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McGraw Hill Pathfinder Awards

Celebrating innovative educators from across PreK–12, higher ed and post-graduate education.  
 
Founded in 2022, the McGraw Hill Pathfinder Awards honor three educators who have shown innovation and inventiveness in their approach to teaching, helping learners discover their unique path to success.
 
Winners receive a $5,000 cash prize plus a 1-hour Professional Learning Consultation from CAST, a learning design, research, and professional services organization that seeks to make learning more inclusive to all.
 
We are now accepting nominations for the 2025 Pathfinder Awards until 1/17/25. Educators are not required to be a McGraw Hill customer. Winners will be announced after May 1, 2025.

*Subject to full Official Rules, see details below. 
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2025 Participation

This year, CAST, a non-profit learning design, research, and professional services organization, contributed a 1-hour Professional Learning Consultation about inclusive, accessible learning design to the McGraw Hill Pathfinder Award prize package, as well as provided a representative to sit on our judging panel.

Sharing our vision of making education accessible for all, CAST continues to innovate and grow since they first pioneered the Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a research-based framework that guides educators and others as they provide rich instructional supports, reduce unnecessary barriers to learning, and help all individuals have access to learning and agency as learners.

Learn More About the UDL Guidelines

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Who is eligible for the Pathfinder Award? Our national educator award program recognizes innovative, inventive teachers across PreK-12, higher ed and post-graduate education. To be eligible for our national educator award, entrant must be 18 years or older and a current instructor at a PreK-12, higher ed or post-graduate institution in the U.S. McGraw Hill employees and their families are not eligible to participate.

Educators may nominate themselves or can be nominated by another educator, administrator, student, family member or friend. Entrants are asked to provide answers to just a few short questions and can also submit an optional video or photo to accompany the application.

Nominations are due January 17, 2025. Winners will be contacted mid-March 2025 and announced publicly after May 1, 2025.

Three (3) educators, one PreK-12 educator, one higher ed educator and one post-graduate educator will be selected as winners by a panel of 4 qualified judges. A representative from McGraw Hill School, McGraw Hill Higher Education, McGraw Hill Global Professional and a member of CAST – a non-profit education organization seeking to make learning more inclusive to all. Full details regarding submissions and awarding of prizes are included in the Official Rules.

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*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Void where prohibited by law. Subject to full Official Rules.  To be eligible to win a prize, participants must be a U.S. resident, 18 years or older, and be an instructor at a PreK-12, Higher Education or Post-Graduate institution in the U.S. McGraw Hill employees and their families are not eligible to participate. Three (3) Educators, one PreK-12 educator, one Higher Ed educator, and one Post-Graduate educator will be selected as winners by a panel of qualified judges. Full details regarding submissions and awarding of prizes are included in the Official Rules.

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