CEC Professional Awards

The CEC Professional Awards give us a unique opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of our colleagues. Through these awards, we recognize the special educators who have advanced the field and the quality of special education service, as well as CEC members whose contributions have moved the Council forward in significant ways.

CEC's Professional nominations are due in October each year, with nominees and nominators notified of the results in early January. Award recipients are recognized at the CEC Convention & Expo Opening General Session. 

2014 Awards Nominations are Now Open!

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• 2013 Professional Award Recipients
• Questions

CEC offers the following awards:

• The CEC J.E. Wallace Wallin Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has made continued and sustained contributions to the education of children and youth with exceptionalities.
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• The Clarissa Hug Teacher of the Year Award honors a CEC member who currently provides direct services to students with exceptionalities and whose work exemplifies the best in special education teaching.
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• The CEC Special Education Research Award recognizes an individual or research team whose research has made significant contributions to the education of children and youth with exceptionalities.
  
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• The Outstanding CEC Leadership Award honors a CEC member who has made significant contributions to the Council’s programs and activities at the local, state/provincial and national/international level over an extended period of time.
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• The CEC Business Award recognizes a business or corporation that has provided for the employment and enhancement of individuals with exceptionalities in order to promote and support their full participation in the community.
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2013 Professional Award Recipients

CEC is proud to announce the 2013 Professional Award recipients. 

• The CEC J.E. Wallace Wallin Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Barbara D. Bateman, Legal Consultant Special Education; Professor Emerita, University of Oregon
    

• The Clarissa Hug Teacher of the Year Award
  • Ashlie Abercrombie Allardyce, Early Childhood Special Education Community Itinerant Teacher,  Calcasieu Parish School System
    

• The CEC Special Education Research Award
  • Russell Gersten, Executive Director, Instructional Research Group; Professor Emeritus, University of Oregon
    

• The Outstanding CEC Leadership Award
  • Rosa Milagros Santos, Associate Professor Department of Special Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    

• The CEC Business Award
  
  • Securis, Jeremy Farber, Chantilly, Va.

Read about the 2013 Professional Award Recipients.

Questions?

Please address any inquiries about the CEC Professional Awards to Andrea Elkin at andreae@cec.sped.org or 703-264-9481.