Faculty and Program Awards

•  The international journal, Teaching and Teacher Education (TATE), recently awarded Vicki Vescio, Dorene Ross, and Alyson Adams with the Nate Gage Prize for the best TATE Article in 2010 and the 2010 TATE award for Top-Ten Most Cited Articles for “A review of research on the impact of professional learning communities on teaching practice and student learning.” 

•  The graduate-school component of the Florida Master Teacher Initiative’s Teacher Leadership for School Improvement (TLSI) program has won the Association of Teacher Educators’ 2011 Distinguished Program in Teacher Education Award.

•  Cathy Cavanaugh, Kara Dawson, and Albert Ritzhaupt won the Outstanding Paper Award from the Society for Information Technology in 2008 for their article,  “Conditions, Processes and Consequences of 1:1 Computing in K-12 Classrooms:  The Impact on Teaching Practices and Student Achievement.”

•  Nancy Dana received the National Staff Development Council Book of the Year Award in 2008 for The Reflective Educator’s Guide to Professional Development:  Coaching Inquiry-Oriented Learning Communities (coauthored with Diane Yendol-Hoppey).

•  Ruth McKoy Lowery received the National Council of Teachers of English’s National Professional Association Service Award in 2006.

•  Cathy Cavanaugh won the Outstanding Paper Award from the Society for Information Technology in 2006 for her article, “Effectiveness of Online Algebra Learning:  Implications for Teacher Preparation.”

•  Nancy Dana received the Distinguished Research in Teacher Education Award from the Association of Teacher Educators in 2005.