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SEDL President's Awards to Staff
Continuing a tradition of honoring staff that began in 1991, each year SEDL's president and CEO presents two staff awards, named for Mr. Rogers L. Barton and Dr. Edwin Hindsman, whose careers and contributions at SEDL personified excellence in educational research and in services to children. The Barton Award is given for outstanding contributions to SEDL's educational research and development, while the Hindsman Award is given for work directly affecting children. Below is a list of award recipients.
 Erin McCann, PhD, is the recipient of the Rogers L. Barton Award, which honors outstanding contributions to SEDL’s educational research and development. Dr. McCann is a project director in the Research and Evaluation unit. Her main responsibilities are in leading the unit’s work in building the capacity of state department staff to better utilize evaluation designs, data, and results to improve practice. Through this work, she has helped states improve their implementation of federally supported School Improvement Grants, of teacher evaluation systems, and of teacher professional development. Dr. McCann's high-quality work in advancing evidence-based education is something that Mr. Barton would have wholeheartedly supported. |
 Concepción Molina, EdD, is the recipient of the Edwin Hindsman Award, which honors outstanding SEDL service on behalf of children. Dr. Molina is a program associate in the Improving School Performance unit. In 2012, he completed the book The Problem with Math is English, which is designed to help teachers untangle the interplay of language and symbolic representation that can pose obstacles to students learning mathematics. He also was substantially involved in developing a set of instructional videos to help teachers understand and better teach to the math standards defined in the Common Core. Through his efforts to improve the quality of teaching, Dr. Molina is supporting the underserved students whom Dr. Hindsman championed. |
