Jack London Award for Educational Innovation

Jack London

We are pleased to annouce the winners of the 2012 Jack London Award for Educational Innovation:

Elementary Category: Primos, Oak Grove Elementary School, Santa Rosa, Nancy Saylor, Program Coordinator

Secondary Category: Windsor High School, Windsor, Marie Ganister, Program Coordinator

All are invited to the award ceremony on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 5:00-6:30. Click to download the invitation flyer.

 

Now in its 26th year, the Jack London Award for Educational Innovation celebrates good ideas and great programs and the people who make them happen in our local public schools. All Sonoma County Public Schools are invited to nominate innovative programs for this honor. Applications are due in January of each year and awards are presented in May. Due to the fact that 2012 is a major accreditation year for the School of Education, we will not be accepting new applications for the Jack London Award, but we will recognize programs nominated and judged in recent years. We will again accept applications in January 2013.

Goals of the Jack London Award Program

  • To recognize and publicize outstanding innovative programs and the individuals responsible for them.
  • To project a positive image of public education.

SSU faculty and staff, as well as community and educational leaders, serve as judges for this award program. The Jack London Award Committee makes final selection of award recipients. Criteria for judging include:
  1. Original vision and impetus for the program
  2. Innovative and creative approaches
  3. Engages teachers and school community collaboratively
  4. The impact of this program on students and how it might be adaptable to other settings

See what programs were honored at the 2010 Jack London Award Ceremony and view a presentation about the 2011 Award Ceremony

View videos of the 2009 and 2010 finalist programs at the Sonoma County Office of Education website

Retrospective Brochure: 23 years of the Jack London Awards

'Be a Judge' flyer

Download the 2011 Application

Co-Sponsors of the Jack London Awards:
California Faculty Association
Sonoma County Educators Council CTA/NEA
Sonoma County Office of Education
Sonoma State University Educational Leadership Institute
Sonoma State University