How to Nominate & FAQ’s
DEADLINE FOR IMPACT AWARD NOMINATIONS: MIDNIGHT, NOVEMBER 1, 2011
The online nomination period for the 2011-2012 Impact Award will be open from October 1st through November 1st, 2011.
Special Note: If you have nominated previously, please note that changes have been made to the nomination components (see below).
How to nominate
Below is a list of the required components of the nomination. Please take some time to draft your nomination offline prior to beginning the online process. When our online link is live, you can easily copy and paste your text into your online application. Please note that all essay components have character restrictions. Common word processing software have character count tools.
Section A: Before you nominate
1. I have checked the Impact Award Honor Roll on the Impact on Education web site and have verified that my nominee has not won an Impact Award previously.
2. We encourage schools and our communities to celebrate all nominees. We also encourage the sharing of nominations with nominees as we truly believe that it is an honor to be nominated. However, if you would prefer to keep your nomination anonymous, please indicate your option: “Please keep my nomination anonymous” or “Please share my nomination”
Section B: Nominator
- Nominator’s First Name
- Nominator’s Last Name
- Contact Information: Company, Address, Email Address, Phone
- How did you find out about the Impact Awards? BVSD Newsletter, BVSD Parent, BVSD Staff, BVSD Student, Facebook, Impact on Education E-Newsletter, Impact on Education Website, Newspaper, School Newsletter, Twitter, Other (please specify)
- Your relationship to the person that you are nominating: Former Peer, Friend, Parent/Guardian, Peer,Student, Other (please specify)
- Your relationship to the Boulder Valley School District: Employee, Former Employee, Parent/Guardian, Student, Other (please specify)
- If Nominator is a BVSD employee: Where do you/did you work? Indicate all schools that apply.
- If Nominator is a BVSD Parent, Guardian, Student or Other: With which schools do you have affiliation? Indicate all that apply.
Section C: The Nomination
- Nominee’s Name
- Nominee’s Contact Information: Address, BVSD Email Address, Phone
- Number of years Nominee employed by the Boulder Valley School District
- Nominee’s School(s)
- Does your Nominee’s supervisor support this nomination?
Nominee’s Role
The series of questions to be answered will depend on the role of your nominee. Your nominee will be in one of the four categories listed below. Identify the correct category for your nominee before proceeding.The eligible roles for Impact Awards are as follows:
Category 1: Licensed Teachers, Licensed Specialists, Teachers on Special Assignment, Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Speech/Language Specialists, Occupational/Physical Therapists, Building Deans
Category 2: Para educators, Interpreters, Group Leaders/Assistants, Bus Drivers/Assistants, Nutrition Service, Warehouse, Maintenance, Custodian, Security, Tier Technology, Tutors, School Nurse, Home School Parent Liaisons, IT, Accounting, Budget/Finance , Volunteers
Category 3: Principals, Assistant Principals
Category 4: Assistant Superintendents, Executive Directors, Directors, Assistant Directors, Managers, Assistant Managers
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT AWARD NOMINATIONS: From this point, do not mention the name of your nominee or the school while completing the nomination. Mention of the nominee’s name or school on the award will result in automatic disqualification.
Questions for Category 1 Nominations
Licensed Teachers: Teachers, Licensed Specialists, Teachers on Special Assignment, Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Speech/Language Specialists, Occupational/Physical Therapists, Building Deans
Note: For questions below, responses are limited to 2,000 characters each, including spaces.
- What grade level(s) does your Nominee currently teach?
- Nominee’s Subject Specialty: Fine Arts,Health,Literacy,Math,Physical Education,Science,Social Studies,Vocational, World Languages, Other (please specify)
- How does your Nominee motivate students to develop a lifelong love of learning?
- How does your Nominee recognize and respond to individual differences?
- How does your Nominee IMPACT innovations in teaching and or use of instructional technology?
- How does your Nominee use instructional teaching strategies to impact student growth in learning over time?
- How does your Nominee inspire high personal & professional standards?
- How does your Nominee positively IMPACT his/her peers?
