Awards
Phi Delta Kappa Future Educator’s Award
Phi Delta Kappa, University of Alberta Chapter is pleased to offer a $500.00 award to a high school student who is a prospective educator.
Eligibility - to be eligible for consideration of this award:
* High school student must demonstrate the intent on becoming a teacher in Alberta, entering an education program directly following high school; (the Bachelor of Education program at a teacher preparation institution in Alberta)
* The student must submit an essay of 1000 words describing why Education is his/her chosen field.
Essays are to be submitted to Lorraine Stewart via email at lmstew@outlook.com or via mail at RR2 Site 215 C13, Stony Plain, Alberta, T7Z 1X2
Deadline for submissions is February 1, 2017
A selection committee will choose one award winner from the essays submitted.
The Award winner will be invited to attend the April 19th, 2017 dinner meeting and read his or her winning essay. A cheque for $500.00 will be given to the award winner upon evidence of registration in the Faculty of Education at a post-secondary institution.
PDK Prospective Educator Award Winner 2016 - Hugh Bagan
About our winner for 2016 - Hugh Bagan
Hugh Bagan was born and raised in Edmonton. He is the middle child ofthree children in the family. Hugh shared the following: My mother is a teacher, but both of my parents are U of A alumni. I was actually referred to the PDK Future Educator award by a friend who is also a veteran teacher. But other than that the decision to go into the education field has been my own. I meant what I said in my essay, and I feel that I have a lot in common with the people who work in education — people that like to laugh, question, and really pour themselves into their work. I also think that Education is a widely applicable field that connects to many other lines of work. But most of all, a field that is centered around improvement, and progress (both personal and societal) really
appeals to me. As for some of my extracurriculars/hobbies, I do regular peer tutoring at my school, which hasbeen a good experience for meconsidering I’m going into Education in post-secondary. I also have interests in Computer science (coding) and Animation (see some of my work here)! If I was not going into
Education, that’s probably what I would be doing, and even so comp.sci is my current major (minor in mathematics).
Overall it’s an exciting time, and I cannot thank Phi Delta Kappa enough!
To read this essay, please read the story in the July PDK newsletter.
Kappan of the Year Award
The Kappan of the Year Award is awarded to active members of the University Chapter of PDK International who are in good standing and demonstrate their commitment to PDKs vision as exemplified by three tenets: leadership, research, and service.
PDK’s three tenets through his/her work descriptors:
Service—Cultivate and support the next generation of educators
Leadership—Recognize and celebrate the outstanding contributions of PDK members and chapters
Research—Share and distribute accurate knowledge and education research
Who?
Nominate a current, active member of the University of Alberta Chapter of PDK–teacher, administrator, principal, superintendent, higher education faculty who:
- demonstrates our PDK tenets of leadership, service and
research;
- exemplifies service to the field of education throughout his/her career;
– demonstrates outstanding professional accomplishments, scholarship and dedication to the education community and the vision of improving education.
Submit nominations to:
Bob Garneau at rggarneau@shaw.ca
Previous “Kappan of the Year” Recipients:
Dr. Norm Yanitski - 2015
Not awarded, 2014
Duane Plantinga, 2013
Bryna Clarke, 2012
Lorraine Stewart, 2011
Henry Johns, 2010
Elsie Pawlak, 2009
Mark Swanson, 2008
Dolaine Koch, 2007
Dr. Rosemary Foster, 2006
Audrey Hodgson-Ward, 2005
Don Sinkwich, 2004
Alan Bell, 2003
Dr. Dianna Millard, 2001
Edna Dach, 1999
Dissertation Award 2016
We are happy to award this year’s dissertation prize to Dr. Tania Kajner for her scholarly work in higher education. Perhaps we can understand some of this study by observing the professional learning communities that are developing in so many schools. Tania shared the results of her qualitative research
study, Living Well with Others; Exploring Community- Engaged Scholarship in Canadian Higher Education. In
her presentation Dr. Kajner examined two questions: 1) “How do scholars in Canadian higher education understand their research, teaching and action partnerships with communities?” and, 2) “How do scholars and community partners relate to one another in this work and what impact might that relation have on knowledge creation?” The interested audience consisted of classroom teachers, district leaders, and educational researchers.
Read more about our Dissertation Award 2016 in the July PDK newsletter.
