Adult Education Practitioner Award
Each year, RITELL’s Adult Education Special Interest Group (AE SIG) recognizes the extraordinary contributions of an individual to the profession, learners, and/or colleagues. Please see links below for more detailed information.
RITELL AE SIG Adult Educator Award.pdf
RITELL AE SIG Award Nomination Form.doc
Nominations are open right now until September 15th, 2026!
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
Dr. Nancy Cloud - 2015
Nancy Cloud Adult Ed Practitioner Award.pdf
Barbara Al-Sabek - 2014
Janet Isserlis - 2013
