Awards
Filing deadline is April 19 at 11:59pm
Anyone may nominate a qualified individual for the following awards
Educational Office Professional of the Year
Click on the link below to nominate a member for the BAEOP Educational Office Professional of the Year award. Candidates are those members who display exceptional professionalism while performing their daily activities in a supportive team environment.
Educational Office Professional of the Year
Nomination Form
Click here for a list of eligible BAEOP members
Prior Recipients
2007 Paula Jo Brave, CEOE
2008 Karen Penewell, CEOE
2009 Rocky Harvey
2010 Christina Large
2011 Charlene Jones, CEOE
2012 Marty Ediger
2013 Suzanne Murphy
2014 Debra Andrews
2015 Barbara Ghaffari
2016 Charlene Jones, CEOE
2017 Wendy Woodard
2018 Wendy Woodard
2019 Liz VandenBerghe
2020 Torry Gower
2021 Barbra Lovern
2022 Rebecca Thornton
2023 Kara Meissner
Certificated Educator
of the Year Award
This award goes to the Administrator or Teacher who works with and supports BAEOP members. They have displayed excellent achievements in manner in which they do their job and support their staff. Click on the link below to make your nomination.
Certificated Educator of the Year
Nomination Form
Prior Recipients
2007 Q. Estelle Collins
2008 Spencer Welch
2009 Glenn Hasslinger
2011 Mike Peavey
2012 Mark Hazen
2013 Heather Edlund
2014 Kelly Clevenger
2015 Maria Frieboes
2016 Patrick McDonald
2017 Dr. Tim Mills
2018 Jeff Thomas
2020 Melissa deVita
2021 Erin Stedman
2022 James Peterson
2023 Lauren Warehime
For more information contact:
BAEOP Awards Co-Chairs
Roopa Bansal
bansalr@bsd405.org
and
Kavya Rao
GEM (Going the Extra Mile) Award
This award is presented to members who do their best to improve their skills and demonstrate professionalism, while working with others in a supportive team environment. Click the link below to make your nomination.
Click here for a list of eligible BAEOP members
Prior Recipients
2008 Debi Hitchcock, Para Educator
Jackie Wheeler, Para Educator
Theckla Roginski, Tech Specialist
2009 Soheila Mousavi-Hesari, Instructional Asst
Pam Steele, Para Educator
2010 Mary Ann Dawson, Para Educator
2011 Paula Currier, Para Educator
Sandi Ivie, Para Educator
2012 Kathy Tsuchiyama, Library Specialist
2013 Mary Sangalang, Tech Specialist
Sandy Patterson, Center Manager ELP
2014 Diana Wasson, Para Educator
2015 Theckla Roginski, Tech Specialist
Cheryl Schumacher, Instructional Assistant
Jessy Xavier, Educational Assistant, ELP
2016 Cammie Zielinski, Para Educator
2017 Anna Mattson, ELP Center Manager
Paula DeChant, Educational Assistant
Valerie Stoury, Family Support Specialist
Susan Hughes, Para Educator
Susan Nelson-Hecht, Library Specialist
Carol Woody, Para Educator
2018 Tina Kliff
Faith Yeung
2019 Jennifer Stapleton (GEM-ELP)
Jennifer Craig Leslie (GEM-SPED)
2020 Chris Kim (GEM ELP)
Mary Chu (GEM SPED)
Paula Jo Brave (GEM OSS)
2021 Hsiao Fu (GEM BOOST)
Rose Hazely (GEM BOOST)
Sissi Kamalii (GEM BOOST)
Chris S Kim (GEM BOOST)
Brenda Mandujano (GEM BOOST)
Soheila Mousavi-Hesary (GEM BOOST)
Chisaki Niyama (GEM BOOST)
Fathama Salay (GEM BOOST)
Lirio Silva (GEM BOOST)
Vilma Soreno (GEM BOOST)
Lisa Wood (GEM BOOST)
2022 Suzanne Lee (GEM/Primary)
Ruba Oweis (GEM/Secondary)
Ingrid Aldana (GEM/OSS)
2023 No applicants
Special Service Award
The BAEOP Special Service Award is awarded in recognition of members who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to the BAEOP organization through service and leadership. Click on the link below to make your nomination.
Special Service Award Nomination Form
Click here for a list of eligible BAEOP members
Prior Recipients
2007 Linda Porter
2012 Paula Jo Brave, CEOE
2014 Paula Jo Brave, CEOE
2015 Sandy Patterson
2018 Paula Jo Brave, CEOE
Debi Varga
2019 Christy Minteer, CEOE
2020 Charlene Jones, CEOE
2021 Gwen Pazan
2022 Suzanne Murphy
2023 Gayle Staker
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