ICSEI / JPCC Innovation Award - 2026 Winner Announcement

ICSEI / JPCC Innovation Award

The International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) and the Journal of Professional Capital and Community (JPCC) invite applications for the ICSEI / JPCC Innovation Award. This award recognizes an outstanding contribution to the ICSEI 2026 conference that makes an innovative contribution in educational research, policy, and/or practice within the field of professional capital and community.

JPCC is an international, professionally refereed, scholarly journal, reflecting the most important ideas and evidence of the nature and impact of interactions and relationships in the education profession, especially in the school sector. This journal brings together the most influential leading thinkers and emerging scholars on professional cultures, communities and collegiality and how they all contribute to or impede the development of the professional capital in schools and school systems that enhances students' learning, wellbeing, achievement and engagement.

The Journal of Professional Capital and Community (JPCC) editorial team is delighted to announce the recipients of this year’s ICSEI / JPCC Innovation Award:

Tasneem Amatullah, Emirates College for Advanced Education, United Arab Emirates      
Ieda M. Santos, Emirates College for Advanced Education, United Arab Emirates 
Joseph S. Agbenyega, Emirates College for Advanced Education, United Arab Emirates 
Dayse Neri de Souza, Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo, Brazil
 

Notes from the judging committee:

• “Systematic lit review well executed. Robust theoretical integration including PC. Findings applicable to Global South and austerity eras with few funds. Nice to see student central to development of professional learning and improvement”
• "Smooth like butter. Materials are consistent and well thought out; contribution is clear."
• "Clearly relevant to JPCC, thorough, and with clear implications for the field."

A note from the winners:

"I am deeply honoured to receive this award for our research on student voice and its role in transforming teacher professional learning and driving whole-school improvement. Our work shows that when students are genuinely heard and engaged as partners in inquiry, schools become more reflective, collaborative, and capable of sustainable change. We are grateful to JPCC for recognizing the importance of amplifying student perspectives within teacher professional learning systems.”  Tasneem Amatullah

Congratulations to Dr. Amatullah and team!