The ISTE Making It Happen award is meant to honor visionary educators and leaders who empower learners and solve tough problems in education. ISTE, in collaboration with 60+ partner organizations, work together to identify and spotlight amazing education leaders through the Making It Happen awards program. Each year, participating organizations select educators who are making an enormous impact on their schools or communities. Making It Happen awardees receive the coveted Making It Happen jacket and free ISTE membership for a year.
Because this award is an organizational award and is meant to increase awareness of both ISTE and WEMTA, the recipients will come from recommendations made by WEMTA Members and decided upon by the WEMTA Board. Due to the fact that we will use this to increase awareness of our organizations, the recipient does not have to be a current WEMTA member. It is our hope that through the award process, attendance at the conference, and seeing how awesome we are, anyone who isn’t currently a member will become an active member.
If you know someone who would be a great candidate for the ISTE Making It Happen Award, complete the Awards Nomination 2023-2024 Form.
A discussion on potential recipients will be held at our January (2024) Board Meeting and a winner will be chosen based on the criteria below. Each nominee will be scored from the criteria listed. Recipients will be notified immediately following that meeting. Those recipients will be invited to attend the 2024 WEMTA conference with WEMTA covering the cost of registration (any other costs would be up to the person receiving the award). In order to encourage the recipient’s district to cover other costs, a letter will be sent to the superintendent announcing the award.
Recipients receive:
- ISTE Making IT Happen certificate
- ISTE Making IT Happen award jacket
- One-year membership to ISTE
- Letter to Superintendent
- District and Community recognition
- WEMTA conference registration and membership for one year
Award Criteria:
This award is meant for those impacting the educational technology community and is open to any educator.
Award recipients are educators who:
- Move forward and don't look back.
- See students as real people.
- Use technology in innovative ways to support learning goals.
- Teach through relationships - inspiring, encouraging and nurturing.
- Recognize that further change is necessary, but understand that it’s a process.
- Realize that teacher empowerment is key to transforming learning.
- Expect success.
- Motivate through awareness and access to information.
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