Afterschool Professionals Awards - Nominations Open!

The All-Star Afterschool Professional Awards acknowledge the incredible work that individuals within the afterschool field do for Denver’s youth and families. The Denver Afterschool Alliance (DAA) will celebrate National Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week (April 23-27, 2018) by recognizing some of these outstanding individuals through our second annual All-Star Afterschool Professional Awards. 

Nominate someone in the field—it can be a colleague, a collaborator, even yourself! 

Selected individuals will be celebrated in future DAA materials and announcements, as well as be honored at an upcoming luncheon.

Award Categories:

1. Sustainability and Resource Champion: This person allocates resources with consistency and equity and develops sustainable practices to guarantee that programs are capable of providing services to students and families.
   
2. Safety Champion: This person develops strong organizational and/or site-level practices and policies to keep youth emotionally and/or physically safe.
   
3. Access and Belonging Champion: This person implements culturally responsive practices and creates an environment of inclusion.
   
4. Partnership Champion: This person engages with stakeholders to provide services, support learning and build community.
   
5. Learning and Leadership Champion: This person creates and/or invests in opportunities for skill building, voice and choice, and leadership for those they serve.
   
6. Continuous Improvement Champion: This person engages robustly in data-driven decision making and its implementation. 
   
7. SEAL Champion (New!): This person supports and intentionally integrates social, emotional and academic learning practices for adults and youth.

Award categories are based off of the Denver Afterschool Alliance's Quality Pillars. You can read more about pillars here. ​

Nominate Today