CETPA Awards
CETPA/CoSN California Chapter Awards
The winners of these awards will automatically be nominated at the national level for the CoSN Withrow and Team awards. The deadline for submittal for both awards is October 30, 2009. Self nominations are encouraged.
CETPA Leadership Award
Purpose and Qualifications
The CETPA Leadership award recognizes a technology leader whose impact on technology's role in transforming learning has been significant. Individuals from public, charter and private schools, districts, departments, county offices of education or other educational agencies may be nominated.
Please keep answers to 500 words or fewer.
Award Criteria
- Leadership: Provides leadership in the application of information technologies to increase opportunities and accessibility for student learning.
- Building Community: Creates communication vehicles that help parents, teachers and educational leaders form a partnership to engage students in the learning process.
- Innovation: Uses technology to provide solutions that are based on best practices and can be replicated to meet such challenges as:
- Using data to improve decision-making.
- Providing increased access to education through such media as online learning.
- Linking homes to schools and to the broader community.
- Providing access and solutions for all segments of learners in order to bridge the digital divide that separates the affluent from the poor.
- Impact: Makes a difference by creating major change in the district or agencies.
- Public/Private Partnerships: Develops important effective public and/or private sector partnerships and policies that provide connectivity to learners in schools.
Applications are no longer being accepted for 2009
CETPA Team Award
Purpose and Qualifications
The CETPA Team Award recognizes a team in a school district or consortium of school districts and education agencies whose impact of technology's role in transforming learning has been significant. Any team may apply, but the ideal team would consist of the key leadership team, such as the superintendent, chief technologist, chief curriculum leader, teachers, parents, students and others. We encourage applicants to include other partners such as school board members, the business community, cultural entities (such as museums and libraries), state education networks and other community members.
Award Criteria
- Leadership: Provides leadership in the application of information technologies to increase opportunities and accessibility for student learning.
- Building Community: Creates communication vehicles that help parents, teachers and educational leaders form a partnership to engage students in the learning process.
- Innovation: Uses technology to provide solutions that are based on best practices and can be replicated to meet such challenges as:
- Using data to improve decision-making.
- Providing increased access to education through such media as online learning.
- Linking homes to schools and to the broader community.
- Providing access and solutions for all segments of learners in order to bridge the digital divide that separates the affluent from the poor.
- Impact: Makes a difference by creating major change in the district or agencies.
- Public/Private Partnerships: Develops important effective public and/or private sector partnerships and policies that provide connectivity to learners in schools.
Applications are no longer being accepted for 2009
