NCLD’s Pete & Carrie Rozelle Award was created by NCLD’s Board of Directors in 2000 to honor the organization’s founders by recognizing schools that are successful in addressing the learning and social/emotional needs of students with learning disabilities (LD) and other students who struggle with learning. This award is intended to help the recipient school(s) expand programmatic and staff development activities that incorporate effective data-based decision-making practices and progress monitoring activities into classroom and school-wide practice. Eligible public school programs must have met AYP for the most recent school year. Preference is given to schools that serve underprivileged and under-served communities, and programs that have demonstrated unique impact on students with LD.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
The ideal candidates for this nomination are schools or school-related program that are committed to excellence in education for students with LD and other students who struggle with learning, and have demonstrated:
- Extraordinary learning and social/behavioral student outcomes
- A commitment to data-based decision making and student progress monitoring
- Demonstrated K-12 transition planning activities that will facilitate student advancement and lead to a regular high school diploma
- Ongoing staff development and opportunities for professional growth that enhance accountability and promote better student outcomes
- Only public schools that have met adequate yearly progress (AYP) goals will be considered.
Submission process
Submissions should include documentation (and links) to:
- Most current performance data (e.g., report cards) documenting AYP status and specific examples of student achievement gains
- School community demographics
- Policies and practices regarding special education
- Specific activities and approaches that support the needs of students with LD and other students who struggle with learning and their families
(NOTE: Only schools in the NYC metropolitan area are being considered for review at this time.)
Selection process
Members of the NCLD Team, in consultation with members of the NCLD Board of Directors, will review all qualified applications and select the winner of this annual award.
Award presentation
The award will be announced at NCLD's Annual Celebrating Our Schools Luncheon. Members of the school/program community will be invited to attend this event and accept the award.
Award benefits and obligations
This cash prize of $5,000 is made possible by the National Football League, thanks to their generous contribution in honor of Former Commissioner Pete Rozelle and his wife, Carrie, the founder of NCLD.
This award is to be spent in ways that support and enhance student success.
Each school's efforts and accomplishments will be featured in NCLD communications and through other media opportunities.
NCLD is grateful for additional prizes provided to award-winning schools/programs:
- Gift certificates for educational products and services from Brookes Publishing and Sopris West Educational Services
- Screen-Reading software from Kurzweil Educational Systems
For additional information, contact:
The National Center for Learning Disabilities, Inc.
381 Park Avenue South, Suite 1401, New York, NY 10016-8806
212.545.7510
Toll-free 1.888.575.7373
Fax 212.545.9665
Email:
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Find out about The Gateway Schools and Public School 164, The Caesar Rodney Elementary School, the winners of the 2010 Pete and Carrie Rozelle Award, and find out about previous recipients of the award.
Past winners of the Pete and Carrie Rozelle Award.
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