Nominate Your Work in Support of Global Diversity or Multicultural Education
Submit Your Entry in the 2024 AACTE Awards Program by Sept. 1
It’s awards season at AACTE, and all AACTE members are invited to submit entries. The AACTE Awards Program recognizes both member institutions and individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of educator preparation. In identifying notable programs, practices, activities, writing, and research, these awards encourage all member institutions to strengthen the profession of teacher preparation through innovation, high standards, and leadership.
Global education advocates are encouraged to apply at aacte.org for the following awards by September 1:
- 2024 Best Practice Award in Support of Global and International Perspectives
This award recognizes exemplary practice in the intercultural, global, cross-cultural, and international arenas. It is overseen by AACTE’s Committee on Global Diversity as part of its mission to assure that a global/international perspective is brought to policy and programs associated with the preparation of education professionals. Learn more.
- 2024 Best Practice Award in Support of Multicultural Education and Diversity
This award, also overseen by AACTE’s Committee on Global Diversity, recognizes the infusion of diversity throughout all components of a school, college, or department of education (SCDE) as critical to quality educator preparation and professional development. Specifically, the incorporation of issues related to culture, language, demographics, ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, and exceptionalities in the education process is perceived as important. Learn more.
In 2023, the Rutgers, Graduate School of Education (GSE) was awarded the Best Practice Award in Support of Multicultural Education and Diversity for their Urban Social Justice Teacher Preparation Program. The program aims to develop a generation of teachers with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to teach and advocate for all students and learn from the communities they serve. It prepares teacher candidates to effectively teach diverse learners by fostering a deep understanding of students from historically marginalized linguistic, economic, and cultural backgrounds and communities.
“It is our vision to prepare educators so that they are able to educate and engage with any student regardless of their background. Our goal is to empower GSE teachers to be change agents who foster learning and influence the educational experience of students and families in positive ways,” stated Nora Hyland, associate dean for academic affairs and faculty director of teacher education.
Also in 2023, AACTE awarded Best Practice Award in Support of Global and International Perspectives to the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. iGlobal provides online global fieldwork for preservice teachers, professional development for in-service teachers both local and global, connection to campus and home cultures for international students, and opportunities for both local and international middle school students to collaborate on real-world challenges across languages and cultures.
Allison Witt, director of international programs in the College of Education, offers one of the benefits that arises from having won a national AACTE award: “I feel like now we can make the case anywhere we need to that we can grow this program, that we can move forward with it, and so it provides some momentum for us.”
Learn more about AACTE’s awards program, Urban Social Justice Teacher Preparation Program, and iGlobal on Friday, Aug 25 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET during AACTE’s webinar, Award-Winning Best Practices in Globalizing Teacher Education.
Register today for this AACTE webinar. It is open to the public, courtesy of the Longview Foundation.
For more information on the Longview Foundation, please visit longviewfdn.org.
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