VSTE will recognize and honor Virginia Educators, Technology Coaches and Leaders who are VSTE members or at least 30 days prior to nomination and who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and leadership in implementing technology to improve education. Award recipients will be selected from a pool of nominations submitted by VSTE members from around Virginia.
Nominations will be accepted from June 1 - September 21, 2025. Nominations will be reviewed by the VSTE Awards Committee and past winners. Select nominators will be contacted in early October to provide additional evidence and documentation. Nominators are encouraged to work with the nominee to gather this additional information.
Decisions will be made prior to the VSTE Annual Conference. Award winners will be recognized during a general session at the annual conference. They are also provided with a complimentary conference registration and three nights of hotel accommodations for the annual conference. This year's conference will be held December 7-5, 2025, in Virginia Beach, VA.
The Awards Committee uses the VSTE certified coach standards developed with ForwardEdge as the basis for judging the Outstanding Technology Coach awards. Please review the appropriate standards when preparing nomination materials. Nominees are rated solely using criteria identified in the rubric.
Please use this form to nominate a technology coach for this award.
More information about the ForwardEdge Core of Coaching, ISTE Standards for Educators, ISTE Standards for Education Leaders.
Questions should be addressed to awards@vste.org.
