Awards
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|||||||||
Goodling Family Literacy Best Practices Awards
The Family Literacy Division of PAACE, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Family Literacy Training Project and the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy established the Goodling Family Literacy Best Practices Awards to recognize
Pennsylvania Family Literacy Programs for their efforts to implement evidence-based practices that improve educational services for families and to promote the use of best practices across the Commonwealth.
Sponsorship: Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University
Former Congressman Bill Goodling, Chair of the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy Advisory Board and “Father of Even Start,” will present the awards during the Family Literacy Division Luncheon at the annual PAACE Midwinter Conference.
Sample Application Form:
Outstanding Adult Educator Award
Each year at the Midwinter Conference banquet, a PAACE member is presented the Outstanding Adult Educator Award. The recipient is selected by past winners (see list below).
Sample Application Form:
- Request for Nominations (PDF)
- Criteria for the PAACE Outstanding Adult Educator Award (PDF)
- PAACE Outstanding Adult Educator Award Nomination Form (PDF)
Outstanding Adult Students in Postsecondary/Higher Education Awards
Nominations are now open for PAACE Outstanding Adult Students in Postsecondary/Higher Education awards, to be presented at the PAACE Midwinter Conference. These awards recognize successful adult learners who are or were full-time or part-time undergraduate or graduate students in any postsecondary, degree-granting institution in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We are particularly looking for adult students in postsecondary/higher education who previously participated in ABE/GED programs.
Sample Application Form:
- Request for Nominations (PDF)
- Criteria for PAACE Outstanding Adult Student in Postsecondary/Higher Education Awards (PDF)
- PAACE Outstanding Adult Student in Postsecondary/Higher Education Nomination Form (PDF or Word)
For more information on the above PAACE awards, please contact Awards Committee Chair Robert McNeill.
Past Recipients of the Outstanding Adult Educator Award
|
|
|
2008 Outstanding Adult Educator Award recipient Sue Conrady displays her award with her first adult education mentor Rich Gacka. |
|
1979 |
Ethel Matthews |
|
1980 |
Ronald Watts |
|
1981 |
Sherry Royce |
|
1982 |
Judith Cope |
|
1983 |
Marlowe Froke |
|
1984 |
Mary Yardumian |
|
1985 |
Joan Leopold |
|
1986 |
Meredyth Leahy |
|
1987 |
Tom Wertz |
|
1988 |
Nancy Woods |
|
1989 |
Eugene Kray |
|
1990 |
Edith Gordon |
|
1991 |
Annette McAlister |
|
1992 |
Donald Block |
|
1993 |
Michael Galbraith |
|
1994 |
B. Allan Quigley |
|
1995 |
JoAnn Weinberger |
|
1996 |
Judith Aaronson |
|
1997 |
Carol Shefrin |
|
1998 |
Gary Dean |
|
1999 |
Jeffrey Woodyard |
|
2000 |
Debra Burrows |
|
2001 |
Carol Goertzel |
|
2002 |
Barbara Van Horn |
|
2003 |
Sandy Strunk |
|
2004 |
Patricia Gaul |
| 2005 | Karen Mundie |
| 2006 | Tana Reiff |
| 2007 | Sheila Sherow |
| 2008 | Sue Conrady |