KSU Profiles its AACTE Award-Winning Innovative Use of Technology

By Debbie K. Mercer

In March 2023, AACTE awarded the 2024 Best Practice Award for the Innovative Use of Technology to Kansas State University. In this article, Debbie Mercer, dean, provides a summary of the university’s award-winning body of work.

AACTE is currently accepting nominations for the 2024 Best Practice Award for the Innovative Use of Technology The deadline is September 1. Learn more and submit an entry. 

Kansas State University’s College of Education (COE) has developed a significant body of work leveraging technologies for innovative remote learning opportunities. Through the use of telepresence robots in conjunction with more conventional remote communications platforms, the COE has developed an integrated body of teaching, research, and service activities that engage teacher education candidates, teachers, faculty, and students in bold new initiatives that build a vision for 21st-century learning and engagement on the traditional strengths of the institution. From remote field experiences that bring teacher education candidates to high-need rural schools, to international service-learning opportunities, to fully remote teaching internships, these initiatives are both sustainable and scalable.

Nominate Your Work in Support of Global Diversity or Multicultural Education

Submit Your Entry in the 2024 AACTE Awards Program by Sept. 1

By Brooke Evans

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:

Be Recognized for Your Contributions to Ed Prep

By AACTE

To honor the outstanding efforts and contributions in this vital field, AACTE proudly presents the AACTE Awards Program, which acknowledges both member institutions and individuals who have made significant strides in the realm of educator preparation.

AACTE is thrilled to recognize and celebrate excellence in education and educator preparation. Check out last year’s AACTE Awardees and read about their 2023 winning entries. If you are an educator, a program administrator, a researcher, or a passionate advocate for education, we invite you to nominate yourself, your institution, or your colleague for a 2024 AACTE Award:

Final Call for Proposals, Dissertation Award

By AACTE

Don’t miss out on the final opportunity to submit proposals for the 2024 Annual Meeting or to submit entries for the 2024 James D. Anderson Outstanding Dissertation Award. Both submissions are due by Friday, August 11.

AACTE Invites Entries for 2024 Awards: July 28 Deadline is Approaching

By Tunara Moore

A reminder that the prestigious James D. Anderson Outstanding Dissertation Award nomination period is quickly approaching. As the leading voice on educator preparation, AACTE is dedicated to recognizing excellence in our member institutions and the individuals who have made remarkable contributions to the field.

Learn more about the Dissertation Award, and submit your nomination by July 28. All other award nominations are due by September 1. This is your chance to shine a spotlight on the remarkable programs, practices, writing, research, and achievements that shape the future of educator preparation.

Call for Entries Now Open: 2024 AACTE Best Practice and Professional Achievement Awards

By Dawn Lewallen

Join AACTE in recognizing excellence in the best practices and professional achievements of individuals and institutions whose contributions strengthen and advance the field of educator preparation. You are invited to submit nominations for 2024 AACTE Awards by September 1 in the following award categories:

Best Practice 

• Best Practice Award for the Innovative Use of Technology
• Best Practice Award in Support of Global and International Perspectives
• Best Practice Award in Support of Multicultural Education and Diversity 
• Best Practice Award in Increasing Educator Diversity
• Best Practice Award for Exemplary Holmes Program

Professional Achievement 

• Margaret B. Lindsey Award for Distinguished Research in Teacher Education
• David G. Imig Award for Distinguished Achievement in Teacher Education
• Edward C. Pomeroy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teacher Education

For more information on the criteria for each award, please visit aacte.org and review the Call for Entries.

AACTE is also accepting entries for 2024 James D. Anderson Outstanding Dissertation Award. The submission deadline is July 28. Learn more.

All 2024 AACTE Award recipients will be officially recognized at AACTE’s 2024 Annual Meeting, February 16 – 18 in Aurora/Denver, CO.

Call for Entries: AACTE’s Gloria J. Ladson-Billings Outstanding Book Award and James D. Anderson Outstanding Dissertation Award

By AACTE

AACTE recognizes exemplary research, writing and practices in educator preparation through its Awards Program. The two leading research and writing awards elevate an outstanding book and dissertation in the field. The Gloria J. Ladson-Billings Outstanding Book Award recognizes a published book that offers new perspectives and solutions, and centers equity in education and educator preparation, so it’s only fitting that this award is named after renowned scholar, Gloria J. Ladson-Billings. Her work has shaped the field in many ways, and her research in cultural pedagogy and equity in educator and student instruction, including critical race theory, has transcended beyond educator preparation.

AACTE Recognizes Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity President with 2023 Edward C. Pomeroy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teacher Education

By AACTE

AACTE today announced that Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity President and CEO Cassandra P. Herring is the recipient of the 2023 AACTE Edward C. Pomeroy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teacher Education. Herring will be recognized formally with the award during AACTE’s 75th Annual Meeting on Feb. 24-26 in Indianapolis.  

