Ron Lee Technology Award

This is a generous $1,000 annual award to an instructor who proposes a worthy technology-inclusive classroom project.

​Secondary Level Student Essay 
Sponsored by National Geographic Learning

Dear National Geographic Learning,
Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to participate in a contest like this and sponsoring the award.  I am truly grateful that the efforts I made led me to this success, and I could win this award.  Without your support, I could not be this successful.  I had never won an essay contest in English before, so I wasn’t expecting to win this one as well.  When I got a call that said that I won this award, I was so happy, but I also doubted it and thought it was a test at first because I did not expect this to happen at all.  Then when I got the certificate, I felt a sense of accomplishment!  That made me increase my confidence in English and want to improve my English skills more.  Again, thank you for sponsoring this award.  - Yu Harishima (Winner of the Secondary Level Student Essay Contest)

Gail Weinstein Memorial Award

This award is given to an ESL teacher or graduate student who develops a learning project in their classroom or develops a project-based learning curricular unit for the adult education classroom is eligible to apply.  Friends and family of Ms Weinstein set up this award​.

Gordon Johnson Memorial Award

Gordon Johnson valued the creativity demonstrated by many ESL instructors. He served as an ESL editor and sales representative over the course of his forty-year career. This $300 mini-grant was created in his honor to support the development of innovative ESL materials.