Submission Deadline - October 15, 2024
(11:59pm CT)
NABSE 2024 Awards Descriptions
President’s Award
This award acknowledges significant spiritual and financial contributions to the NABSE community.
Hall of Fame Award
This award is presented to members based upon their individual achievements in the field of education and their unique service and diligence in carrying out the mission of NABSE.
Marcus Foster Distinguished Educator Award
This award is bestowed upon individuals or organizations who have exercised exceptional leadership qualities and who, through their talents, have made systematic impacts in the field of education.
W.E.B DuBois Higher Education Award
This award is bestowed upon individuals or organizations who are actively promoting or advocating higher education for African American, through research, instruction, funding/scholarships, or guidance/counseling, or who quest for equity and equal opportunity to learn.
Mary McLeod Bethune Outstanding Teacher Award
This award is bestowed upon teachers whose innovative teaching techniques have led to an increase in student achievement through demonstrating unparalleled commitment and innovation toward enhancing the quality of instruction in the classroom.
Principal of the Year Award
This award is bestowed upon principals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership skills that have led to a greater sense of student, teaching staff, and parental community support.
Josephine E. Hill Superintendent Award
This award is bestowed upon current superintendents who have demonstrated a quality of leadership that resulted in significant positive outcome of students of African descent.
Ida B. Wells Risk Taker Award
This award is bestowed upon individuals who have undergone great personal and professional sacrifice in the service of educational advancement for African Americans.
Living Legend Award
This award is bestowed upon leaders in the African American community with a demonstrated commitment to local, regional, and national progression of the African American community.
Lifetime Achievement Award
This award is bestowed upon individuals in recognition of their outstanding lifetime efforts and achievements to the African American community and the community-at-large.
School Board of the Year
Recognizes a particular school board that has established progressive policies and practices that are advantageous to the welfare of African American students and teachers
