Awards
Are you looking for a way to bring recognition to your program and your school? Do you have a colleague, adminstrator or advocate that you would like to thank for their commitment to world languages? One of the benefits of membership to KWLA is that you are eligible to nominate deserving professionals (and be nominated) for our annual awards. KWLA is seeking nominations for awards presented annually to educators and leaders in world languages. Please consider nominating a colleague for an award in one of the following categories:
- Outstanding Teacher of the Year
- Outstanding New Teacher of the Year
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Outstanding Administrator Award
- Amici Linguarum Award (Friend of Languages)
Award nominations will be accepted until Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Award recipients will be notified by Friday, September 4, and officially recognized at the 2009 KWLA Fall Conference during the Awards Luncheon on Saturday, September 19, 2009.
Awards nomination letters are to be submitted electronically to Awards Chair, Sharon Mattingly. Because the nomination form cannot be saved once information is added, it will have to be printed. Please either scan it and send it with the other materials, or fax it to the attention of Susann Davis at (270) 745-6859.
Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award
The Outstanding Teacher Award recognizes an individual of the world language teaching profession who has demonstrated long-term achievement and service to the profession. One award will be given at each level of instruction (K-8, High School, Postsecondary). Download the 2009 Nomination Forms: K-8 and High School | Postsecondary
| 2008 | Linda Zins-Adams, Highland High School (High School) |
| 2007 | Sharon Mattingly, Barren County High School (High School) |
| 2006 | Diane Taylor, Dupont Manual High School (High School) Jean Dudgeon, Elizabethtown KCTCS (Postsecondary) |
| 2005 | Mimi Hagedorn, Bishop Brossart High School (High School) Susan Marnatti, Beaumont Middle School (K-8) |
Outstanding New Teacher Award
The Outstanding New Teacher Award recognizes outstanding new teachers whose excellence in world language teaching may not be recognized otherwise, and to demonstrate that the profession and KWLA care about new teachers and their professional growth. Download the 2009 Nomination Form!
| 2008 | Alice Barrette, East Jessamine High School |
| 2007 | Megan Iranpour, Lexington Catholic High School |
| 2006 | Not Awarded |
| 2005 | Adriana Melnyk, Newport High School |
Lifetime Achievment Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual of the world language teaching profession who has demonstrated long-term achievement and service to KWLA and to the profession - locally, statewide, regionally, and/or nationally. Download the 2009 Nomination Form!
| 2008 | Jean Amick, Kentucky Country Day & Mimi Hagedorn, Bishop Brossart High School |
| 2007 | Estelle Bayer, Madison Central High School |
| 2006 | Milton Grimes, Murray State University |
| 2005 | Linda Pickle, Western Kentucky University |
| 2003 | Mary Jo Netherton, Morehead State University |
| 2002 | Ruth Styles, Kentucky Educational Television |
| 2001 | Rosemary Weddington, Berea High School & EKU |
| 1999 | Jacquie Spurlock, Eastern Kentucky University |
| 1998 | Thomas P. Baldwin, Western Kentucky University |
Outstanding Administrator Award
The Outstanding Administrator Award recognizes a school administrator who has demonstrated exemplary support of world language learning and teaching at his/her institution, community, or in the state. Download the 2009 Nomination Form!
| 2008 | Lu Young, Superintendent - Jessamine County Public Schools |
| 2007 | Roger Marcum, Superintendent - Marion County Public Schools Janice Lantz, Superintendent - Nelseon County Public Schools |
| 2006 | Milton Grimes, Executive Director - Kentucky Institute for International Studies |
| 2005 | John Hudson, Principal - Atherton High School |
Amici Linguarum Award
The Amici Linguarum Award recognizes an individual or organization not directly involved in the teaching of world languages that has made a significant contribution to the profession. Download the 2009 Nomination Form!
| 2008 | Margo Jang, Festival Director - Northern Kentucky Univ. |
| 2007 | Not awarded |
| 2006 | Elaine Jarchow, Dean of Education - Northern Kentucky Univ. |
| 2005 | Peter Fricke, Tente International GmbH |