- How is your Nominee unique? Describe the most significant quality about your Nominee?
Questions for Category 2 Nominations
Principals, Assistant Principals
Note: For questions below, responses are limited to 2,000 characters each, including spaces.
- School Level
- How does your Nominee motivate students to develop a lifelong love of learning?
- How does your Nominee recognize and respond to individual differences?
- How does your Nominee IMPACT support innovations in teaching and or use of instructional technology?
- How does your Nominee help individuals throughout the school use instructional teaching strategies to impact student growth in learning over time?
- How does your Nominee inspire high personal & professional standards?
- How does your Nominee positively IMPACT his/her staff and peers?
- How is your Nominee unique? Describe the most significant quality about your Nominee?
Questions for Category 3 Nominations
Assistant Superintendents, Executive Directors, Directors, Assistant Directors, Managers, Assistant Managers
Note: For questions below, responses are limited to 2,000 characters each, including spaces.
- How does your Nominee motivate students to develop a lifelong love of learning throughout BVSD?
- How does your Nominee recognize and respond to individual differences district-wide?
- How does your Nominee IMPACT innovations in teaching and or use of instructional technology district-wide?
- How does your Nominee help individuals throughout the district use instructional teaching strategies to impact student growth in learning over time?
- How does your Nominee inspire high personal & professional standards district-wide?
- How does your Nominee positively IMPACT his/her staff and peers?
- How is your Nominee unique? Describe the most significant quality about your Nominee?
Questions for Category 4 Nominations
Para educators, Interpreters, Group Leaders/Assistants, Bus Drivers/Assistants, Nutrition Service, Warehouse, Maintenance, Custodian, Security, Tier Technology, Tutors, School Nurse, Home School Parent Liaisons, IT, Accounting, Budget/Finance , Volunteers
Note: For questions below, responses are limited to 2,000 characters each, including spaces.
- School Level
- How does your Nominee help students to develop a lifelong love of learning?
- How does your Nominee recognize and respond to individual differences?
- How does your Nominee IMPACT innovations in teaching and or use of instructional technology?
- If applicable, how does your Nominee use instructional teaching strategies to impact student growth in learning over time?
- How does your Nominee inspire high personal & professional standards?
- How does your Nominee positively IMPACT his/her staff or peers?
- How is your Nominee unique? Describe the most significant quality about your Nominee?
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT AWARD NOMINATIONS: Do not mention the name of your nominee or the school while completing this form. Mention of the nominee’s name or school on the award will result in automatic disqualification.
FAQ’s
Why can’t I use my nominees name and school in my Award Nomination?
Impact on Education uses a blind-read online process to evaluate applicants and select finalists. The Impact Awards Volunteer Readers shall not know the name of the individual nominated or their school. This process requires that NO identifying information be included in the nomination narrative, such as names of individuals, buildings or specific programs. Use the individual’s job title when describing him or her and refer to the school as “our school,” or “our building.” This supports our efforts to ensure impartiality and fairness in the selection process.
Can I see a sample nomination?
Because modifications have been made to improve the nomination process, prior year samples are no longer relevant as nomination samples. Overall, with both old and new processes, citing specific examples and personal stories continue to be highly valued by the volunteer evaluators.
Are multiple nominations for one individual helpful?
We discourage multiple nominations. Instead we encourage communities to take a collaborative and cooperative approach to this process.
What happens after I submit my nomination?
Our Impact Awards Volunteer Readers from the community will review and score all nominations. Following computation, top scoring nominees will become Finalists and will move on to one round of Impact Award Finalist Interviews.
In December 2011, all Finalists will be notified of their status and their Finalist Interview will be scheduled. The Finalist Nominators and School Principals/Supervisors will also be notified via e-mail.
The Impact Award Interview Committee will conduct a personal interview with each Finalist to determine the five Impact Award Recipients. These interviews will be conducted the evenings of January 9 and 10 , 2012.
Award Recipients will receive their “surprise” notifications in person on January 13, 2012.
The Impact Awards Dinner will celebrate 2011 Impact Award Nominees, Finalists, and Recipients in March of 2012.
