Nominations open for Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Educator Awards
3/13/2023
The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation offers superintendents and principals the opportunity to honor and recognize outstanding Ohio classroom teachers in four categories through the Jennings Educator Awards Program. Categories include:
- Arthur S. Holden Teacher Award for Excellence in Science Education honors the Foundation's founder. The award will fund a deep-learning science project.
- George B. Chapman, Jr. Teacher Award for Excellence in Mathematics Education honors the Foundation's past chairman. The award will fund a deep-learning mathematics project.
- Master Teacher Award will fund a deep-learning project.
- George B. Milbourn Award for Excellence in Team Teaching will fund a deep-learning project.
One teacher per category will be awarded $7,500 for their classroom and up to five additional per category may receive $1,000 for their classrooms.
To nominate candidates, visit the Annual Educator Awards page. Submit nominations by April 6.
The Foundation also offers local school boards the opportunity to honor and recognize their district's leader for the Ohio Outstanding Superintendent Performance Award. A school board may nominate a district leader by uploading the two items below on this Google Form:
- Nomination letter from the Board President on district letterhead
- One-to-two-page superintendent narrative on district letterhead about why and how they lead for student success and support the Foundation's themes of deep learning and excellent teaching.
Guidance for the nomination letter and narrative are in the nomination form.
A committee will select one superintendent to be awarded $10,000 to support deep learning and excellent teaching in the district. Up to five additional superintendents may be recognized for excellence in the field and receive $1,000 for their districts. All awards will be payable to each honoree's school district in the honoree's name.
Awards are for public school superintendents who have deep respect from students and colleagues, remain intellectually alive, demonstrate leadership in their field and serve as a model of excellence for the teaching profession. All nominees must have completed five years of experience as an Ohio superintendent and must have served in his or her current position for at least two years by the end of this school year to qualify.
Submit nominations by April 6. The $10,000 award will be presented at the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation annual Educators Retreat in July. For questions, email jenningsfoundationohio@gmail.com.