Inviting School Award Program

2006 Inviting School Award Winners!

The purpose of the Inviting Schools Award is to recognize schools, districts and universities throughout the world who exhibit the philosophy of invitational education.  Awards will be presented at the bi-annual World Conference.

2008 Application Package    [236kb]

Please contact the awards chair for information:

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The William Stafford Leadership Award

IAIE established the William Stafford Leadership Award in 2003 to recognize exceptional servant leadership within the Alliance. It is the highest award presented by the organization. The Alliance bestows the Award every other year at the IAIE annual meeting. The next Stafford Awards will be at the 2008 IAIE World Conference in the greater Chicago area.

The award is named to honor the memory of Dr. William Stafford, former Professor of Counselor Education at Lehigh University, a founding member of the Alliance. He directed the first Alliance Conference, which met on the Lehigh campus in 1982. Over the years, Bill Stafford provided exceptional leadership and contributed greatly to the development of the Alliance and equally important to invitational theory and practice. He was the second editor of the Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice .

Nominees for this award should have a minimum of three years of distinguished service to the International Alliance for Invitational Education. To nominate someone for this award, please send a letter to the Awards Committee that documents the nominee's service to the Alliance.

Clio Chan, Chair, 2007-2009
William Stafford Awards Committee
Email: csm@creativeprisch.edu.hk

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Introducing
The
Inviting School Fidelity Award

Application Instructions

The International Alliance for Invitational Education proudly announces this award as a continuing effort to promote inviting schools that Keep the Inviting Spirit Alive.  Just as suggests faithfulness, allegiance, loyalty, and devotion, inviting schools should be recognized for keeping these attributes a part of their invitational philosophy.

This prestigious Fidelity Award is designed to recognize those schools that have previously received the Inviting School Award and that have kept the spirit of Invitational Education alive in their school.

Awards will be presented at the IAIE World Conferences which convene every other year. The next World Conference will be held in 2008. Schools may apply for the 2, 4, 6, and 8 year Silver Starfish Fidelity Award
by completing the ISS-R survey and providing a letter describing the achievements during the 2-year period.

Application for the 10 year Gold Starfish Fidelity Award will follow the same format. This award, however, would serve as the Lifetime Inviting Achievement Award as the school is recognized for making a continuous difference in the lives of it students, staff and school.

For more information, please contact:

David A. Chapman Inviting School Awards Chair Lincoln High School  1545 S. Hart St.  Vincennes, IN  47591 daciaie@aol.com	Elaine Devers Inviting School Alumni Chair Southern Elementary School 1200 Fairfax Way Georgetown, KY  40324 elaine.devers@scott.kyschools.us