Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions in Preschool-Grade 12 Education Settings

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The Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contribution in Preschool-Grade 12 education settings is designed to recognize distinguished achievement and/or contributions in one or more of the following areas:

Development of new and innovative therapeutic and /or service delivery models, materials, and products.
Research and or publications. This includes professional collaboration with universities and /or colleagues within school systems; the nominee is a primary researcher having conducted and or reported on EBP activities in the school setting: the nominee has published a sufficient amount of writings in the areas of research, reports, books, chapters, or other documents that inform effective practice in school settings.
Administrative (e.g., evidence-based program development, continuing education activities developed and opportunities provided, mentoring and/or supervision of ASHA Clinical Fellows, audiology or speech-language pathology students, or speech-language pathology assistants.
Advocacy and outreach (e.g., legislative, licensing, participation on state/local committees that promote speech and hearing, health fairs, curriculum committees, health and education committees).

Nominees must include an individual or a group of individuals who has/have contributed as an audiologist or speech-language pathologist (SLP) while working in a public, charter, or private school setting.

More than one award may be given each year.

The Committee on Honors awards nominees solely on the information provided in the nomination document prepared by the sponsor. When information and/or documentation are incomplete, the Committee may be unable to award deserving individuals.

Required Components

Sponsor and nominee are ASHA members in good standing.
Sponsor has provided the following factual information in support of the nominee:

Outcomes that document the achievements
Sponsor’s letter of support detailing the nominee’s credentials (including appropriate honors or recognition) and specific contributions in sufficient detail to distinguish these contributions from generic activities and a description of the significance of the contributions
Brief professional vita. If a group of individuals are being nominated, a brief professional vita should be included for each member of the group.
Nomination materials, including all supporting documentation, may not exceed five pages for an individual or seven pages if a group that are at least single-spaced with a 12-point font size.
Any inserted or embedded items in the supporting documentation must adhere to line spacing and font size requirements. This applies to graphs, charts, certificates, photos, etc.
All supporting documentation must not include active hyperlinks. The Committee on Honors will not click on, review or consider any hyperlink provided in the nomination packet.
All supporting documentation must be combined into one PDF document.

General Requirements

Failure to adhere to all required components and instructions will result in rejection of the nomination, including any materials exceeding the specified number of pages.

See the nomination schedule and submission process.

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