ACEL VIC Hedley Beare Educator of the Year Award

This award acknowledges the exceptional legacy made by Professor Hedley Beare to Australian and International education. Hedley was an inspirational and pragmatic leader who had experience of educational leadership at every level. His many achievements include creating the Northern Territory and ACT Schools’ Authorities, a Harkness Fellow, a Doctor of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, President of the International Congress for School Effectiveness (ICSEI), National Patron of ACEL, recipient of the ACEL Gold Medal (1991) and William Walker Memorial Orator (1998).

The ACEL VIC Hedley Beare Educator of the Year Award is presented to an outstanding ACEL member who is a ‘true educator’, upholds and contributes to the aims and objectives of ACEL, promotes ACEL activities and excels as a leader within an educational setting.

ACEL VIC Media Award

This award is presented to a journalist from the print, radio, online or television media 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.

ACEL VIC Brian Caldwell Research Award

This award acknowledges and pays tribute to the scholarship and work of ACEL Victoria Patron Professor Brian Caldwell (FACE, FACEA). Brian is an outstanding and influential scholar whose work has played an influential role in reshaping thinking, policy and practice about educational leadership nationally and internationally. The recipient of this award is presented to an ACEL member and teacher, principal or academic who has made an important and distinctive research contribution to educational leadership, policy and/or practice in Victorian education.

ACEL VIC Debbie Locco Leadership Award

This award acknowledges and perpetuates the memory of the life and work of Debbie Locco FACEL (Vic). Debbie was an inspirational and influential educator who played a pivotal leadership role in empowering and shaping future leaders. The recipient of this award is an ACEL member who has demonstrated Debbie’s passion, energy and commitment, to inspire current and future leaders and members of the profession, to engender the best possible educational outcomes for children and young people.

ACEL VIC President’s Award

The Presidential Citation is an occasional award given by the President to recognise outstanding service to Australian education. It is presented to someone who has made an outstanding contribution in furthering the vision, mission, and objectives of ACEL.

ACEL VIC Fellowship Awards

ACEL presents Fellowships to those who have made outstanding educational leadership contributions to ACEL and/or whose work has influenced educational practice at a state and/or national level.

*Denotes National Fellowship

ACEL Fellowships (Honorary)

An ACEL Fellowship (Honorary) may be conferred on persons who are not ACEL members, but who are acknowledged as outstanding leaders in the practice and/or theory of educational leadership. The criteria are similar to an ACEL Fellowship with the nominee being expected to have made a significant contribution to the improvement of student and organisational outcomes.

ACEA/ACEL Victoria Branch Presidents 1996 – Present