The H. William Christ Educator Prize
The H. William Christ Educator Prize is an annual award presented in honor of former Coalition Board Member and long-time visionary Head of Hathaway Brown School Bill Christ, established in 2016 by his friends at Hathaway Brown. ICGS presents this award to a man or woman who has demonstrated commitment to extraordinary teaching, program design, and/or curricular innovation in a member school.
ICGS member schools are proud of their tradition of excellence in the teaching of girls, and the Christ Educator Prize of $1,000 USD will honor that tradition in a way that inspires other girls’ school educators in their work. The Christ Educator will be an individual whose teaching efforts have been noted as innovative by his or her peers and institution. The recipient will reflect creative excellence, cutting edge programming, entrepreneurial teaching, and collaborative design in his/her teaching that characterized Bill Christ’s own leadership style as the quintessential “educator’s educator.” Additionally, the recipient will reflect the principles for which ICGS stands, including a commitment to collaboration, equity, inclusion, imagination, leadership, opportunity, integrity, and self-efficacy.
The 2024 Christ Educator Prize nomination cycle is closed.
Selection Process
A committee of the ICGS Board of Directors selects the Christ Educator Prize recipient.
2023-2024 Award Calendar
- November 10, 2023: Nominations opened
- January 26, 2024: Nominations closed
- Early-February 2024: Recipient notified
- Mid-February 2024: Recipient announced to ICGS community
- June 24-26, 2024: Award presented to recipient in-person at the 2024 ICGS Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, USA