All information on the PAEA Award nominations can be found below. 

Thank you to the members who are in the nomination process. PAEA will be making incredible noise at this year's NAEA Conference because the talent in our state deserves to be recognized! 

Jenna Robinson, PAEA Awards Chair

awards@paea.org

Program Objectives:

• To focus professional attention on quality art education and exemplary art educators.

• To increase public awareness of the importance of quality art education.

• To set standards for quality art education and show how they can be achieved.

• To provide tangible recognition of achievement, earn the respect of colleagues, and enhance professional opportunities for PAEA members.

AWARD CATEGORIES:

• Outstanding New Professional Art EducatorThis award is intended to recognize excellence among new art educators based on their success in student teaching and as a first-year teachers.)

• Outstanding Emeritus Art Educator (formerly known as Outstanding Retired Art Educator -3 years retired)

• Outstanding Supervision/Administration Art Educator

• Outstanding Museum Art Educator

• Outstanding Special Needs Art Educator

• Outstanding Higher Education Art Educator

• Outstanding Secondary Art Educator

• Outstanding Middle Level Art Educator

• Outstanding Elementary Art Educator

• Outstanding NAHS (National Art Honor Society) Sponsor Award

• McGeary Scholarship Recipients

• Outstanding Friend to Art Education

Nominations for this year’s outstanding art educator awards were due by June 30th

AWARD RUBRICS:

• Elementary_Middle,_Secondary_and Non-public Division_Educator_of_the_Year_Awards_Rubric

• Higher_Education_Division_Educator_of_the_Year_Award_Rubric

• Special_needs_Art_Teacher_of_the_Year_Award_Rubric

• Supervision/Administration_Division_Educator_of_the_Year_Award_Rubric

• Museum_Division_Educator_of_the_Year_Award_Rubric

• PAEA Retired Art Educator_rubric(Emeritus)

• New Professional Art Educator Award Criteria

• Friend to Art Education Award Rubric

 By May 19th, submit the following using the online forms linked above. 

• A nomination letter from the nominator

• TWO additional letters of recommendation

• Resume

• Digital photo (this will be used in the conference program)

• 1 Paragraph Bio of the nominee

• NAEA CV FORM- NAEA-Awards-Program-Nomination-Form-Standardized-Vita

 If you have questions, contact  Jenna Robinson, PAEA Awards Chair at awards@paea.org