NOIL AWARD WINNING TEACHERS & PROFESSIONALS
🥇🥈🥉 Nominations, please! 🥇🥈🥉
Outstanding German Educator
Each spring the Northern Illinois Chapter of the AATG honors a member as Outstanding German Educator. The awardee is someone who has served the chapter and the profession with excellence for several years. The award will be presented at the NOIL AATG awards ceremony on April 28, 2024. Currently the Testing & Awards Committee invites nominations for this award.
Letters of nomination should identify the nominee, their educational affiliation and years of service and should describe in two or three paragraphs the nominee’s service and outstanding accomplishments. In addition, we ask that nominations include information about the colleague making the nomination and how they have witnessed the nominee’s service. Please also include contact information for the nominee.
Letters of nomination must be received by February 23, 2024. Please submit your letter to noilaatgawards@gmail.com or to Kathleen Betterman, 6108 S. Kimbark Ave. #1E, Chicago, IL 60637-2825.Â
NOIL AATG Collegiate Award of Excellence
Each year our chapter offers the NOIL AATG Collegiate Award of Excellence. Each college/university may nominate ONE student to receive this award from our chapter. Instructors should submit the name of the student along with a paragraph detailing why the student should be so honored. These students will be honored at the NOIL AATG Awards Ceremony on April 28, 2024, and will also be recognized in our newsletter.
Candidates should be stellar in all possible ways. They have shown leadership, academic excellence and a drive to promote the German language and culture. They demonstrate their interest and skills in classes, at events, at competitions and even in travel.Â
Nominations are due by February 23, 2024, to noilaatgawards@gmail.com or to Kathleen Betterman, 6108 S. Kimbark Ave., Chicago, IL 60637-2825.
 AATG Outstanding German Educator Award
Awarded by the AATG for excellence in teaching, as evidenced by the individual's ability to stimulate and challenge students intellectually and as evidenced by by the ability to influence the broader professional community. Three awards are given yearly at the Annual Meeting: one to an elementary, middle school or junior high school instructor; one to a high school instructor; one to a post-secondary instructor..
There are more details on this prestigious award here.Â
2023 Heidi Lechner, Libertyville High School
2018 Katharina Barbe, Northern Illinois University
2002 Sander Gilman, University of Illinois at Chicago
2002 Alexandra Pradella-Ott, LaSalle Language Academy
2000 John Stark, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
1999 Monica Polley, Wilmette Junior High School
1993 Ilse-Sybille Sonnenberg, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
1992 Dennis Gilliam, Glenbrook Academy
1991 Barbara Mayer, St. Viator High School
AATG/Goethe Institute Certificate of Merit
The Goethe-Institut New York and the American Association of Teachers of German bestow the Certificate of Merit for outstanding achievements in furthering the teaching of German at all levels in the United States of America.
2021 Heidi Lechner, Libertyville High School
2015 John Long, University of Illinois at Chicago, Retired, Faculty
2013 Katharina Barbe Northern Illinois University
2009 Ingrid Zeller Northwestern University
2008 John Paluch Northwestern University
2007 Karl Otto Jr.Â
2004 Lois Sabino Waubonsie Valley High School
2001 Margaret Plank Stevenson High School
1998 Franziska Lys Northwestern University
1996 Wallace Lagerwey Elmhurst College
1995 Lester Caltvedt Elmhurst College
1994 Lucretia Jo Hall Lyons Township High School
1993 Kathleen Betterman Naperville Central High School
1992 Helmut Ziefle Wheaton College
1991 James Rendel Westmont High School
1990 John Stark Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
1989 Emmerich Koller Glenbrook Academy
1988 Reinhard Taylor Hoffman Estates High School
1986 Dennis Gilliam Glenbrook Academy
1978 John Doeringer Steuben Society
ICTFL Paul T. GriffithÂ
Foreign Language Teacher of the Year
2018 Anna Hog, Oswego East High School, Nomination Award
ICTFL Distinguished Service AwardÂ
(Formerly called the ICTFL Lieutenant Governor's Award for Contributions to the Profession)
2019 Ingrid Zeller Northwestern University
2018 Katharina Barbe Northern Illinois University
2012 Anna Hog Oswego East High School
2003 Gunde Iwersen-Burritt A.A. Stagg High School
2001 John Katzenmayer Thomas Middle School
2000 Susan Ferguson Naperville North High School
2000 Margaret Plank Stevensen High School
1999 Karl-Heinz Gabbey Buffalo Grove High School
1998 Kathleen L. Betterman Naperville Central High School
1997 John Stark Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
1996 Franziska Lys Northwestern University
1996 Alexandra Pradella-Ott LaSalle Language Academy
1995 John H. Doeringer Steuben Society
1994 James G. Schmitt Rockford College
1994 Anne Marie Fuhrig State of Illinois
1993 Morris Vos Western Illinois University
1989 Helmut Liedloff Southern Illinois University
NOILAATG Outstanding German Educator
Award of Excellence
2022 Kathleen Betterman, retired
2021 Matthew Harring, Plainfield South H.S.
2020 Friedemann Stuebing, Northern Illinois University
2019 Karen Calvert, Neuqua Valley High School
2018 Bärbel Thoens-Masghati, College of DuPage
2017 Anna Hog, Oswego East H.S
2016 Katharina Barbe Northern Illinois University
2015 Ingrid Zeller, Northwestern University
2014 John Stark, Illinois Math and Science Academy, retired
2013 Ninja Nagel, Barrington High School
2012 Josef Neumayer, Niles West High School
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Klett-Langenscheidt AWARD
Presented each year to a teacher in recognition of outstanding effort and achievement in German instruction.Presented each year to a teacher in recognition of outstanding effort and achievement in German instruction.
2021 Anette Bliss, Burlington Central H.S.
2020 Andrew Schultz, Naperville Central H.S.
2019 Sabine Woerner, DANK Chicago Northern Suburbs
2018 Alex Kerth, Vernon Hills H.S.
2017 Jonathan Justice, Naperville North H.S.
2016 Johanna Jurgens, Hinsdale Central
2015 Angela Jostlein, German School Naperville
2014 Sarah Moreno, Downers Grove South High School
2014 Verena Stabinsky, New Trier Township High School
2014 Duden Award is changed to: Klett-Langenscheidt AwardÂ
2013 Duden Award: Agnieszka Michalak Illinois Math and Science Academy
2012 Duden Award: Marianne Zemil University of Chicago Lab Schools