2024 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching & Leadership Award Recipients
Becky O’Hearn
Frederick Stock School
Chicago2024 Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient
Brian Kelly
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. College Prep Academy High School
Chicago
2024 Excellence in Leadership Award Recipient
Joseph Cella
GEMS World Academy
Chicago
2024 Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient
Jenai Jenkins
A. N. Pritzker Elementary School
Chicago
2024 Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient
Aimee Legatzke
Fox Meadow Elementary
South Elgin
2024 Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient
Julianne Collier
Adlai Stevenson Elementary School
Elk Grove Village
2024 Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient
Christina Beck
West Side Primary School
Harrisburg
2024 Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient
Alicia Carlisle
Turner Drew Language Academy
Chicago
2024 Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient
Precious Allen
Betty Shabazz Academy
Chicago2024 Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient
Olga Nuñez-Johnson
Thomas J. Waters School
Chicago2024 Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient
Lisa Bucciarelli-Carlos
Plainfield Elementary School
Des Plaines2024 Excellence in Leadership Award Recipient
Alyssa Milano
Central Elementary School
Plainfield
2024 Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient
The Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching & Leadership was the idea of Golden Apple founders Mike and Patricia Koldyke, who felt that excellent teachers did not receive adequate recognition for their contributions to building a stronger, better-educated society.
Every year since 1986, Golden Apple has selected master teachers to receive the prestigious Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2014, Golden Apple began honoring exemplary school leaders with the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership in honor of founding Golden Apple board member, Stanley C. Golder.
Golden Apple Award recipients play an important role in preparing the next generation of teachers by providing instruction and mentorship to future teachers in the Golden Apple Scholars and Accelerators programs - programs dedicated to addressing the teacher shortage.
ACADEMY OF EDUCATORS
Golden Apple Award recipients become lifetime members of the Golden Apple Academy of Educators. These master educators help prepare the next generation of teachers through both our Golden Apple Scholars (for undergraduates) and Golden Apple Accelerators (for career-changers) programs.