The Award
The Sam Power Biennial Award for Excellence in Literacy Education is funded by the family of the late Sam Power and hosted by the Darling Downs Regional Group of ACE. At the time of her death Sam was a valuable member of the Darling Downs ACE Committee and an advocate of boys’ literacy. This is a Queensland award developed by ACE, in association with the English teachers Association of Queensland (ETAQ) and the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA).
The award consists of: $500 in cash; a certificate acknowledging the continuous professional learning of the award recipient, one year membership to ACE and one year membership to each of ETAQ and ALEA.