The CEC Outstanding Student Chapter Advisor Award

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is a professional association of educators dedicated to cultivating, supporting, and empowering education professionals who work with individuals with disabilities by:

  • Advocating for education professionals and for individuals with disabilities and/or gifts and talents
  • Advancing professional practice and scholarly research
  • Promoting diversity, equity, inclusivity, and accessibility
  • Building networks, partnerships, and communities
Information
Information
Deadline:
October 23, 2023
Award type:
Achievement/Honorific
Presented by:
CEC National
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Award Details:

The CEC Outstanding Student Chapter Advisor Award honors a college/university CEC Student Chapter Advisor who has demonstrated exemplary commitment to engaging students in their CEC Chapter and guiding their educational, personal, and professional development in the field of special education.

 

This award originally was initiated in 1982 to honor Dr. Susan Phillips Gorin and her contributions as coordinator of CEC student activities from 1975-1982.

The CEC Outstanding Student Chapter Advisor Award recipient must: 

  • be a current CEC member at the time of nomination and granting of the award;
  • demonstrate CEC’s core values: 
    • Visionary Thinking: Demonstrated by forward-thinking and courageous decision-making dedicated to excellence and influence in an evolving environment.
    • Integrity: Demonstrated by ethical, responsive behavior; transparency; and accountability.
    • Inclusiveness: Demonstrated by a commitment to diversity, caring, and respect for the dignity and worth of all individuals.
  • support CEC Student Chapter Members by:
    • providing mentoring, and peer mentoring opportunities by chapter members, to recruit, retain, and support special education teacher candidates;
    • designing and implementing service activities (e.g., tutoring, social engagement opportunities for students with disabilities and/or gifts and talents, after school programs, etc.);
    • providing networking opportunities to enhance employment opportunities for special education teacher candidates;
    • implementing culturally responsive/sustaining practices in recruiting diverse individuals as chapter members;
    • conducting fundraisers to support students with disabilities and/or gifts and talents (e.g., supplies/programs for teachers; special activities/programs for students, etc.); and/or 
    • engaging in recruitment initiatives to encourage high school and other college/university students to consider becoming a special educator. 

Nomination Instructions 

  • Nominations must be made by an individual who is currently, or has, been employed in the field of education/special education, or CEC-affiliated organization (i.e., Unit, Local or Student Chapter, Division, or Subdivision) that has direct knowledge of the nominee’s work supporting students and teachers, as described above.
  • Self-nominations are not accepted.
  • All nomination materials must be submitted online by 12:00 pm, October 23, 2023.
  • The nomination form is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7BGS8ZR
  • Supporting materials can be uploaded into the online nomination form as PDF (strongly preferred), doc, docx files or video link. If you are unable to upload any documents, please email them to Sharon Rodriguez. Alternatively, responses can be typed into the online form.
  • Please use file name(s) to clearly indicate reference to the nominee and award. 
  • (e.g., “Smith_Chapter_Advisor_Award.docx” or “Smith_Chapter_Advisor_Nomination.docx”).
  • All materials become the property of CEC and will not be returned.
  • Posthumous nominations are NOT accepted. 

Nominate Online

 

Required Materials 

  • Letter/Video of Nomination from a colleague, supervisor, or other professional familiar with the nominee’s work addressing their efforts in meeting the award criteria, and the outcomes/impact. 
    • Letter word limit: 500 words
    • Video time limit: 3.5 minutes
  • Letter/Video of Support from a colleague, supervisor, or other professional familiar with the nominee’s work addressing their efforts in meeting the award criteria, and the outcomes/impact. 
    • Letter word limit: 250 words
    • Video time limit: 2 minutes
  • One letter/Video of Support from a current or recent former student (within the past three years) addressing the nominee’s efforts in meeting the award criteria, and the outcomes/impact.
    • Letter word limit: 250 words
    • Video time limit: 2 minutes

 

Selection Considerations 

The CEC Honors Committee has the authority to give up to three Outstanding Chapter Advisor Awards or opt not to grant the award in any given year. 

 

Recipient Recognition and Benefits

The award recipient(s) will be:  

 

Questions? Please contact Sharon Rodriguez.

2023 Shamy Polychronis, Ph.D. – University of Utah View Press Release
2023 Jonté C. “JT” Taylor, Ph.D. – The Pennsylvania State University View Press Release
2022 Not awarded  
2021 Not awarded  
2020 Not awarded  
2019 Not awarded  
2018 Not awarded  
2017 Not awarded  
2016 Raul Escarpio  
2015 Theresa Garfield Dorel  
2014 Suzanne E. Kemp  
2013 Andrea Hathcote  
2012 Diane Cavanagh  
2011 Erika Lembke  
2010 Elizabeth Leader-Janssen  
2009 Wendy Ehrensberger  
2008 Cynthia Simpson  
2007 Amy Childre  
2006 Joan Levine  
2005 Robin Brewer  
2004 Dan Ezell  
2003 Susan Salmon  
2002 Lesley P. Graham  
2001 Tamarah Ashton and Wendy Weichel  
2000 Maureen Norris  
1999 Betty Schultze  
1998 Lynn Ziraldo  
1997 Belinda D. Karge  
1996 Colleen Shea-Stump  
1995 Phyllis Froese  
1994 W. Bruce Mason  
1993 Joyce Meyer  
1992 Enid Baird  
1991 Louis Semrau  
1990 Leonard Rezmierski  
1989 Robert C. MacMillan  
1988 Betty Marrs  
1987 Mary Sue McCarthy  
1986 Linda Brown  
1985 Perry Leslie  
1984 Kathy Hargis  
1983 Pearl Yamashita  
1982 Susan Phillips Gorin  

 

Last Updated:  29 August, 2023

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