CSLA Awards

All state level awards and scholarship deadlines are October 1, 2014, and they will be presented at the Annual Conference in San Francisco in February, 2015.  Application can be found on the Awards section of the CSLA website.

Administrative Leadership Award

The purpose of this award is to honor administrators with direct responsibility for a school or group of schools who have made influential, unique and sustained contributions to effective school library programs, furthering the integral role of the library media programs in elementary and/or secondary schools. Traditionally, administrators have been nominated by teacher librarians working in the same district. 

Advocate for School Libraries Award

Please contact CSLA at info@csla.net if you have a candidate you would like to nominate for outstanding advocacy in support of California school libraries.

Good Ideas!

Newsletter contains compelling ideas for administrators, teachers, the PTA, and the school board. It is published once a year by the Committee for Standards Integration of CSLA, whose mission is to provide leadership to ensure that California educators and students are effective users of ideas and information. Winners receive $50 discount on annual conference registration. 

Honorary Membership Award

The Honorary Membership Award recognizes retired members of the Association who have made outstanding contributions to school library programs and the Association over a sustained period of time. The Honorary Membership Committee publicizes and solicits nominations throughout the year and tries to make the nomination process an easy one. Individual active members may submit nominations. 

Leadership for Diversity Award

The purpose of the CSLA Leadership for Diversity Award, is to recognize an elementary or secondary Teacher Librarian who has facilitated a lesson or project in collaboration with a classroom teacher that promotes multicultural literature or media and emphasizes diversity in any curricular area. The award of $1,000 will be used to purchase materials for the winner’s school library. 

Presidents’ Award Sponsored by Demco

The CSLA Presidents’ Award is a $400 award funded by Demco, Inc. and presented to an outstanding teacher librarian selected by the State, Northern, and Southern section presidents. The award money may be applied to transportation, lodging, conference registration fees, and incidental expenses. Nominations may be made by library peers, administrators, teachers, or by the nominee himself or herself. This is award honors an individual who, through the library program, directly affects students and teachers. 

Technology Award

Showcase how 21st century technology skills are part of effective school library technology integration: We want to hear about strong teacher-librarian use and promotion of technology tools for students, teachers, school, and/or district, as well as ways they are collaborating to combine technology with curriculum to research or present information. Nominations should brag about student and/or broader school community technology use and programs, and incorporate one or more of CSLA’s three core messages of “equitable access,” “school library standards,” and “strong school libraries build strong students". Award candidates must be CSLA members who are credentialed Teacher Librarians working at the site or district level. Applicant may be self -nominated. This award is sponsored by Mackin and includes $1,000 award money for use in the award-winner’s library.