2018 Award Recipients

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

ROSEMONT – Louise Stompor, a reading specialist for Schiller Park School District 81, has been selected by the Illinois Education Association (IEA) as its nominee for a National Education Association Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence. Stompor was recognized for the honor on Thursday at the annual Representative Assembly of the…

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,…