The CEGSA Leading Light award aims to recognise those within the South Australian Educational community who provide inspiration to others by their excellent practice in supporting the use of ICT to enhance and extend student learning.

At the end of each year the CEGSA committee selects the South Australian Computer Educator of the Year and the South Australian ICT Leader of the Year from the Leading Light nominations received throughout the year.

The South Australian awards winners are nominated for the corresponding Australian awards, decided by the Australian Council of Computers in Education (ACCE) board at the Annual General Meeting in February.

The winner of the Australian Computer Educator of the Year award is, in turn, nominated for the International Computer Educator Of the Year, decided by ISTE.

CEGSA current Leading Lights: .... Leading Light on-line nomination nominate for 2006 NOW (you will need to log in as a member first)

What Is a Leading Light?

A Leading Light is not necessarily a teacher, but is a CEGSA member (individual not organisational) who plays a leading role in the South Australian educational community.

A Leading Light may be seen doing one or more of the following:

• Contributing to the professional development of teachers by organising, providing, delivering professional development
• Playing a leading role in embedding ICT into the curriculum
• Pro-actively encouraging and enabling students and / or teachers to use ICT in classroom activities
• Demonstrating exemplary embedded ICT practice and thereby inspiring others
• Providing workshops and presentations related to the use of ICT in the classroom (including regional and annual conferences)
• Development of a website that provides resources related to using ICT for others to use
• Development of online teaching resources e.g. webquests, lesson plans
• Playing a district or statewide role through the provision of any of the above, including online projects, mailing lists, newsletters etc.

How a Leading Light is nominated

• Through an online nomination form on the CEGSA site. The nominator (who is a CEGSA member) is required to complete the online nomination form, including contact details for the nominee and a brief comment on why they believe the person fills the requirements.
• The nominee will be contacted to notify them of thier nomination, asking if he/she accepts the nomination and requesting further information, including a digital photograph.
• Once the nominee accepts the nomination, he/she will be added to the Leading Light list for the current year on the CEGSA website.
• CEGSA certificates of appreciation will be issued to each Leading Light nominee.
• CEGSA members will be invited to add their testimonials to the website for Leading Lights of their choice. These testimonials will not be publicly visible once submitted, and must be accompanied by the name of the person submitting the testimonial. Testimonials from non-members will be discarded.
• The CEGSA Leading Light list will be developed annually, and the names of the previous year's Leading Lights will be available on the CEGSA website.
• The CEGSA executive will be responsible for nominating eligible Leading Lights for ACCE Professional Status.

Computer Educator of the Year and Outstanding ICT Leader of the Year

• In November of each year, all nominees on the current CEGSA Leading Light list will be considered for these Awards, depending on their teaching status. All will be considered eligible, provided they have supplied the additional information requested by the CEGSA office. A short list of up to 5 nominees will be created and ranked.
• The classroom teacher ranked at the top of the short list will be named CEGSA Computer Educator of the Year for that year and the non-classroom teacher ranked at the top of the list will be named CEGSA ICT Leader of the Year. The names of those who made the short list will also be publicised.
• Those nominated for ACCE awards will be given the opportunity to augment their nomination with additional evidence according to ACCE criteria.