NSDC foundation announces 2008 award recipients
Impacting the Future Now has awarded more than $21,000 in monetary and in-kind donations. The award categories and 2008 recipients are:
- The E6 Grant supports a team’s efforts to advance NSDC’s purpose. The grant awards up to $5,000 and the registration fee for the three-day NSDC Annual Conference for three members of the project team.
Recipient: Project title: One Size Does Not Fit All: Embedding Differentiated Learning Through Differentiated Professional Development at the Secondary Level. Project leader: Lisa Moore, Newton High School, Newton Public Schools, Newton, Kan.
- The Chidley Scholarships are given to develop leadership in the field of professional learning by providing two scholarships annually for NSDC’s Academy for Staff Developers. One scholarship is for a school-based teacher leader or coach who aspires to a role of leadership in professional learning. The second scholarship is for a district leader whose work involves staff development in a school system with a large population of underserved students.
School-based staff developer recipient: Regina Riley-Turner, literacy coach, Fleming Academy, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit, Mich.
District leader recipient: Joanne Jones, director of high schools, Hertford County Public Schools, Winton, N.C.
- The Bridge Builder Grant is awarded to a principal who has led a high-priority school to meet Adequate Yearly Progress for two consecutive years. The grant includes registration for three successive NSDC Annual Conferences and three preconferences.
Recipient: Stephen Duch, principal, Hillcrest High School, New York City Schools, Jamaica Estates, N.Y.
