Florida Virtual School

Awards

Florida Virtual School received the 2013 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Instructional Solution in Other Curriculum Areas for the Mawi Leadership Course.
Florida Virtual School and Toolwire received the 2013 Best Practices in Distance Learning Programming - Platinum Award from the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA).
Florida Virtual School received the 2013 Return on Education (ROE) Innovation Award
Cecilia Lopez, Chief Business Development Officer, received the 2013 Most Powerful & Influential Woman Award from the Florida Diversity Council.
Julie Young received the Orlando Business Journal's 2013 Women Who Mean Business Award

Julie Young received the Girl Scouts of Citrus Council Women of Distinction in Central Florida Award
Florida Virtual School received the 2012 Florida Safety Council Gold Star for Safety Award
Florida Virtual School named one of the 25 Coolest Schools in America by Parent and Child Magazine and Scholastic.com
Blackboard Collaborate Hall of Fame Class of 2012
Florida Virtual School, in partnership with UCompass, won a Silver IMS Global Learning Impact Award for Boost at the 2012 IMS Awards event
Florida Virtual School won an E-Learning 100 award for professional development programs and best practices.
Julie Young, President and CEO, was presented with the Dr. Carlo Rodriguez Champion of School Choice Award by the Florida State Board of Education's Office of Independent Education, the Parental Choice and the Florida Parental School Choice Consortium, and in collaboration with Nova Southeastern University, Abraham S. Fischler School of Education.
Julie Young received the Florida Diversity Council's Multilcutural Award in Education
Pam Birtolo, Chief Officer of Education Transformation was inducted into the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) Hall of Fame

Julie Young received the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Award | Click here to see Julie's acceptance speech.
FLVS named as one of the country's Top 50 Innovators, Julie Young was recognized in the inaugural Converge Yearbook 2011. The yearbook highlights both the top technology trends in education and the innovators who have made it all possible | Read more
Julie Young, president and CEO of Florida Virtual School in Orlando, was awarded the Outstanding Individual Contribution to K-12 Online Learning Award | Read more
FLVS Named Champion at 6th Annual Sterling Conference Storyboard Competition | Read more
Ucompass.com and Florida Virtual School Receive Platinum IMS Learning Impact Award | Read more
Learning 100 Award Recipient, sponsored by Elearning! Media Group. The awards recognize excellence in learning across enterprises that invest in a truly immersive learning culture. | Read more
Dianna Miller Finalist for Online K-12 Teacher of the Year Award | Read more

USDLA Professional Learning Certification for Quality Standards
FLVS Teacher Awarded Florida Social Studies Teacher of the Year 2010 by the FCSS | Read more
FLVS Teacher Receives the Nation's First Online K-12 Teacher of the Year Award | Read more
FLVS Reading Coach Named "2010 Just Read, Florida! High School Reading Coach of the Year" | Read more
2010 CODiE Awards for Best Reading/English Instructional Solution and Best Social Studies Instruction | Read more
Gold Award for Learning Impact from the IMS Global Learning Consortium | Read more
2010 Best Practices in Distance Learning Programming Award | Read more |

Technology and Learning Magazine's "Top Tech Trend for the Education Technology Industry" for Professional Learning Program
Better Government Competition Award | Read more

"Excellence in IT Leadership for Central Florida" award from ITFlorida, a not-for-profit membership organization representing Florida's diverse information technology communities.
Finalist - EdNET HERO Awards are given to the organizations having made the most significant positive impact on education through educational technology and telecommunications. Although the top award was given to NASA's Center for Distance Learning, FLVS was honored to be included as one of the top 3 finalists in the nation for the award and to be named beside such prestigious organizations as NASA.

FLVS was named one of the web Smart 50 top organizations by BusinessWeek magazine. The November 24, 2003 issue of the magazine named FLVS in the "cutting edge" category. Read the story at | BusinessWeek online.
FLVS and two of its staff were recognized by the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) for excellence in programming and teaching, and for individual accomplishment in the field of distance learning. This is the third time within four consecutive years that FLVS has been recognized by the USDLA for its quality of service and commitment to the distance learning field. | Read more
Dr. Dhyana Ziegler, FLVS Board Member and assistant vice president of instructional technology at Florida A&M was named "One of the 50 Most Important African Americans in Technology" for the second year in a row.

2002 - The Global Alliance for Transnational Education (GATE) "Medallion of the Alliance" award to FLVS President and Chief Executive Officer, Julie Young | Read more
2000 - Canadian Association for Distance Education Award of Excellence | Read more
1999 - SouthEast Initiatives Regional Technology in Education Consortium (SEIR*TEC) for schools that have demonstrated best practices in instructional technology. | Read more