SETDA is proud to honor SETDA Members and Policy Makers via our annual SETDA Leader of the Year (SLY) Award and our Federal and State Policy Maker Awards.
For more information on the awards, go to Awards page and log into my SETDA as prompted.
SETDA SLY Award
SETDA established the SLY Award to recognize an active SETDA member, who meets the selection criteria, who has exhibited outstanding leadership in (1) integrating technology effectively in his/her state to improve student learning, (2) collaborating with peers through SETDA initiatives thereby affecting positive change for the organization and its members, and (3) engaging within the broad education and education technology communities to ensure the effective integration of technology in learning to improve student achievement.
Congratulations to Rick Gaisford (Utah) the 2009 SLY Award Winner. Rick has played a pivotal role in the national efforts around educational technology, previously serving as the Chair and Vice Chair of the SETDA Board. Rick shared information with policy-makers on the value of technology for the improvement of education and presented at numerous conferences to help make educational technology programs more scalable. SETDA would also like to congratulate Cathy Poplin (AZ) and Carla Wade (OR) on their SLY nominations.
Rick Gaisford and the SETDA Staff
Past Award Winners
2008
Jayne Moore, Maryland Department of Education
Lan Neugent & Jayne Moore
2007
Lan Neugent, Virginia Department of Education
2006
Melinda Maddox, Alabama Department of Education
2005
Michael Golden, Pennsylvania Department of Education
2004
Anita Givens, Texas Education Agency
2003
Brenda Williams, West Virginia Department of Education
Brenda Williams, Michael Golden, Anita Givens, Lan Neugent, Melinda Maddox
