Nominations are now open for the Outstanding Employee Awards! Use this form to submit a nomination for an Outstanding Employee in one of the categories below. You may nominate multiple employees, but you may only nominate one employee per category. (For example, you may nominate someone to be the outstanding teacher and someone else to be the outstanding professional employee, but you may not nominate two people to be the outstanding teacher.) The deadline for submission is November 8.

All that is required for a preliminary nomination is a paragraph or two about how this employee demonstrates exceptional work in one more of the criteria for that award category. The nomination form has more information regarding the criteria for each of these awards. The eligibility requirements are below. Take a look at last year's winners for inspiration.

Outstanding Teacher  

Eligibility: Has at least three years of experience as a teacher (in any school/school district); librarians are included in this category.

Outstanding New Teacher 

Eligibility: Has up to three years of experience as a teacher (in any school/school district); librarians are included in this category.

Outstanding Principal

Eligibility: Has at least three years of experience as a building principal (in any school/school district). Mr. Hill qualifies for this category.

Outstanding New Principal

Eligibility: Has up to three years of experience as a building principal (in any school/school district). No one at Westlawn qualifies for this category. 

Outstanding Leader  

Eligibility: At least one year of experience in their current position as a Schedule-C or School-Based Administrator scale employee (that is not the building principal) at their current location.

• Common positions in this category: Assistant and Associate Principals, Director of Student Activities, Director of Student Services. Ms. Carpenter qualifies for this category, but Ms. Theiss has not been here long enough to qualify yet.

Outstanding Professional Employee  

Eligibility: At least one year experience in current position as a Schedule-B employee or other non-instructional employee in a school that supports school leadership at their current location.

• Common positions in this category: School-Based Technology Specialist, Technology Support Specialist, Assessment Coach, Career Center Specialist, Instructional Coach, After-School Specialist, MTSS Coordinator, Psychologist, Social Worker, School Counselor, Safety and Security Specialist, Resource Teachers that serve in an administrative role in a school, Special Education Department Chairs that teach less than 50% of their time, Reading Specialists that do not have a regular course load/do not give grades.

Outstanding Operational Employee 

Eligibility: At least one year of experience in current position as Schedule-A or Classroom Instructional Support Scale employee at their current location.

• Common positions in this category: Administrative and Office Staff, Safety and Security Assistant, Custodial Staff, Food Service Staff, IA, PHA, PHTA, All Parent Liaisons.