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 2010-2011 school year!
Recipients (average score 2.85-3.00)
Adventures In Medicine & Science (AIMS) Program of Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO - USAAlaska SeaLife Center, Seward, AK - USA
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, MI - USA
Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, GA - USA
CESA 7 Educational Technology Services, Green Bay, WI - USA
Challenger Learning Center, Brownsburg, IN - USA
Challenger Learning Center, Rochester, New York - USA
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH
Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Museum, The Dalles, OR - USA
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell, OH - USA
Durham Museum, Omaha, NE - USA
East Central Ohio Educational Service Center, New Philadelphia, OH - USA
Frazier History Museum, Louisville, KY - USA
Hank Fincken: A National Theatre Company of One, Indianapolis, IN - USA
Kigluait Educational Adventures, Talkeetna, AK - USA
Kings County Office of Education, Hanford, CA - USA
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, NY - USA
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN - USA
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Ft. Worth, TX - USA
Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH - USA
Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, OH - USA
Reef HQ Aquarium (Australia), Townsville, Queensland - Australia
Roper Mountain Science Center, Greenville, SC - USA
Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario - Canada
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, Drumheller, Alberta - Canada
Stark Parks, Canton, OH - USA
The Bathysphere Underwater Biological Laboratory, Rochester, NY - USA
The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, Minneapolis, MN - USA
The Sheffield Museum of Rural Life, Sheffield, Ontario - Canada
Honorable Mention (average score of 2.8-2.84)
Brad Tassell, Bowling Green, KY - USABorn 2 Move Movement Adventures, Green Bay, WI - USA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH - USA
Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, MI - USA
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX - USA
Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center, Glen Cove, NY - USA
Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center, Bloomington, IN - USA
InterLingo Spanish, Manizales, Caldas - Colombia
LEARNnco, Tiffin, OH - USA
Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY - USA
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, USA
Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH - USA
NASA's Digital Learning Network (Ames Research Center), Moffett Field, CA - USA
NASA's Digital Learning Network, Kennedy Space Center, FL - USA
Oiada International, Newark, NJ - USA
Orange County Department of Education, Costa Mesa, CA - USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA - USA
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, OH - USA
Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, MO - USA
Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, TN - USA
The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA - USA
The Paley Center for Media - New York, NY - USA
Valerie Marsh, Carmel, IN - USA
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH - USA
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.





