1. The Sir Harold Wyndham Medal Award

The Sir Harold Wyndham Medal Award

An award to recognise an outstanding contribution by an individual to the education of young people in New South Wales and to encourage involvement in the College and its activities.

The 2011 recipient is Dr Brian Croke.

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Criteria

• The nomination shall be confidential; the nominee shall not be informed of the nomination.
• The contribution may be in any field or any level of education, from early childhood to tertiary.
• The contribution may be wide ranging and multi-dimensional or it may be specific.
• The nominee must be a practising professional educator presently working in NSW
• The nomination must be made by two members of the College, or by the Chapter Committee or a Regional group Committee
• Nominators must submit a supporting statement explaining the basis of the nomination.

Guidelines to assist nominators

• The award committee must make its decision on the written evidence presented.

• The nominee must have made an outstanding contribution to the education of young people in NSW

• Describe the actual nature of the contribution, rather than use general terms, and indicate the changes or results which can be identified from the contribution(s)
  
  The medal was instituted in 1994 (after being originally proposed some years earlier)

Recipients to date are:

1994    Brother Kelvin Canavan
1995    Mr John Lambert
1996    Brother Ambrose Payne
1997    Professor Ken Eltis
1998    Professor Fenton Sharpe
1999    Professor Christine Deer
2000    Dr Julia Atkin
2001    Dr Alan Laughlin
2002    Dr Paul Brock
2003    Dr Mirica Gross
2004    Professor Gordon Stanley
2005    Professor Stephen Dinham
2006    Mrs Jennifer Lewis
2007    Celebration of 40 years of the Wyndham Scheme
2008    Dr Margaret Varady
2009    Dr John Bennett
2010    Hon John Aquilina MP