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IWLA 2019 Award & Grant Recipients
2019 IWLA Educator of the Year Recipients
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Dr. Pamela Wesely (Post-Secondary) & Jason Noble (Secondary) |
2019 Michael Oates "Teacher of Promise" Recipient
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Grace Winter (right) pictured with IWLA President Allison Wienhold (left). |
2019 IWLA Distinguished Service Recipient
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Dr. Linda Quinn-Allen (right) pictured with IWLA President Allison Wienhold (left). |
2019 Friend of IWLA Recipient
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Stefanie Wager (left) pictured with her nominator former IWLA Past President Pam Wesely (right). |
2019 Grant Recipients
Sierra Depping of Tripoli CSD (left) and Alyssa Maske of South Central Calhoun CSD (right)
pictured with President Allison Wienhold (center).
2019 Best of Iowa Presentation
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Maria Surma for "Get them moving, get them racing, get them feeling…get your students HOOKED" She will represent IWLA at Central States Conference in March 2021 |
Past Recipients of IWLA Awards and Honors
Year |
Educator of the Year |
Distinguished Service |
Teacher of Promise |
Friend of IWLA |
2019 |
Dr. Pamela Wesely Jason Noble |
Dr. Linda Quinn-Allen | Grace Winter | Stefanie Wager |
2018 | Craig Klein Dexemple | Joan Pace Beth Vander Wilt |
Katelyn Pletcher Karina Suarez Luna |
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2017 | Meg Fandel Kim Huegerich |
Kerisa Baedke |
Elizabeth Schupp Monica Martinez |
Sandra Dop |
2016 |
Stacy Amling Christine McCormick |
Taylor Thenhaus Emily Wallace |
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2015 |
Kate Falvey |
Larry Pace |
Robert Benesh Loni O’Grady |
Marcia Powell Beatrice Houston |
2014 |
Carrie Morris Amy Murphy |
Susan Sandholm Petersen Mary Stimmel |
Ashley Kielty Amanda Kerper |
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2013 |
Keith Bonnstetter |
Catherine Keech Sarah Nelson |
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2012 |
Marianne Sandberg |
Wade Petersen |
Jose Garcia Kalifornia Grey Lindsey Wenner |
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2011 |
Regina Schantz Julie Wilhelm |
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2010 |
Jim Gerrans |
Marcia Rosenbusch |
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2009 |
Candace Sherwood Jean-Pierre Taoutel |
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Julio Rodríguez |
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2008 |
Lisa Sobotka Anne Lair |
Cathy Stone |
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2007 |
Coralie Turner Elizabeth Zwanziger Page Sara Blanco |
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2006 |
Dawn Bratsch-Prince Anna Marasco |
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2005 |
Lindsey Rice Cornwell Susan Sandholm Petersen Beth VanderWilt Terri Gebel |
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2004 |
Catherine (Kay) Wells Patricia Calkins Dawn Frye |
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2003 |
Wade Petersen Linda Quinn Allen |
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2002 |
Steve A. Christianson Tammy Dunn |
Catherine (Kay) Wells |
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2001 |
Shelly Power Bill Hemmes Tatiana Spektor |
Eunice Van Tuyl |
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2000 |
Moira McCluney Jere Brands |
James E. Becker |
If you see errors in this list, please contact IWLA!
Recipients of the Educator of the Year Award prior to 2000:
Jim Becker, Lydia Ruiz, Marcia Rosenbusch, Nile Vernon, Anne Volkman, Donna Grunstad, James Graham, Sandy Nyhus, Shelly Winters, Magdalena Mujica-Voy, Michael Oates, Barbara Maitland, Toni Baugher, Walter Chatfield, Janine Shelley, Barbara Peterson, Dedi Walker, Rosemarie VanDyk, Patricia Westphal, Janet Brown Lowe, Evelyn Bress, Joan Pace, Joan Lewis, Jacques Dubois, Lieselotte Ritter, Jane Klaver, Linda Wilson, Ana Peck, Cheryl Voelliger, Connie Smith, Tom Dougless, Jurgen Koppensteiner, Russ Freerking, Alicia Van Bergen, Denise Murray, Nelle Hutter, Heidi Galer, Jeanette Borich, Sally Clute, Donna Van Bodegraven, Eunice Van Tuyl, Holly Kaptain, Kerisa Baedke, Mercia Foster, Paris Sangrene, Trish Colburn, Larry Pace, Joye Lore-Larson, Lowell Hoeft, Hildegard (Pochy) Morales