Phi Delta Kappa, University of Alberta Chapter is pleased to offer a $500.00 award to a high school student who is a prospective educator.
Eligibility - to be eligible for consideration of this award:
* High school student must demonstrate the intent on becoming a teacher in Alberta, entering an education program directly following high school; (the Bachelor of Education program at a teacher preparation institution in Alberta)
* The student must submit an essay of 1000 words describing why Education is his/her chosen field.
Essays are to be submitted to Lorraine Stewart via email at lmstew@outlook.com or via mail at RR2 Site 215 C13, Stony Plain, Alberta, T7Z 1X2
Deadline for submissions is February 1, 2017
A selection committee will choose one award winner from the essays submitted.
The Award winner will be invited to attend the April 19th, 2017 dinner meeting and read his or her winning essay. A cheque for $500.00 will be given to the award winner upon evidence of registration in the Faculty of Education at a post-secondary institution.
PDK Prospective Educator Award Winner 2016 - Hugh Bagan
About our winner for 2016 - Hugh Bagan
Hugh Bagan was born and raised in Edmonton. He is the middle child ofthree children in the family. Hugh shared the following: My mother is a teacher, but both of my parents are U of A alumni. I was actually referred to the PDK Future Educator award by a friend who is also a veteran teacher. But other than that the decision to go into the education field has been my own. I meant what I said in my essay, and I feel that I have a lot in common with the people who work in education — people that like to laugh, question, and really pour themselves into their work. I also think that Education is a widely applicable field that connects to many other lines of work. But most of all, a field that is centered around improvement, and progress (both personal and societal) really
appeals to me. As for some of my extracurriculars/hobbies, I do regular peer tutoring at my school, which hasbeen a good experience for meconsidering I’m going into Education in post-secondary. I also have interests in Computer science (coding) and Animation (see some of my work here)! If I was not going into
Education, that’s probably what I would be doing, and even so comp.sci is my current major (minor in mathematics).
Overall it’s an exciting time, and I cannot thank Phi Delta Kappa enough!
To read this essay, please read the story in the July PDK newsletter.
Kappan of the Year Award
The Kappan of the Year Award is awarded to active members of the University Chapter of PDK International who are in good standing and demonstrate their commitment to PDKs vision as exemplified by three tenets: leadership, research, and service.
PDK’s three tenets through his/her work descriptors:
Service—Cultivate and support the next generation of educators
Leadership—Recognize and celebrate the outstanding contributions of PDK members and chapters
Research—Share and distribute accurate knowledge and education research
Who?
Nominate a current, active member of the University of Alberta Chapter of PDK–teacher, administrator, principal, superintendent, higher education faculty who:
- demonstrates our PDK tenets of leadership, service and
research;
- exemplifies service to the field of education throughout his/her career;
– demonstrates outstanding professional accomplishments, scholarship and dedication to the education community and the vision of improving education.
Submit nominations to:
Bob Garneau at rggarneau@shaw.ca
Previous “Kappan of the Year” Recipients:
Dr. Norm Yanitski - 2015
Not awarded, 2014
Duane Plantinga, 2013
Bryna Clarke, 2012
Lorraine Stewart, 2011
Henry Johns, 2010
Elsie Pawlak, 2009
Mark Swanson, 2008
Dolaine Koch, 2007
Dr. Rosemary Foster, 2006
Audrey Hodgson-Ward, 2005
Don Sinkwich, 2004
Alan Bell, 2003
Dr. Dianna Millard, 2001
Edna Dach, 1999
Dissertation Award 2016
We are happy to award this year’s dissertation prize to Dr. Tania Kajner for her scholarly work in higher education. Perhaps we can understand some of this study by observing the professional learning communities that are developing in so many schools. Tania shared the results of her qualitative research
study, Living Well with Others; Exploring Community- Engaged Scholarship in Canadian Higher Education. In
her presentation Dr. Kajner examined two questions: 1) “How do scholars in Canadian higher education understand their research, teaching and action partnerships with communities?” and, 2) “How do scholars and community partners relate to one another in this work and what impact might that relation have on knowledge creation?” The interested audience consisted of classroom teachers, district leaders, and educational researchers.
Read more about our Dissertation Award 2016 in the July PDK newsletter.
