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Vegas PBS Receives National Awards from the

 Corporation for Public Broadcasting
 

Las Vegas Affiliate Wins My Source Community Impact Awards For Educatio

Vegas PBS received two My Source Community Impact Awards for Education from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) on Saturday, March 7 in Washington, DC at the Council of Chief State School Officers/Public Broadcasting Executive Summit. 

Vegas PBS received the two “My Source Community Impact Awards for Education” for the station’s efforts in the creation, distribution and promotion of its Vegas PBS Learning Tools for the blind and visually impaired, and its TeacherLine professional development program.

Vegas PBS’ General Manager Tom Axtell was also a keynote speaker at the event, speaking on behalf of the many resources and educational programs public television offers throughout communities across the country. Vegas PBS has been a model for the public television community with its various educational programs throughout Las Vegas, and Axtell used his station as a blueprint for the many benefits provided by public television.

The My Source awards were presented to Axtell by CPB’s Senior Vice President of Education and Children’s Content Dr. Susan Zelman.

 “Education is a core value of public service media, on air, online and in the community,” said Pat Harrison, president and CEO of CPB.  “CPB congratulates Vegas PBS for this important commitment to community and our country through education.”

The Vegas PBS Learning Tools for the blind and visually impaired provide an interactive language arts and Braille experiences for parents and children.  The kits utilize Vegas PBS’ programming and extend on screen learning with educational materials designed for children in kindergarten through third grade.  For additional information about Family Literacy Kits, please call 702-799-1010.   

Partners for the Vegas PBS Learning Tools include the MGM Mirage Voice Foundation, Paul E. & Helen S. Meyer Foundation, Clark County School District (CCSD), CCSD’s Vision Impaired Services Department, Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation, Nevada Talking Books and WGBH-TV (Boston.)  Students from Las Vegas’ Gilbert Magnet School for Communication and Creative Arts were selected to record audio descriptions. 

Concept design and testing for the Visual Family Literacy Kits originated with and was conducted by the Vegas PBS’ Educational Media Services and Ready To Learn departments,

Vegas PBS TeacherLine offers online professional development courses to pre K-12 teachers and districts.  The program’s specially trained, certified facilitators lead over 90 top-quality, standards-based courses that span the entire curriculum.  Vegas PBS has offered TeacherLine courses, provided by PBS and the U.S. Department of education, for over four years.  As a result, more than 2,400 teachers have been able to meet certification requirements.  

About the My Source Community Impact Awards for Education

The My Source Community Impact Awards for Education were created by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to give recognition to public television stations for their commitment to providing educational services to preschoolers, senior citizens, teachers and caregivers; for those with learning disabilities; for those with physical challenges; and for lifelong learners of all races and heritage, with measurable results. For more than four decades, public-service media has delivered content and services that advance learning -- on-air, online, at home and in the classroom -- providing a safe place where children can learn and a source of lifelong learning for all Americans.

About the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967 and is steward of the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,100 locally owned and operated public television and radio stations nationwide, and is the largest single source of funding for research, technology and program development for public radio, television and related online services.

 

  
 

Vegas PBS is dedicated to providing quality, commercial-free programming, media and media delivery technologies to Southern Nevadans, teachers and emergency management professionals.  Vegas PBS is the area’s foremost producer of local television programming, which includes, “Nevada Week in Review,” “Outdoor Nevada,” “Wonders of the West,” “Inside Education,” “Homework Hotline,” “Capitol Issues,” election debates and coverage, and daily live classes for the CCSD Virtual High School.  This year marks Vegas PBS’ 40th anniversary as a public broadcast provider in Las Vegas.  Construction is nearing completion on the organization’s new building that will become Nevada’s foremost “green” television broadcast station.  Visit www.VegasPBS.org for additional information.

 

  
 
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