ASCD Recognized for Excellence in Publishing, Digital and Graphic Design

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August 21, 2018

Contact: Leslie Malone

ALEXANDRIA, VA—ASCD, one of the world's premier providers of professional learning for educators, has been recognized with several highly prestigious awards, including the organization’s first Emmy nomination for the digital video Engagement Tools for Charged-Up Learning: Laying the Groundwork.

"ASCD continues to produce high-caliber professional learning resources, as demonstrated by the dozens of awards we receive year after year. This year, we are honored to receive an Emmy nomination, recognizing ASCD’s Engagement Tools for Charged-Up Learning video series," said Deb Delisle, ASCD Executive Director and CEO. "We could not do it without the talented ASCD team who work tirelessly to ensure educators succeed in learning, teaching, and leading."

ASCD was honored with awards in recognition of several of its products, including books, digital products, newsletters, and Educational Leadership magazine.

APEX Awards

ASCD won two 2018 APEX Awards:

• ASCD won an APEX Award of Excellence in the Print Media: Organization Capability & Identity Materials category for its brochure About ASCD—75 Years.
• Educational Leadership won an APEX Grand Award for the December 2017 issue on "Mental Health in Schools."

The APEX Awards for Publication Excellence recognize excellence in publishing by professional publishers, editors, writers, and designers for outstanding work in print, web, electronic, and social media.

Creative Child Awards

Creative Child Magazine's Awards Program is unique in that all products are submitted, reviewed, and selected by a team of parents, educators, and early education professionals. The Creative Child Awards named ASCD’s first-ever picture book, Cay and Adlee Find Their Voice, the 2018 Best Book of the Year. The story of two birds finding their unique voice, was written by Russ Quaglia with his daughter Cali and illustrated by award-winning artist Daniel Minter with Donald Ely.

Emmy Awards

The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is responsible for awarding the premier television production award to those whose work in the television industry in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia exhibits excellence in programming. The digital video Engagement Tools for Charged-Up Learning: Laying the Groundwork by Harvey Silver was nominated for a regional Emmy in the Education/Schools—Program Feature/Segment category.

EXCEL Awards

ASCD won five EXCEL Awards:

• Education Update won the Gold award for the General Excellence for Newsletters, Digital category
• Education Update won Silver in the category of Editorial Excellence, Print.
• ASCD Express won Gold for Editorial Excellence, Digital Newsletter.
• Educational Leadership won Bronze in the category of Single Topic Issue (for magazines with circulations of 100K-plus) for its October 2017 issue on "Unleashing Problem Solvers."
• Educational Leadership won the Silver in the Feature Article category for "Building Bridges Across the Autism Spectrum" by Barbara Boroson.

The Association Media & Publishing’s EXCEL Awards is the largest and most prestigious award program that recognizes excellence and leadership exclusively in nonprofit association media, publishing, marketing, and communications.

Telly Awards

ASCD won four Telly Awards:

• ASCD won Silver in the Craft-Fully Animated category for ASCD Shorts with Bryan Goodwin—Curiosity.
• Kristin Souers’ and Pete Hall’s Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom won Bronze in the General Social Issues category.
• The video Everyone Included: Redefining Special Education and Student Support for Today’s Teacher won two General Education Bronzes for its Models of Co-Teaching and Response to Instruction and Intervention components.

The Telly Awards are the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Entries are judged by an industry body of over 200 leading experts, including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks.

Learn more about ASCD's books by visiting www.ascd.org/books. Read Educational Leadership online or become a subscriber at www.ascd.org/el. Find more information on ASCD newsletters at www.ascd.org/newsletters, and visit streaming.ascd.org to explore ASCD’s digital platform.

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