RISING STARS AWARD

2024 Rising Star Winners

  About GaETC’s Rising Star Educator Award

The GaETC Rising Star Educator Award is intended to recognize an emerging leader in Georgia K-12 schools whose record reflects ongoing and exceptional growth in the field of education and a passion for technology integration that transforms learning for students, fellow teachers, and/or the community of educators at large. GaETC Rising Star Educators are offered the opportunity to present as a FEATURED SPEAKER at the annual GaETC Conference.          (November 6-8, 2024).  Award recipients were provided with a full conference registration and lodging for the three  days.

Awards were made at the discretion of the GaETC Steering Committee and Program Committee.

                 Nomination Requirements

Nominations for the Rising Star Educator Award were submitted with the candidate’s permission. The nominator  summarized the nominee’s achievements and growth in sufficient detail to document why this individual should be recognized as a “rising star” in the profession.

Nominees were contacted by the GaETC Program Committee and asked to confirm that they would like to be considered. At this point, each nominee provided a link to a self-promoting video or presentation. This presentation described why the educator is worthy of the award. Nominees were also be allowed to provide other corroborating evidence to support consideration for the award.

                      Guidelines and Eligibility

Nominees were judged on three primary factors:

• • Description of the individual role played by the nominee and the resulting positive outcomes in projects, presentations, activities, and/or initiatives that in total demonstrate exceptional growth in the field of education and a passion for technology integration that transforms learning for students, fellow teachers, and/or the community of educators at large.
  • Evidence that the contributions of the nominee are having a positive impact on his or her students, institution, and/or the profession as a whole.
  • Evidence (through the Flipgrid presentation and other corroborating evidence) that the nominee will be a dynamic, engaging, and engrossing featured speaker.

In addition, the Committee  looked for evidence that supported:

• • Significant innovation through technology integration, given the nominee’s school/district context.
  • Uniqueness and impact of the candidate’s contributions.