Past Winners

Doug Norris- 2025

Lead Teacher at Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative (RIFLI)/Providence Public Library

Anna Cousins- 2024

"Anna’s students build strong social connections, often providing support and encouragement to each other with the adjustment to the US."

Deborah McCoy - 2023

Educator and Literacy Instructor at Dorcas International

Laura Faria-Tancino-2022

“Once you work with adult students and you see the commitment, drive, and desire for excellence that they bring to each class, as a teacher - you cannot show up with anything less than your A-Game!”

Carolina Bisio- 2021

“Learn as much as you can about your learners. By considering our learners' funds of knowledge, we can help our students become active, motivated, and successful learners.”

David Buchalter- 2020

“I love teaching the way I love oxygen: it sustains me. Since teaching and learning are mutually constitutive, being a teacher means being a learner, and I love learning! That’s why I love what I do.”

Youmi Kim- 2019

Thomas Larrabee - 2018

Kimberly Libby - 2017

Nancy Fritz - 2016

Nancy Fritz.doc

Dr. Nancy Cloud - 2015

Nancy Cloud Adult Ed Practitioner Award.pdf

Barbara Al-Sabek - 2014

Link to Barbara's Story

Janet Isserlis - 2013

About Janet Isserlis