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Minister’s Education Leadership Recognition Awards

The Minister’s Education Leadership Recognition Awards (MELRA) celebrate significant improvement and/or very high achievement at the district or jurisdiction level. These awards, created in collaboration with key education stakeholders, recognize those school board leaders who make a difference in the lives of our students every day.

Many of the award categories are based on the province’s Accountability Pillar, an innovative and straightforward way of measuring our learning goals at the school authority and provincial level. 

School boards are eligible to receive multiple awards if their annual results demonstrate significant improvement and/or very high achievement in any of the Accountability Pillar categories and/or the additional four categories listed below.  

Accountability Pillar Categories

  • Safe and Caring Schools
  • Student Learning Opportunities
  • Student Learning Achievement (Grades 1 to 9)
  • Student Learning Achievement (Grades 10 to 12) including High School Completion
  • Preparation for lifelong learning, world of work, and citizenship
  • Parental Involvement
  • School improvement
Additional Categories:
  • Healthful living (e.g.: Physical Education, Health, Nutrition, etc.)
  • Fine Arts (e.g.: Music, Drama, etc)
  • Practical Arts (e.g.: RAP, CTS, etc.),
  • Academic Non-Diploma Exam Courses (e.g.: Second languages, Religious studious, courses leading to a diploma exam such as Applied Math 10 and 20 or Pure Math 10 and 20, etc.)

2009 MELRA recipients

2009 Recognition events:

The Alberta School Boards Association  has partnered with Alberta Education to plan recognition events throughout Alberta:

  • November 5, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
    Northern Alberta boards (zone 1)
    Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites
    9816 - l07 Street, Grande Prairie
  • November 6, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
    Calgary and area boards (zone 5)
    Greenwood Inn
    3515 – 26 Street, NW Calgary  
  • November 9, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
    Southern Alberta boards (zone 6)
    Country Kitchen Catering Centre
    1715 – Mayor Magrath Drive, Lethbridge
  • November 27, 2009 at 9:30 a.m.
    Edmonton and area boards (Zone 2/3)
    Delta Hotel (Edmonton South)
    4404 Gateway Blvd., Edmonton
  • November 30, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
    Central Alberta boards (Zone 4)
    Best Western Wayside Inn
    4103 – 56 Street Wetaskiwin, AB

2008 MELRA Recipients

Northern Alberta (zone 1)
Edmonton and area (zone 2/3)
Central Alberta (zone 4)
Calgary and area (zone 5)
Southern Alberta (zone 6)