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2025 Award Recipients

The Professor Dame Marie Bashir
Medal 2025

Annette Guterres OAM

With PTC NSW Patron Phil Lambert

Excellence in Leadership and Advocacy for the Teaching Profession 2025

Dr Denis Mootz

With Marshall Leaver (left)

James Sturgiss Exceptional Service Award 2025

Bronwyn Hession and Jenine Smith

Media Award 2025

Lucy Carroll, The Sydney Morning Herald

Association Service Award 2025

Karen Burton, Sarah Baldwin, Kate Murphy, Malynda Price

Member Engagement Award 2025

Matt Carroll, Dr Greg Keith, Rachel Taylor, Canan Korkut, Melinda Bryant

Excellence in Educational Research Award 2025

Dr Karen Maras
Additional Recipient: Dr Susan Caldis

APTA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration

Cheryl Brennan

Innovation Excellence Award 2025

Karen Yager, Lorraine Chaffer, Louise Swanson, Maxine Johnson, Helen Yip
Additional Recipient: Natasha Isbel

Rural and Remote Education Advocate Award 2025

Donna Rees, Michael Da Roza, Louise Woods
Additional Recipients: Dr Wendy Mockler-Giles, Paul Grover, Rebecca Keough

Outstanding Beginning Teachers Award 2025

Charlotte Pond, Lucinda Pond, Caitlin Ragusa, Mary Ali, Diega La Grassa, Cameron Burgess, Hannah White

Professional Association Leadership Award 2025

Tracy Ryan, Katerina Stojanovski, Jennifer Venhuizen, Rodney McRobie, Karen Binns, Michelle Rollins, Louise Dark
Additional Recipients: Nicholas Ward, Dr Grant Kleeman, Martin Levins

Outstanding Professional Service Award

Jodie Wilks, Luke Chapman, Penelope Ward, Robin Riedstra, Stephanie Boden, Kieran Bonin, Rachele Rugiero, Amber Fuller, Elyse Read, Brian Host, Anthony Stone, Kate Herwig, Miyako Matsui, Andrew Costantino, Melanie Taylor
Additional Recipients: Yuewei (Ava) Du, Chantal Young

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