CVEDC’s Innovative Leadership Award
in honor of Ned Kirsch
NOMINATIONS CLOSED
Who’s your Vermont innovative leader?
We are looking for educational leaders that are a step ahead of most of us, those who innovate to improve learning for students or educators. Rather than the implementation of strategies used throughout the region, they are seeing that the next step to improving learning for students or educators needs a shift in thinking. Do you have an example you can share for this nominee? Please answer these questions as part of the nomination process for the 2023-24 CVEDC Innovative Leadership Award.
Award Timeline and Details
$3000 award
Nominations Open November 2023
Nominations close - nominees are reviewed & referenced March 29, 2024
Committee reviews nominees and makes a selection April 19, 2024
Recipient announced/award given May 14, 2024
Examples of Innovative Leadership Qualities
Breaking down barriers and shifting mindsets to move innovation forward
Engages beyond Vermont and beyond today
Inspires change through courageous vision, innovative actions, and a belief in what’s possible both within their system and others
Scans environments for new opportunities
Challenges the status quo by design thinking
Articulates a vision for World Class Education with both global and local perspective and actions
Meet Gabe Hamilton
Innovative Educator 2022
Gabe is the most recent recipient of the Ned Kirsch Innovation Award
Click the photo to watch Gabe talk about how this award inspired his work as an innovative leader in education.
Meet Peter Wyndorf
Innovative Educator 2020
Peter is the most recent recipient of the Ned Kirsch Innovation Award
Peter Wyndorf talks about receiving the award and his work as an innovative educator in VT.
Honoring the Work of Vermont Educator and Superintendent Ned Kirsch
About the Award
Ned Kirsch was a valued member of the CVEDC Advisory Board and guided CVEDC in bringing innovative leaders like George Couros, Devin Vodicka, Bea McGarvey, Pam Moran and Ira Socol to Vermont. His national presence among innovative networks made other innovators aware of Vermont’s work and eager to be part of it.
In honor of Ned, CVEDC has created the Innovative Leadership Award. We ask Vermont educators to use the Nomination Form to nominate a Vermont Educational Leader who exemplifies the qualities that were part of Ned’s inspirational and forward-looking leadership.
Ned pictured with Devin Vodicka at a CVEDC Dine & Discuss event.
“We want our learning for students to be authentic...we’re all the same but different. We can learn from each other.”
— Ned Kirsch