Global Educator Award
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Global Education Motivators' Global Educator Award
Each year, GEM honors an educator that has gone above and beyond the call of duty in order to ensure that their students receive a strong global education foundation. These educators are from various states in the US, as well as Mexico and Canada. We congratulate each of these educators for their tireless work.
Each year, GEM honors an educator that has gone above and beyond the call of duty in order to ensure that their students receive a strong global education foundation. These educators are from various states in the US, as well as Mexico and Canada. We congratulate each of these educators for their tireless work.
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2012-13 Recipient - Matthew Conforth Matthew Conforth has over 40 years experience as a K-12 teacher, school technology coordinator and administrator. From 2002-2012, Matthew served as the Director of Educational Technology at Passaic Valley Regional High School in Little Falls, NJ. Matthew is Co Chair of the NJEDge.net K20 Initiative and has served on many local, state, and national technology committees. Matthew has received many awards for his teaching, innovative programs and contributions to the integration of technology. These include the Governor's Teacher Recognition Award, the 2002 Technologist of the Year Award, two NJSBA School Leader Awards, the NJ ELite Exemplary Partnership Award, the MAGNA Award, and now the Global Educator Award. |
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2011-12 Recipient - Parveen Kassim Karachi High School, Karachi, Pakistan Parveen Kassim is the founder of Karachi HS in Karachi, Pakistan. Created in 1985 as a private high school for children of the common man, established to provide quality education equal to educating children of the elite. Mrs. Kassim is also the creator of the well known International Schools’ Educational Olympiad (ISEO). ISEO provides a variety of Ed-Ventures and has now grown to include hundreds of schools and invites students to participate in everything from quiz competitions, film making, drama, vocals, photography and a cyber fair as well as other categories. She established one of the first school websites in Pakistan and has been doing videoconferencing for ten years. She has also brought real world, real time experiences to her students and teachers through participation in various United Nations video conferences, despite the large time difference for participation in Pakistan. |
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2010-11 Recipient - Gertrude Shaffer South Seneca Middle School, Ovid, New York, USA Gertrude Shaffer, English teacher in rural Upstate New York, nurtures her students to become world citizens through her innovative Human Rights curriculum. Her Words to Deeds service learning framework encompasses the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Millennium Development Goals’ ideals. International videoconferencing brings the world into her classroom. Gertrude’s extraordinary vision has brought her students’ ideas to fruition through countless humanitarian projects and has shared results with Beta Delta, state universities, and the United Nations. |
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2009-10 Recipient - Albert Lee Byrne Creek Secondary School/Burnaby School Disctrict, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Albert Lee, works behind the scenes of many international videoconferences. His support of international programs for schools and has enabled many students from the Burnaby Schoool District to travel electronically to the United Nations and other parts of the world to interact with their peers on global issues. This year’s award was presented to him appropriately on UN Day with GEM representative Sabrina Cusimano in person at his school. |
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2008-09 Recipient - Joseph Selfridge West Catholic High School, Philadelphia, PA USA Joseph Selfridge is an inventive and energetic educator who strives to find unique and enlightening global learning opportunities for his students. Mr. Selfridge is the International Studies Program director at West Catholic High School. A former lawyer, a current teacher, and stage actor, Joseph Selfridge is a man of versatility. He is also the Senior’s International Relations Seminar teacher. |
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2007-08 Recipient - Chris Carpenter Sterling High School, Sommerdale, New Jersey, USA Chris Carpenter is currently chairperson of the social studies department at Sterling High School. He is a dedicated global educator who involves his students in Model United Nations and various international experiences from videoconferences to on-site international conferences. His students have won many awards over the years for their efforts. |
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2006-07 Recipient - Lynn Domenico St. Joseph High School, Hammonton, New Jersey, USA Lynn Domenico is a distinguished educator, who adds the Global Educator Award as another feather in her cap of awards which include the Robert J. Kealey Distinguished Principal Award from the National Catholic Education Association ((NCEA) and Best Principals in America award by the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). Lynn has been a dedicated supporter of global distance learning programs, being involved in hundreds through her roll as principal of the St. Lawrence Regional School and now the principal at St. Joseph High School. |
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2005-06 Recipient - Doctora Sandra Baur de Rivero Borrell Colegio Carol Baur, Mexico City, Mexico Doctora Sandra Maldonado Baur de Rivero Borrell is a distinguished educator from Mexico. Committed to building a Culture of Peace through education, Mtra. de Rivero founded the Baur system of education in 1970. Today, she is the President of the Baur Cultural Foundation and Director-General of the three Carol Baur Schools, two in Mexico City and one in Querétaro. For her outstanding work as an educator, Maestra Sandra has received recognition both nationally and internationally. Among the medals that she has been awarded are the Golden Palms Special Award to Education, the Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Medal, the FEU Medal from Cuba, and the University of Havana Medal. |
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