Best School System Appreciation Program Award

Showing employees that you appreciate their work is an essential part of creating a positive workplace environment and we commend you for doing so. That’s why we’re going to be giving an annual award to the school system in each grand division of the state: East, Middle and West with the most outstanding appreciation program.

Utrust provides materials to honor specific groups of employees throughout the year, but how you actually honor your employees will determine which school system wins.

This award is self nominating and based on the criteria included in the nomination form below. Deadline for nominations is Friday, October 18, 2024. Keep track of your accomplishments in the program and share them with your community by uploading your videos and pictures to the Utrust Coordinators Facebook group.

Each of the regional winners will be presented an award at our annual Utrust Member Awards Dinner in November.

Each school participating in the Utrust Appreciation Program in each of the three systems that win the Best School System Award will receive $100 for use by their A-team.

Utrust Appreciation Program of the Year Award

Regional Award

School System*
Region/Grand Division*
System Coordinator*
First Last
Email*
System Coordinator. Have a system coordinator. (5 points)*
Resolutions. 1 point for each resolution individually adopted by the board to establish an appreciation day to honor a group of employees. (Max 8 points)*
Notice on Website. 1 point for each notice of an appreciation day posted on the system website. (Max 8 points)*
Report to Board. 2 points for each report of an appreciation day activity heard by the board following an appreciation day. (Max 16 points)*
System Website. 1 point for each appreciation day after which at least 1 photo was posted or linked to the system website. (Max 8 points)*
School Participation. 1 point for each 10% of the total schools in the system participating in the UAP. (Max 10 points)*
Example: Suppose your school has 7 schools and 6 participate, then 6/7 of your schools are participating so divide 6 by 7 to get 8.6 points
A-Team. 1 point for each 10% of total schools in the system with an A-Team. (Max 10 points)*
G-Force. 1 point for each 10% of total schools in the system with a G-Force. (Max 10 points)*
Community Support. 1 point for each 10% of total schools in the system with at least one community organization who helped with an appreciation day activity. (Max 10 points)*
Five To Thrive. 1 point for each 10% of total schools in the system with four Advisers in addition to the School Coordinator (Max 10 points)*
Themes. 1 point for each 10% of total schools in the system who used Utrust Themes to celebrate each Appreciation Day. (Max 10 points)*
Announcements. 1 point for each 10% of total schools in the system where announcements were made for each Appreciation Day. (Max 10 points)*
Songs to honor employees. 1 point for each 10% of total schools in the system where especially written lyrics were sung by students to honor an employee group for every Appreciation Day. (Max 10 points)*
Participation by School Organizations. 1 point for each 10% of total schools in the system where at least one school club, class or other organization other than A-Team or G-Force that specifically acted to honor employees on each appreciation day. (Max 10 points)*
Social Media. 1 point for each 10% of total schools in the system who posted on any of their social media platforms for each Appreciation Day. (Max 10 points)*
Utrust Facebook Group. 1 point for each 10% of total schools in the system who post to the Utrust Closed Facebook group for each Appreciation Day. (Max 10 points)*
Total
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