John Ward was a founding member of SLAV in the early 1960s, a founding member of Australian School Library Association in 1968 and a founding member of the International Association of School Librarianship.

He held the positions of Secretary and President of SLAV for many years and was the Secretary of ASLA during the 1970s, a period of rapid library expansion.

In recognition of John's contribution to our profession, the SLAV Council established the John Ward Award in 1998, with a professional development grant to be awarded annually.

The recipient of the John Ward Award will be required to demonstrate an outstanding contribution to learning and teaching at their school and a raising of the profile of their profession through their role as teacher-librarian. A professional development grant of $2000 is awarded.

The SLAV awards were presented on Friday November 12th 2010 at the joint SLAV & NGV conference 'Celebrations: an eye for literacy', held at the National Gallery of Victoria, International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne This year's winner was: Joy Whiteside - Overnewton Anglican Community College

Past winners of the John Ward Award are:

2011: Joy Whiteside - Overnewton Anglican Community College
2010: Susan La Marca, Genazzano FCJ College
2009: Jenny Luca, Toorak College
2008: Jane Viner, Methodist Ladies College
2007: Judith Way, Mill Park Secondary College
2006: Jennifer Hall, Bendigo Senior Secondary College
2005: Bronwen Parsons, Belmont High School
2004: Camilla Elliot (profiled in FYI 7(4), 2003)
2003: Marianne Punshon (profiled in FYI 8(1), 2004)
2002: Lesley Burgess & Shirley Melissas (both profiled in FYI 7(1), 2003)
2001: Di Ruffles (profiled in FYI 6(1), 2002)
2000: Trish Cotter (profiled in FYI 5(1),2001) & Rosalind Kentwell (profiled in FYI 5(2), 2001)
1999: Denise Boyko & Sandy Davey (both profiled in FYI 4(1), 2000)
1998: Di Wilson (profiled in FYI 3(1), 1999) & Grace Kinch (profiled in FYI 3(2), 2001)

Nominations for the John Ward Award close on the last day of Term 3 each year. Download the application form here. The award winner is announced at the International School Libraries Day Dinner.

The SLAV Research Fellowship

In recent years education authorities have based curriculum reform on the results of research projects that have been carried out here and overseas.

Academics and practitioners alike have emphasised the need to carry out action research projects and document the impact that our school library programs have on student learning outcomes.

Supporting action research and evidence-based practice, the SLAV Research Fellowship will take the form of a $1000 grant to provide practical support to a teacher-librarian to implement a local research project.

The SLAV awards were presented on Friday November 12th 2010 at the joint SLAV & NGV conference 'Celebrations: an eye for literacy', held at the National Gallery of Victoria, International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne This year's winner was: Pam Niewman - Clairvaux Catholic School.

Past winners of the SLAV Research Fellowship are:

2011: Pam Niewman
2010: Camilla Elliott
2009: Wesley College, Library and Information Services Team: Wilma Kurvink, Marie Turnbull, Margaret Pajak, Bart Rutherford, Cameron McIntosh, and Meg Moores
2008: Cairistiona Tait
2007: Jacqueline Griffeth and Lee King
2006: Jan Schmidt-Loeliger
2005: Christine Wilson
2004: Jennifer Hall

Nominations for the SLAV Research Fellowship close on the last day of Term 3 each year. Download the application form here. The award winner is announced at the SLAV November conference.

 

The SLAV Innovator's Grant

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We are particularly pleased to be offering an award that goes to an innovative library or school team. Teams are encouraged to nominate themselves and SLAV branches are also called upon to nominate teams. This innovators grant supports the development of new and innovative practice in school libraries and will consist of a package of SLAV Professional Development and to the value of $800 plus $200 worth of Pledger Consulting products.

SLAV would like to take this opportunity to thank Pledger Consulting for their generous sponsorship of this award. Over a period of many years Pledger Consulting Pty Ltd has provided directories of internet sites to learners, teacher-librarians and teachers in schools. All of their products are designed to guide research and save time for students, teachers and librarians.

The SLAV awards were presented on Friday November 12th 2010 at the joint SLAV & NGV conference 'Celebrations: an eye for literacy', held at the National Gallery of Victoria, International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne This year's grant was awarded to Sally Sutherland - Melbourne Girls College.

Past winners of the SLAV Innovator's Grant are:

2011: Sally Sutherland
2010: Tania Sheko
2009 Judith Way
2008: Laraine Stephens, Juliet Hayday, Adrienne Dore & Rosemary Bellairs
2007: Faye Matters
2006: Helen Zizys, Anna Ferguson & Lorraine Hudson
2005: Karen Russo
2004: Linda Twitchett

Nominations for the SLAV Innovator’s Grant close on the last day of Term 3 each year. Download the application form here. The award winner is announced at the SLAV November conference.

 

The SLAV School Leader Award

Research has indicated that principal or school leader support of the library program is critical in encouraging teacher / teacher-librarian collaboration and in making the library program an integral part of the learning and teaching of the school. (Colorado Study, 1999)

The SLAV School Leader’s Award is made to a school leader who demonstrates outstanding support of the school library and the work of the school library team. School personnel who are members of the school leadership team are eligible to be nominated by a teacher-librarian or the school library team.

The award recipient will be recognised by the presentation of a certificate at the International School Libraries Day Dinner.

The SLAV awards were presented on Friday November 12th 2010 at the joint SLAV & NGV conference 'Celebrations: an eye for literacy', held at the National Gallery of Victoria, International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne. This year's joint winners were: Julie Ryan - Our Lady of Mercy College.

Nominations for the SLAV School Leader Award close on the last day of Term 3 each year. Download the application form here. The award winner is announced at the SLAV November conference.

Past winners of the School Leader Award are:

2011: Julie Ryan, Our Lady of Mercy College
2010: Joint winners: Martin Culkin, Principal, Dandenong High School and Joseph Gerassi, Principal, Bialik College
2009: Angela Pollard
2008: Cheryl Judd & Janine Laurence
2007:Jennifer Davies
2006: Tony O'Byrne

 

The Webquest of the Year Award

The Webquest and Beyond Awards were also presented at the dinner. These awards are a joint project of the School Library Association of Victoria and the Victorian Education Channel, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and are supported by the sponsorship of Electroboard.

Winners of the Webquest and Beyond Awards, 2008 are:

1st - Julie Squires and Mark Phillips, Casey Grammar for Earth 2.0,

2nd - Pennie White and Jodie Tilley, Mooroolbark College for Schoolyard blitz

Congratulations to all award winners! For information about the past winners, follow this link