Recipient of the 2022 Distinguished Service Award from AASA, The School Superintendents Association, given annually to retired AASA members who exhibited exemplary leadership throughout their careers and have enhanced the profession of school administration, 2022.
Recipient 2020 Unsung Hero Award from the Rotary Club of Andover’s in appreciation for leadership and outstanding volunteer contribution, 2021.
Recipient of the Mary Utne O’Brien Award for Excellence in Expanding the Evidence-Based Practice of Social-Emotional Learning—District Leadership in Effective Implementation of SEL from the Collaborative for Social, Emotional and Academic Learning (CASEL), 2020.
Recipient of the Outstanding Supporter of the Trauma Intervention Program from the Trauma Intervention Program of Merrimack Valley, 2016. Sheldon Berman Character Education Partnership Lifetime Achievement Award Announcement in Times Square
Recipient of the Sanford N. McDonnell Award for Lifetime Achievement in Character Education from the Character Education Partnership, 2011.
Commissioned into the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels by Governor Steve Beshear, 2008.
Recipient of the Massachusetts Administrators for Special Education’s Recognition Award for “exemplary and sustained leadership in building capacity for new and innovative approaches for statewide special education funding and transportation and collaborative activities with ASE,” 2006.
Selected as one of 100 District Leaders for Citizenship and Service-Learning by the Education Commission of the States’ National Center for Learning and Citizenship, 2006. NOT FOR PUBLICATION, PERSONAL USE ONLY—MAGS OUT, NEWSPAPERS OUT—-Dr. Sheldon Berman, Superintendent Jefferson County Public Schools
Recipient of the Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education’s Public Service Award for advancing gifted and talented education in Massachusetts, 2006.
Recipient of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents’ President’s Award for outstanding contribution to education, 2005. (Only recipient to receive this award a second time.)
Recipient of the American Association of School Administrators’ President’s Technology Award for demonstrating vision and leadership in using technology, 2005.
Recipient of the Earthwatch Institute’s Earthwatch Education Award for “innovative public education in engaging future generations to support a sustainable planet,” 2005. NOT FOR PUBLICATION, PERSONAL USE ONLY—MAGS OUT, NEWSPAPERS OUT—-Dr. Sheldon Berman, Superintendent Jefferson County Public Schools
Recipient of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents’ Dr. Christos Daoulas Award for “outstanding service through written and spoken word illuminating the challenging issues of the day,” 2003.
Recipient of the American Association of School Administrators’ Massachusetts Superintendent of the Year awarded to one Massachusetts superintendent each year for all-around outstanding leadership and achievement, 2003.
Recipient of National Science Education Leadership Association’s Administrator Supporting Science Award awarded to one administrator each year for outstanding leadership in the field of science education, 2002.
Recipient of Massachusetts Software Council Education Foundation’s Above and Beyond Award for outstanding efforts to enhance education through technology, 1999.
Recipient of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents’ President’s Award for outstanding contribution to education, 1997.
