The EdNET 2006 Award nominations are now closed. Thank you to all who submitted, and make sure to come back in March of 2007 to review nomination rules for EdNET 2007!

Overview
1. An organization can be nominated in ONLY one category. All nominations must be completely received - online nomination submitted as well as all supporting materials - by 5:00 pm EDT on June 16, 2006.

2. Nominees may be companies or organizations (including educational, government and nonprofit institutions) that provide products or services serving the K-12 market, but may not be individuals.

3. Sponsors of the Awards program and the judges are not eligible. Scholastic, QED and The Heller Reports are not eligible. Companies that are clients of the sponsoring organizations, or of Scholastic, QED or The Heller Reports, including sponsors of other EdNET activities, are eligible. Anyone, including employees, may nominate an organization for consideration for an award.

4. Nominees are not required to attend the EdNET 2006 conference, Sept. 17-19 at The Marriott Copley Place, or attend the EdNET 2006 Industry Awards Banquet on Tuesday, Sept. 19, though a discounted fee will be offered to all finalists.

5. Nominations are to be submitted online at: http://edusystemics.net/ednet/. No hard copy nominations will be accepted. The online nomination may be augmented by supporting materials to assist judges in determining how well the nominee meets the criteria for the selected award. Supporting materials may include brochures, software (CD-ROM or web-based), print curriculum materials, artifacts from delivered services, manuals, and like resources. Please follow these directions to send us these materials:

We require four (4) copies of all physical media. These materials will NOT be returned. Please include your four digit nomination number (assigned after you have submitted your online nomination). Materials should be sent to:
Educational Systemics, Inc.
EdNET Nomination # [Nomination Number Here]
Suite 145, PMB 513
Bellingham, WA 98226-3554

6. Finalists will be announced in mid August and must provide a company logo, a brief corporate description, and appoint a representative attending EdNET to accept their award to by August 14, 2006.

Awards Category Descriptions & Criteria

EdNET Impact Award: for positive impact on education
The EdNET Impact Award will be given to the organization having made the most significant impact on education through quality educational support and instructional resources. The recipient of this award has:

• provided a benefit to education for a significant period of time, showing staying power.
• effectively advocated and/or implemented quality educational practices that have resulted in improved student learning.
• applied educational research and/or technology to generate pedagogical change in support of improved student learning and/or educator practice.
• made a deep impact internationally, nationally or regionally, exhibiting benefits to a diverse array of students.
• moved beyond the conceptual stage and is systemically implemented with learners and/or educators at multiple sites.
• demonstrated a positive impact on education.

EdNET Pioneer Award: for contributing to growth of a portion of the education market
The EdNET Pioneer Award recognizes organizations for their contribution to the growth of the education market over the previous year. The recipient of this award has:

• significantly contributed to innovative product and/or program design and implementation for the education market.
• created a new niche, offering, or category within the industry by developing a new product or service and is attracting buyers/adopters in a way that represents a new opportunity for others in the industry.
• changed the market size of a segment of the education industry. (Measured by annual sales volume, number of installations, assistance in creating legislation affecting educational resource adoption, curriculum implementation, professional development, etc.).
• Funded projects or initiatives that have increased the activity or attention to the educational enterprise as being, in part, a philanthropic endeavor.

EdNET Rookie of the Year Award: for the most promising start-up venture
The award is restricted to small or start-up ventures, existing freestanding organizations, or "skunk works" business development groups within larger organizations. The nominated organization should be less than two years old. In your profile, please describe the organization’s structure. Is the company a new venture or a new group within an existing organization? (Organizations may apply two consecutive years in this category.)
The recipient of this award has:

• the promise to be seen in five to ten years as a significant player in the education industry by providing the foundation for a continuing and successful enterprise.
• developed a significantly new product, service or business strategy, within the education industry, which is deemed to have exemplary potential to grow the nominated business or nonprofit to substantially greater revenues and/or impact on education.
  

Submission Rules
1.Go to http://edusystemics.net/ednet/ and download a Nomination Form Template for the category in which you'll be submitting your nomination.

2. Using the template, answer all of the questions outlined. These questions are correlated to the criteria by which the nominations will be judged.

3. Go back to http://edusystemics.net/ednet/ and complete an online nomination, cutting and pasting your answers from the template you've already completed.

If you need additional information or have questions, contact the fine folks at Educational Systemics who are generously giving of their time and talents to coordinate this year's awards program. Contact Mary LeDonne at mary@edusystemics.com or 360-752-2874.