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Goals:
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The
Milken Educator Awards were established with these goals:
- To
honor and reward outstanding K-12 educators for the quality
of their teaching, their professional leadership, their
engagement with families and the community, and their potential
for even greater contribution to the healthy development
of children.
- To
focus public attention on the importance of excellent educators.
- To
encourage able, caring and creative people to choose the
challenge, service and adventure of teaching as a career
and to rally support for dramatic improvements in the motivation
and achievement of students.
- To
advance education technology as a means to improve the performance
of students, enhance the effectiveness of educators and
strengthen the engagements of parents and the community.
- To
create national and state networks of Milken Educators that:
foster the active professional development and career enhancement
of Milken Educators and other professionals, encourage Milken
Educators to help shape the educational policies that influence
their classrooms and schools, connect Milken Educators with
the educational improvement efforts of state education agencies,
universities, corporate partners and other allies.
- To
engage corporate and foundation partners in support of Milken
Educators and in advocacy of policies that advance education.
Recipients
are not aware they are being considered for the awards. To
identify candidates for evaluation, Dr. Reed appointed a
blue
ribbon panel under guidelines established by the Milken Family
Foundation. The process to identify the candidates and select
recipients is confidential. The program involves no application
procedure.
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Criteria:
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Criteria
established in Indiana call for these qualities in an educator:
- Innovation
and Management: Has created new programs or revitalized
existing programs, gets things done, rises above the ordinary.
- Communications:
Uses speaking skills to inspire and influence others, and
relates current literature to teaching and content.
- Motivation:
Induces active student involvement, creates a learning environment,
demonstrates exceptional ability to challenge students to
achieve their highest potential.
- Leadership:
Is involved in development and implementation of inservice
training programs for teachers and other educational personnel.
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