CAEA PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR AWARDS

CAEA annually accepts nominations from its membership for active and current CAEA members who have demonstrated
exemplary instruction in their schools and who have made an impact on those around and to our organization. Awards
are made for elementary, middle, secondary, higher education, museum, and administration art education. Furthermore,
CAEA annually selects one of its members to receive the Outstanding Visual Art Educator of the Year Award for the
State of California who is also honored each year at the National Art Education Association national convention. The
deadline for submitting nomination applications is January 1 to your Area President.

PROFESSIONAL AWARD WINNERS FOR 2011

STATE AWARDS

Kathleen Crocetti

 
Kathleen Crocetti

Outstanding Visual Art Educator of the Year

" The arts are vital. They are vital to us as individual human beings, to our communities, to
our nation and to our planet. The arts encourage individuals to explore, when we try new
things and discover unexpected results this gives us confidence to explore in other areas
of our lives. This spirit of exploration, the drive to find creative solutions is at the heart of
our national strength as innovators and inventors. As the world continues to change at the
rapid rate we are experiencing, our children will need to be able to respond with new and
creative solutions to ever increasing complicated problems. This broad view benefit of the
arts does not require that every individual be an artist, rather that every individual be
exposed to artist processes. Art foster courage to explore the unknown.

As a teacher, the three most important things I can impart to students is perseverance,
courage and vision. It takes practice to get better at everything, to be very good at something we must persevere; each of us has a unique perspective on life that allows us to see things differently than anyone else. Believing in ourselves and having the courage to put our personal vision out there in the public eye is being real. I ask my students to be true to themselves, to be real."

 

Outstanding Visual Art Educators

Barb Purdy GINI GYORKOS Kristen Weigand Dr. Lynette Henderson Ron Jessee Sally Paul
Barb Purdy
Secondary Level

Gini Gyorkos
Middle Level
Kristen Weigand
Elementary Level
Lynette Henderson
Higher Education 
Ron Jessee
Administration/
Supervison
  
Sally Paul
Active Retired

AREA AWARDS

Terri Murray Ed Keesling Yvonne Cavanagh Dr Lee Hanson Anne Uphoff
Terri Murray
Ruth Jansen
Central Area 
Ed Keesling
Ruth Jansen
Southern Area
Yvonne Cavanagh
Douc Langur
Central Area
Lee Hanson
Douc Langur
Northern Area
Anne Uphoff
Award of Merit
Southern Area

CAEA Awards Program

The CAEA Awards Program is open to all CAEA members and features both State and Area awards. The same form can be used for various awards nominations. Send completed forms to Sally Paul 30215 The Horseshoe Winters CA 95694, postmarked on or before January 1, 2012.      CAEA Awards Criteria              CAEA Professional Awards Nomination form  To fill out the form digitally, use this Word version. CAEA Awards Nomination Form          (Free Acrobat Reader is required for viewing and printing pdf documents.)

TWO NEW AWARDS ADDED FOR 2012!

Two new awards have been added for 2012" Special Needs Art Visual Art Educator and Rookie of the Year. Criteria for these awards can be found above on the CAEA Awards Criteria.

For additional information or questions, contact Sally Paul, CAEA Professional Awards Chair

NAEA Awards Program

The NAEA Awards program is open to all NAEA members. Growing in scope since its inception, the program features awards ranging from the state, to regional and national levels, and continues to add new awards.  The 2012 NAEA Awards Program Booklet contains details and nomination materials for over 100 awards. Additional information can also be found at www.arteducators.org/awards. The deadline for submitting nominations for most awards is October 1 of each year.

Have a question about NAEA awards? E-mail awards@arteducators.org

RELATED RESOURCES AND LINKS:

List of All CAEA State and Area Award Recipients by Year
List of All CAEA State and Area Award Recipients Alphabetically

 

 
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