The Neag School of Education is now seeking nominations for the 2019 Neag School Annual Alumni Awards. Go online today to nominate deserving Neag School alumni in the following six categories:

• Outstanding Higher Education Professional – A faculty member or administrator at a college or university

• Outstanding School Superintendent – A leader of a public or private school system

• Outstanding School Administrator – A principal, assistant principal, central office administrator or director

• Outstanding School Educator – Pre-K through 12th grade educators, including classroom, reading, technology, ELL, school counselors, and school psychologists

• Outstanding Professional – A professional working within the public or private sector
• Outstanding Early Career Professional – A promising young professional in the first five years of his/her career in education

Submit Your Nomination: Find more information on how to submit your online nomination for the 2019 Neag School Alumni Awards here.

Nominations Accepted: Monday, Aug. 27, 2018 — Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 (5 p.m. EST)

Elementary and middle-school teachers in Connecticut are invited to apply for a $5,000 gift through the Rogers Educational Innovation Fund, beginning Sept. 15.

This award, established in 2017 by Neag School professor emeritus Vincent Rogers, is intended to support innovative classroom projects carried out by teachers in Connecticut.

Dwight Sharpe, a math teacher in Middletown, Conn., received the inaugural award for his project, titled “Accessing and Engaging in Mathematics Through Robotics and Computer Programming.” The goal of the project, which was selected from among more than 40 submissions, focused on “explor[ing] and determin[ing] how robotics and computer programming can be embedded into middle school instruction to improve student engagement and achievement.”

For further information, including eligibility criteria and access to the online application form for the 2019 Rogers Educational Innovation Award, visit rogersfund.uconn.edu.

Applications Accepted: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 — Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 (5 p.m. EST)

Apply for the Rogers Educational Innovation Fund online, beginning on Sept. 15.

Nominations for the 2019 Perry A. Zirkel Distinguished Teaching Award open Sept. 15.

Full-time Neag School faculty members may be nominated by current or former Neag School faculty, or by current Neag School students or alumni.

This award, launched in 2017 by UConn alum Perry A. Zirkel ’68 MA, ’72 Ph.D., ’76 JD, annually recognizes a Neag School faculty member for outstanding teaching. The inaugural award was presented to Professor D. Betsy McCoach.

Nominations Accepted: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 — Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 (5 p.m. EST)

Find award parameters and submission instructions here.