The Pomeroy Award recognizes contributions through either distinguished service to the teacher education community or the development and promotion of outstanding practices in teacher education at the collegiate, state, or national level. The award is given in honor of former AACTE Executive Director Edward C. Pomeroy.

H. Richard Milner IV, to Receive The 2023 AACTE Margaret B. Lindsey Award for Distinguished Research In Teacher Education

By AACTE

AACTE today announced that H. Richard Milner IV, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development, is the recipient of the 2023 AACTE Margaret B. Lindsey Award for Distinguished Research in Teacher Education. The Margaret B. Lindsey Award recognizes an individual whose research over the last decade has made a significant impact on the field of teacher education. Milner will be recognized formally with the award during the AACTE 75th Annual Meeting on Feb. 24-26, in Indianapolis, IN.

AACTE Recognizes Leslie Fenwick with the Gloria J. Ladson-Billings Outstanding Book Award  

By AACTE

AACTE  today announced that Leslie T. Fenwick, Ph.D., author of the book Jim Crow’s Pink Slip: The Untold Story of Black Principal and Teacher Leadership (Harvard Education Press, 2022), has been selected to receive the 2023 Gloria J. Ladson-Billings Outstanding Book Award. Fenwick will be recognized formally with the award during the AACTE 75th Annual Meeting, February 24 – 26 in Indianapolis, IN.

AACTE Recognizes Florida Atlantic University with Outstanding Holmes Institution Award 

By AACTE

AACTE  today announced that Florida Atlantic University (FAU), College of Education, is the recipient of the 2023 AACTE Outstanding Holmes Institution Award. The AACTE Holmes Program supports students who self-identify as racially and ethnically diverse and are pursuing graduate degrees in education at AACTE member institutions. This award recognizes Holmes Program institutions that demonstrate exemplary and innovative practices in supporting graduate students of color, resulting in increased productivity of its scholars. FAU’s Rangasamy Ramasamy, Holmes Program coordinator, and Stephen Silverman, dean, College of Education, will be recognized formally with the award during AACTE’s 75th Annual Meeting, February 24 – 26 in Indianapolis, IN.

Lightning Peter Jay to Receive the 2023 James D. Anderson Outstanding Dissertation Award

By AACTE

AACTE today announced Lightning Peter Jay, Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching Learning and Educational Leadership, Binghamton University, as the recipient of the 2023 AACTE James D. Anderson Outstanding Dissertation Award for “Imaging classrooms: A comparative case study of pedagogy and learning in teacher education.” This award recognizes excellence in doctoral dissertation research (or its equivalent) that contributes to the knowledge base of educator preparation or of teaching and learning with implications for educator preparation. This award is named for James D. Anderson, one of the towering giants in the history of American education. Jay will be recognized formally with the award at the AACTE 75th Annual Meeting on February 24-26, in Indianapolis, IN.

AACTE Advisory Council of State Representatives to Receive David G. Imig Award for Distinguished Achievement in Teacher Education

By AACTE

AACTE today announced the winner of the 2023 AACTE David G. Imig Award for Distinguished Achievement in Teacher Education Award. The AACTE Advisory Council of State Representatives (ACSR) will be formally recognized with this prestigious award at AACTE’s 75th Annual Meeting on February 24-26, in Indianapolis, IN. Anne Tapp will receive the award on behalf of ACSR.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IGlobal Program to Receive 2023 AACTE Best Practice Award In Support Of Global And International Perspectives

By AACTE

AACTE announced that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the recipient of the 2023 AACTE Best Practice Award in Support of Global and International Perspectives for the efforts of its IGlobal Program (IGlobal). This award, sponsored by AACTE’s Committee on Global Diversity, recognizes exemplary practice in the intercultural, global, cross-cultural, and international arenas, and is part of its mission to assure that a global/international perspective is brought to policy and programs associated with the preparation of education professionals. The award will be formally presented to Allison Witt, Director of International Programs in the College of Education, during the AACTE 75th Annual Meeting, February 24 – 26, in Indianapolis, IN.

Rutgers to Receive 2023 AACTE Best Practice Award In Support Of Multicultural Education And Diversity

By AACTE

AACTE  today announced that Rutgers University Graduate School of Education (GSE) Dean Wanda J. Blanchett and Associate Dean and Faculty Director of Teacher Education Nora E. Hyland will accept the 2023 Best Practice Award in Support of Multicultural Education and Diversity Award for their work with the Urban Social Justice Teacher Preparation Program. This award, sponsored by AACTE’s Committee on Global Diversity, recognizes the infusion of diversity throughout all components of a school, college, or department of education as fundamental to quality teacher preparation and development. Blanchett and Hyland will formally accept the award on behalf of Rutgers University at the AACTE 75th Annual Meeting on Feb. 24-26, in Indianapolis, IN.