elliott started EdPowerment with the goal of creating a clean water system. Initial drilling in 2010 found water near the village, and fundraising to supply running water to the school and the entire community continues.

If you’d like to donate to Elliott’s cause or to learn more about Project Kilimahewa, visit the project’s website.

VIDEO UPDATE: Kerri Elliott talks about her plans to return to Tanzania

Cindy Mitchell, Triad School District Silver Creek school custodian and a Region 5 IEA member, received the honor during a January 26 meeting from Max Bochmann, the Chair of the IEA ESP Council and a member of the IEA Board of Directors.

Mrs. Mitchell was nominated for the recognition by Peg McGinness, Chair of IEA Region 5.

“Cindy Mitchell has demonstrated leadership in her local union, in the Triad school district, and at the state and national organization,” McGuinness wrote.

Mrs. Mitchell organized her local and serves as its chief negotiator.  According to McGuinness, Triad district employees owe Mitchell a great deal to her for her years of service and advocacy.  She was intensely involved in developing community support for the most recent Triad referendum regarding school construction.

According to IEA staff member Marcus Albrecht , who has worked closely with Cindy Mitchell for the past twenty years, Mitchell helped organize many other non-certified local unions in southern Illinois and added that she played a vital role in getting a 2007 Illinois law passed which prohibits subcontracting of public school non-certified employees.

“She met with legislators, served as a spokesperson for the legislation, and helped martial non-certified staff from across the state to contact their local legislators.  This legislation is viewed as a model for the entire country,” Albrecht said.

Cindy Mitchell will receive statewide recognition as IEA ESP of the Year at the Illinois Education Association Representative Assembly which will take place March 11–12 in Rosemont, IL.

The Illinois Education Association represents more than 132,000 current and retired education employees including elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty and staff, educational support professionals, retired educators and college students preparing to become teachers.

IEA is a state affiliate of the National Education Association.

• Involvement in his/her local, state, and/or national association.
• Achievements in his/her area(s) of study.
• In promoting public education.
• Enhancement of the image of the education major in the Association, the school or the community.

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Criteria

The nominee, proposed by IEA members or IEA staff members, will be an external candidate who is not an IEA member or an employee of IEA-NEA. Nominations, however, may be submitted by any IEA member or IEA staff member.

Award Recipient

The recipient of the Friend of Education Award shall be chosen by the IEA-NEA Executive Committee. If no candidate sufficiently meets the award criteria, no award shall be given.

Recognition

The award will be presented in March at the annual IEA-NEA Representative Assembly.

Nomination Procedure

1. Complete the attached nomination form.
2. In double-spaced typewritten format, prepare an application that:
   1. Introduces the nominee and briefly describes his/her educational
      and career background.
   2. Indicates how long you have known the nominee and in what capacity.
   3. Cites specific instances in which his/her commitment to public education or the IEA-NEA has been illustrated.
3. Attach supplementary materials that support the nomination (not to exceed five examples). These may include newspaper items, photos, videos, etc.,  illustrating the nominee’s involvement in the promotion of public education.
4. Send all materials to:
   President’s Office
   Illinois Education Association
   100 East Edwards
   Springfield, IL 62704-1999

Deadline: December 1, 2009

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Excellence is its own reward (but the cash is a nice perk.)

Deadline has been extended to January 13, 2009. Here’s your chance to nominate an excellent educator for The NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence.  We’re looking for candidates who are creative, student-focused diversity sensitive and supportive, dedicated to life-long learning, and advocates for public education.

All awardees receive expenses-paid travel to The NEA Foundation’s Annual Salute to Excellence in Education Gala in Washington, DC.  Five awardees are selected for the Horace Mann Awards for Teaching Excellence and receive expenses-paid travel for a guest in addition to themselves.  The NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence recipient, selected from the five, receives $25,000 in cash and a commemorative gift.  The finalist for the national award receive $10,000 in cash.

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NEA Foundation Award 2010