Whereas, throughout his extraordinary career, Elliot Judd exemplified the characteristics of an exceptional educator and demonstrated outstanding commitment to the field of TESOL, ITBE has established a memorial award in his honor.
The purpose of the award is to honor an ITBE member who demonstrates the qualities exemplified by Elliot Judd: outstanding teaching, dedication to the professional field of TESOL, as well as a commitment to the professional development of colleagues.
ITBE is accepting nominations for the AY2025 Elliot Judd Outstanding Teacher Award. This award honors English language learning professionals who have demonstrated exemplary commitment to our profession with outstanding teaching, dedication to the professional field of TESOL and/or Bilingual Education, as well as a commitment to the professional development of colleagues.
Please consider nominating a colleague who you feel has made a contribution to English language learning in our state. There are many ways in which people have served and continue to serve our field, and the Award Committee is eager to see how our colleagues have helped ELLs, their communities, and their learning environments. The ITBE Board is more than happy to receive nominations from educators from diverse teaching and learning environments.
The award will be conferred at the 2025 ITBE Annual Convention on February 21, 2025.
For more details please send an email to awards@itbe.org.
For nomination, please complete the Elliot Judd Outstanding Teacher Award nomination form:
For more details please send an email to awards@itbe.org.
All nomination documentation must be received by Friday, December 20, 2024.
Past Recipients
Dr. Alan Seaman, Wheaton College Graduate School (2024)
Kathryn Powell, Harper College (2023)
Sherry Rasmussen, Depaul University (2022)
Kristin Lems, National Louis University (2021)
Maria Muñoz, Hoffman School, Glenview School District 34 (2019)
Dr. William Stone, Northeastern Ilinois University (2018)
Catherine Porter, Illinois Resource Center (2016)
Dr. Theodora Helene Bofman, Northeastern Illinois University (2015)
Catherine Caldwell, Southern Illinois University (2014)
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