This award, presented annually, is based on teacher evaluations submitted through the CILC website and recognizes outstanding performance by a content provider.
Congratulations to the recipients for 2011-2012 school year!
Recipients (average score 2.85-3.00)
Adventures In Medicine & Science (AIMS) Program of Saint Louis UniversityAnn Arbor Hands-On Museum
Author Dave Schwensen
Author Winner Twins
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial
Berrien RESA
Bronx Zoo/ Wildlife Conservation Society
Center for Puppetry Arts
Challenger Learning Center (Rochester, New York)
Challenger Learning Center-CET (West Virginia)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Distance Learning Solutions
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Frazier History Museum
Fresno Pacific University
Hank the Cowdog - John R. Erickson
Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center
InterLingo Spanish
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Kings County Office of Education
LEARNnco
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Manhattan School of Music
Minnesota Historical Society
Museum of Flight
Ohio Historical Society
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Reef HQ Aquarium (Australia)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Roper Mountain Science Center
Seacoast Science Center
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Stark Parks
The Bathysphere Underwater Biological Laboratory
The Hermitage, Home of President Andrew Jackson
The Sheffield Museum of Rural Life (Canada)
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Whirlidurb
Honorable Mention Recipients (average score 2.80-2.84)
Aquarium of the PacificBoonshoft Museum of Discovery
Brad Tassell
Buffalo Zoo
Camden Children's Garden
CESA 7 Educational Technology Services
Challenger Learning Center (Brownsburg, IN)
Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Museum
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Cooperating School Districts New Links to New Learning
COSI Columbus
Durham Museum
Hennepin Theatre Trust
Lee Richardson Zoo
Milwaukee Public Museum
Minnesota Zoo
Mote Marine Laboratory
Mount Washington Observatory
Royal Botanical Gardens (Canada)
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (Canada)
Saint Louis Zoo
South Central Kansas Education Service Center-The Service Center at Clearwater
The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts
The Paley Center for Media
Touch the Sky Ltd (England)
University Circle Interactive Cleveland
Valerie Marsh
Award Criteria
- Must be a current content provider on the CILC website.
- Must have at least 10 program requests submitted for the designated school year.
- The averaged score for all program evaluations for the year must be 2.85 or higher out of a possible 3 (An individual program receives a star rating if it averages a 2.4 or higher.)
Each school year, the scores of ALL program evaluations for each content provider are averaged based on 7 questions which are:
- The presenter:
- was knowledgeable about the content.
- was engaging.
- The program:
- was engaging.
- was appropriate for the advertised age/grade range.
- aligned to the advertised educational standards .
- met the advertised educational objectives.
- had an impact on student learning.
Each question has a numerical value which drives the star rating on the CILC website and the CILC Pinnacle Award.
For more information, contact Julia Heighway at 317-231-6529.
Check out the recipients for the CILC Pinnacle Award for Professional Development Providers.





