Making Schools Work Conference Pacesetter & Leadership Awards
Pacesetter and Leadership Awards
Do you have a school that meets the Gene Bottoms Pacesetter Award standards? If so, we hope that you will nominate them for a Pacesetter award. Nominations are open from October-January each year.
2025 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter Award Winners
We are proud of all of the past winners of the Gene Bottoms Pacesetter Awards. See who won in 2025.
Nominate a School for the Gene Bottoms Pacesetter Award
Our Gene Bottom Pacesetters Awards are given to schools that show promise as they implement the SREB frameworks.
One requirement of being a Pacesetter school is participation in our surveys.
Nominations for winners are open from October 1 through the last business day in January each year.
You can find the nomination form on this page during the open dates.
2026 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter Award Winners
The 2026 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter Award Winners will be announced in the spring of 2026.
Bookmark this page to find out which schools won and to read our press releases about the winners.
2026 Pacesetter Award Winner Sessions
The best way to learn from our Pacesetter winners is to hear it from them. That is why each year all of our winners offer at least one session at our conference to explain what helped them win and how you can implement it into your own school.
We will announce the sessions for the 2026 winners in late spring of 2026. Please check back on this page to find the sessions.
