The Executive Committee encourages members to submit their nominations for the various ISPA awards. We hope that we will have the opportunity to present the awards at the hybrid conference this summer in Cyprus. This also applies to the awards of 2020, which could not be presented due to the cancellation of the conference of 2020. If a physical presentation is not possible, we will proceed to hand over the awards online during the General Assembly.
 
1. The ISPA Distinguished Service Award is offered annually by the International School Psychology Association (ISPA) to an ISPA member in recognition of outstanding services to the Association over an extended period of time.
 
Eligibility: Persons eligible for this award must be fully paid ISPA members and exhibit one or more of the following characteristics:

  • Worked within ISPA committees and through their work have made important contributions to the work of the committee or to other aspects of ISPA administration.
  • Worked in the promotion and organization of the ISPA annual conferences, e.g. promoting its organization, reputation or effectiveness.
  • Published articles on international school psychology in World-Go-Round, International Journal of School and Educational Psychology (IJSEP) or other widely circulated publications.

Process to be completed by the Proposer:
The nominee must be a current Member of ISPA. For more information on the nomination materials to be provided, click here.
 
Nominations together with appropriate documentation should be sent electronically to the ISPA Central Office and copied to the Secretary of the Executive Committee. Closing date for nominations is 9 April 2021.

Selection Process: Award recipients will be initially selected by a sub-committee of the Executive Committee (EC), and then forwarded to the full EC for approval. The award is presented to the recipient at the annual ISPA conference.

2. The Tom Oakland ISPA Outstanding International Scholar Award is offered annually by the International School Psychology Association (ISPA) to an ISPA member who has demonstrated exemplary scholarship contributing to international school psychology that merits special recognition.
 
Eligibility: Persons eligible for this award must be current members of ISPA and exhibit scholarly activity and contributions that have significantly nourished school psychology. This will include one or more of the following characteristics:

  • either demonstration of systematic and imaginative use of psychological theory and research in furthering the development of professional practice,
  • or evidence of important scientific contributions and seminal studies on important research questions that bear on the quality of school psychological training internationally,
  • or evidence of important scientific contributions and seminal studies of important research questions that bear on the quality of school psychological practice internationally.

The primary consideration in making the award is continued scholarship and contributions, rather than a single publication. While a specific scholarly work may be salient in the evaluation of a nominee, it is not likely that a single work will be of such exceptional character that it would be the basis of the award. Similarly, numerous journal articles, chapters, books, paper presentations, workshops, leadership, etc., will not by themselves be a sufficient basis for the award.
 
Process to be completed by the Proposer:
For more information on the nomination materials to be provided, click here.
 
Nominations together with appropriate documentation should be sent electronically to ISPA Central Office and copied to the Chair of the Research Committee. The closing date for nominations is 9 April 2021.
 
Selection Process: Award recipients will be selected by a sub-committee of the ISPA Research Committee. Their names will then be forwarded to the full EC for approval. The award is presented to the recipient at the annual ISPA conference.

3. The ISPA Award for Outstanding International School Psychology Practice is offered annually by the International School Psychology Association (ISPA) to an ISPA member or a team which contains an ISPA member who has/have demonstrated exemplary contributions to professional practice in the field of international school psychology that merits special recognition.
 
Eligibility: Any person(s) eligible for this award must be fully paid members of ISPA. If only one member of the nominee team is an ISPA member, that person will be the receiver of this award on behalf of the team.
 
Nomination materials must address the following points:

  • the countries or cultural groups with which the nominee has worked,
  • ways in which the nominee has encouraged development of school psychology locally, regionally or internationally,
  • examples of how the nominee’s work is congruent with professional practice philosophy,
  • the originality of the work,
  • the demonstrated impact of the work on the advancement or promotion of school psychology in general and/or on specific practices or developments.

Process to be completed by the Proposer:
For more information on the nomination materials to be provided, click here.

Nominations together with appropriate documentation should be sent electronically to ISPA Central Office and copied to the Chair of the Professional Development and Practices Committee and the Past President of ISPA. The closing date for nominations is 9 April 2021.
 
Selection Process: Following selection, names will then be forwarded to the full EC for approval. The award is presented to the approved recipient at the annual ISPA conference.