New South Wales Branch

ACEL NSW Awards: History

The Dr Paul Brock Memorial Medal
This medal is awarded annually to a prominent educational leader who has significantly impacted educational direction and achievement. The recipient will also have demonstrated the values of social justice in making a substantial contribution to evidence informed policy, practice and research. The NSW ACEL Dr Paul Brock Memorial Medal has been established in honour of the extraordinary educational leadership of Paul as a much loved, highly respected and passionate fellow of ACEL NSW.

2023  Professor Br David Hall, Murat Dizdar
2022  Dr Nicole Mockler
2021  Professor Pasi Sahlberg, Professor Emeritus Patrick Duignan
2020  Professor Deb Hayes
2019  Ann McIntyre
2018  Jenny Gore
2017  Bernie Shepherd
2016  Ken Boston

Patrick Duignan Award for Leadership
This award is given to an outstanding ACEL member who is a NSW or National Fellow of ACEL, actively promotes and contributes to ACEL initiatives and activities at local, state and/or national level and has made a significant, sustained contribution as an exceptional educational leader across one or more areas or organisations.

2020  Vicki Treble
2019  Dr Norman McCulla
2018  Brian Ralph
2017  Christine Cawsey
2016  Chris Bonnor
2015  Liliana Mularczyk
2014  Michael Bezzina
2013  Ann McIntyre
2012  Paul Brock
2011  Chris Presland

Fellowships
ACEL NSW Fellowships are awarded to members of ACEL who have demonstrated outstanding educational leadership and made a significant impact and contribution over an extended period of time to educational leadership and educational outcomes within their workplace and beyond, e.g. at a local, regional, system, state and/or national level.
* Also holds a National Fellowship

ACEL Honorary Fellowships
Honorary Fellowships are awarded to non-members of ACEL who are widely acknowledged as highly esteemed leaders who have made a significant impact and contribution over an extended period of time to educational leadership and/or educational outcomes at a state, national or international level.

2017  Adrian Piccoli
2015  Elizabeth Ann Macgregor
2013  Sylvia Corish*
2012  Jane Donovan
2011  Randall Albury
2010  Ric Stevens

Leadership Awards
ACEL NSW Leadership Awards are given each year to individual educators or teams of educators who have demonstrated excellent performance in leading an educational organisation or initiative which has accomplished significant growth in outcomes for children, students and/or teachers, or major cultural change within that organisation or the profession at large.

Mary Armstrong Awards for Early Career Educational Leadership
These awards are given each year to educators in the first five years of their professional career who have demonstrated excellent educational leadership and commitment linked to one or more initiatives within and/or beyond their organisation, consequently making a significant difference to child or student learning, teacher professional practice or organisational effectiveness.

2023  Lauren Cullen
2022  Nicholas Kovacs
2021  Haneul Lee, Olivia Phillips
2020  Lucy Birts, Olivia Havelka, Glen Lawless, Jaylee Love
2019  Dominic Benedet, Stephanie Church, Nellie Harb, Samuel Korsch, Katherine Molloy, Kathleen Quinn
2018  Ben Gerard, Brianna Wilson, Tara Georgiadis, Ellie Moroney
2017  Rebecca Hooper, Kyle Little, Lachlan McLean, Clare Melville, Rebecca Thomson
2016  Amanda Mansour, Tim Stuckey, Stephanie Vrandich
2015  Stefanie Lia
2014  Yasodai Selvakumaran
2013  Karla Olmos
2012  Alice Leung
2011  Nicole Hunt

Award for Educational Research
This award is given to educational researchers who have displayed excellent academic achievement in their studies or produced excellent research leading to significant improvement in child or student outcomes, teacher professional practice or organisational effectiveness.

2022  Marc de Rosnay, Dr Jane Herbert, Associate Professor Steven Howard, Associate Professor Rachel Jones, Dr Bridget Kelly, Lisa Kervin, Associate Professor Jessica Mantei, Associate Professor Cathrine Neilsen-Hewetts, Tony Okely, Karel Strooband, Ellie Taylor
2021  Associate Professor Rachel Wilson, Associate Professor Scott Eacott
2017  Ann McIntyre
2016  Frank Malloy

Traditional and Social Media Award
This award is given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to raising the level of public awareness and the quality of debate on significant local, state and/or national education issues.

2023  Jenna Price
2022  Mathew Green
2021  Cameron Malcher
2019  Dr Stan Grant
2015  Justine Ferrari
2014  Jane Caro
2013  Maralyn Parker
2012  Anna Patty