2018 Award Recipients

IEA honors superintendent for support of educators’ union

ROSEMONT – A central Illinois school superintendent who was the only school administrator in Illinois to sign on to support unions in the Janus v. AFSCME case now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court has been awarded the IEA Friend of Education Award by the education employee organization. Kyle Freeman,…

IEA honors pediatricians focused on the impact of trauma on students

ROSEMONT – A trio of pediatricians who have worked with the Illinois Education Association (IEA) to raise awareness about the impact of toxic stress and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on student learning have been awarded the IEA Friend of Education Award by the education employee organization. The three, Dr. Marjorie…

State Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch receives IEA Friend of Education Award

ROSEMONT – One of the top public education advocates in the Illinois General Assembly is the recipient of the 2018 Friend of Education Award from the Illinois Education Association (IEA). State Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D-Hillside), was recognized with the award at the IEA Representative Assembly on Saturday at the…

Elgin Para-Interventionist Team member receives IEA award

ROSEMONT – A member of the education support staff in Elgin Area School District 46, has been selected by the Illinois Education Association (IEA) as the organization’s 2018 Education Support Professional (ESP) of the Year. Tina Pizzitola, a Para-Interventionist Team member (PIT) in Elgin Area School District U-46, Pizzitola was…

Benjamin School District 25 music teacher named IEA’s Teacher of the Year

ROSEMONT – Matthew Turek, instrumental music teacher and band director at Benjamin Middle School in West Chicago, has been selected by the Illinois Education Association (IEA) as its 2018 Teacher of the Year. Turek was recognized for the honor on Thursday at the annual Representative Assembly of the IEA. Some…

Loyola student selected as IEA’s Student of the Year

ROSEMONT – The president of the Student Education Association chapter at Loyola University Chicago, Rebecca Kreidler, has been selected by the Illinois Education Association (IEA) as the organization’s 2018 Student of the Year. Kreidler, who is studying secondary education and history at Loyola, also serves as chair of the IEA’s…

Harvey’s Roosevelt Griffin III receives award from IEA

ROSEMONT – A band teacher at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School in Harvey, Ill., has been selected by the Illinois Education Association (IEA) as the recipient of its 2018 Reg Weaver Human and Civil Rights Award. Roosevelt Griffin III, director of bands for Harvey Public School District 152, was recognized on…

2018 Illinois Teacher of the Year Lindsey Jensen honored by IEA Representative Assembly

ROSEMONT – An English teacher from Dwight Township High School, today was honored by her colleagues for being selected as the 2018 Illinois Teacher of the Year. The recognition came during the Illinois Education Association’s (IEA) Representative Assembly, being held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Ill. Lindsey Jensen,…