AWARDS

MCAE annually honors outstanding students, practitioners and community leaders in adult education at the NETWORK conference each October. Nominators, but not the recipients, must be a member of MCAE.

Following are the Award categories. Awards nominations are now closed for 2009. To read nomination criteria, please click on an Award to download a nomination form. To download all the nomination forms as one pdf, click here.

• Outstanding Teacher Award is given to a teacher who understands the characteristics of an adult learner and actively demonstrates commitment to the field of adult education.
• Outstanding Volunteer Award is given to a volunteer who provides exceptional assistance to an individual or classroom.
• Outstanding Counselor Award is given to a counselor who provides exceptional assistance to an individual or classroom.
• Outstanding Student Award is given to student who has overcome difficult circumstances to pursue adult education.
• Outstanding Administrator Award is given to an administrator who has made outstanding contributions towards fostering adult education.
• Outstanding Support Staff Award is given to an individual or team who has made outstanding contributions towards fostering adult education.
• Outstanding Business and Labor Partner Award is given to a business or labor partner that has provided outstanding support to foster adult education.
• Special Recognition Award is given to an individual, organization, business or labor partner whose lifetime contributions to adult education merit special recognition.
• Improving Working Conditions Award is given to a program that has demonstrated improvement in its working conditions through changes in policies and procedures.