ETFO Environmental Education Award Application

ETFO Environmental Education Award Application 2024-2025
PROCEDURES

The application must be received by ETFO no later than February 1, 2025.
1. Applications are processed by the ETFO Awards Committee. The committee’s recommendations are taken forward to the ETFO provincial Executive for consideration. You can expect to hear regarding the disposition of the award after June 30, 2025.
2. Application forms, in their entirety, will be shared with ETFO staff and members of the ETFO Awards Committee who are ETFO members.
3. Materials submitted to the Awards Committee in support of an application become the property of the Awards Committee and will not be returned.
4. ETFO will not accept incomplete applications or applications outside this submission form. Please include as much detail as possible in your responses.
5. If your submission does not adhere to procedures and criteria as noted in this application, if attachments are password-protected, or encumber committee consideration, the submission will be automatically deleted and removed from committee consideration.
6. This form contains mandatory fields that must be addressed to enable the form to be submitted.
7. Preference will be given to those who have not previously received this award.
Please make sure to read the application carefully and in full and fill it out completely.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the ETFO Awards Committee at awards@etfo.org.
CRITERIA

Environmental Education Award

ETFO may grant an Environmental Education Award to an active ETFO member to recognize their outstanding commitment to the care and protection of the environment. environmental activities that are aligned with ETFO’s policy on environmental education are eligible for recognition. The recipient shall receive $500 and a Certificate of Recognition from the ETFO President.

Candidates for the Environmental Education Award must adhere to specific criteria.

Please answer the following mandatory questions:
Applying for more than one award in any given year results in disqualification. Please confirm your understanding of this.*

CONFIRM
Please confirm your acknowledgement that a winning application cannot be submitted for another ETFO award.*

CONFIRM
Please confirm you or the person(s) you are nominating are active ETFO member(s) in good standing.*

CONFIRM
ETFO Membership # (if known)
OCT/CECE Membership #
Individual Being Nominated*

First NameLast Name
Email of Applicant*
Email of Nominee*
Home Address of Nominee*

Street Address

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CityProvince

Postal Code
ETFO Local*
Please choose your Local
Years Employed by a School Board
School / Worksite
Work Telephone

Area CodePhone Number
Cell Phone

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Has the nominee previously applied for this ETFO award?

YesNoNot Known
Which year?
Please enter the year of the application
Has the nominee ever received another ETFO award?*

YesNoNot Known
Which ETFO Award and When
Is this a group application?*

YesNo
If you have answered yes, please be aware that an ETFO Group Award Supplemental Form will need to be completed by each member of the group.

This link will open the form - ETFO Group Award Supplemental Form

A link to the form will also be included in your confirmation email. Please send this link to the members of your group.

The application will not be considered complete without a completed form from each member listed in the next section.
Group Members
Has anyone else in the group been given an award?

YesNo
Which ETFO Award and When
1) Describe, in detail, the environmental activities you have been involved.
2) Indicate the significance and describe the impact of the work.
3) If the activity(ies) resulted in the creation of a product, please attach it to this application below as a a clear photograph or sample of the product. Please note - links/html, google docs and password-protected PDFs are not allowed.

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4) If your environmental role is a part of your current position, please describe the role and responsibility.
5) Federation involvement (local, regional, provincial and/or national levels – include years) for each member being nominated.
6) Professional involvement (curriculum writing teams, workshop presentations, leadership activities) for each member being nominated.
CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION

Self-identification allows ETFO to achieve a critical goal, supporting and encouraging the participation of all individuals in ETFO programs, services and events. By completing this section, ETFO will be able to undertake the necessary statistical analysis to achieve this goal. All information collected and the reporting of statistical data will ensure full confidentiality of all. Although the completion of this section is voluntary, ETFO encourages you to self-identify.
Self-Identification

First NationsMétisInuitperson with a disabilitytwo-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, +racializedwoman
If you identify as racialized, please specify (e.g.Black, East Asian, Mixed Race)
What term describes the nominee's gender, if known?
Please indicate their pronouns, if known.
STATEMENT BY NOMINEE(S)/REPRESENTATIVE OF NOMINATED INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP - I have read the criteria and procedures of this award and if chosen as the successful candidate, agree to abide by them. To the best of my knowledge, all information on this application form is correct. By signing this document, I consent to my name being published in ETFO publications and being included in ETFO media releases if I am the member applying. I further consent that my contact information may be provided to local media upon request and for no other purpose.

* Please note nominees being nomionated by others will be contacted individually for their concent.
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ETFO Environmental Education Award Application 2024-2025

PROCEDURES

CRITERIA