Awards - Making It Happen

Making IT Happen (MIH) Award Summary: This is a state award for a person who has made technology impact statewide.  It recognizes those special individuals whose commitment and innovation to technology has made a profound impact in the entire State of South Carolina.

MIH Awards Eligibility: Only school administrators, district office personnel, or state leaders are eligible for this award.

Nomination Deadline: August 31, 2017

MIH Award Information:
MIH is an award of recognition that highlights the dramatic role that individuals in South Carolina are having on the learning process in our schools. This program is to acknowledge those special individuals whose commitment and innovation to technology has made a profound impact in our State. To date, 100s of educators across the country have received MIH Awards. The focus of the MIH program is on awarding individuals for their significant contribution to technology and encouraging them to continue their work. South Carolina has a large group of individuals who are “Making IT Happen” in our State every day. The MIH Award is to recognize school administrators, district office personnel, or state leaders who are leaders in technology innovation and have been trailblazers in the use and implementation of technology in our K-12 public school system across the state. The selected MIH Award honoree(s) receive two complimentary registrations to the SC EdTech 2017 Conference at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center and recognition during the Awards Ceremony Luncheon (October 26, 2017).

MIH Qualifications: Recipients of the MIH Awards are individuals who:

1. - Apply available technology now
2. - Move forward and don't look back
3. - Educate through relationships, inspiring, encouraging, nurturing
4. - Recognize that further change is necessary, but understand that it is a process
5. - Realize that educator empowerment is the key element to technology integration
6. - Expect success
7. - Motivate through awareness and access to information