2020 Local Unit Awards
Arizona PTA gives out 9 awards to local units and volunteers for achievements over the previous year.
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Teacher of the Year is chosen from the previous winners from the previous years and therefore there is no form for this award.
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Read below about each of the awards and submit your nominations today! You may submit as many nominations as you want for as many of the awards as you want!
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Please email office@azpta.org if you need clarification or help with this process. Awards will be announced as part of the 2020 Arizona PTA Virtual Convention.
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New this year: The Sunflower Award
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The Sunflower Award: Creating Diversity and Inclusion within your local unit
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The Arizona PTA will go out to the local unit that demonstrates the continual process of reaching out to their missing pieces in their community. As PTA, we should be out in the community sprinkling seeds of inclusion (not just diversity) and acceptance in order to cultivate growth within our organization. The significance of the sunflower is sunflowers lean towards the light in order to grow. When there is no light they lean toward each other. As an organization, we should lean towards each other for ideas and understanding. Being the light that empowers our communities.
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Click HERE to submit a nominee
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Champion for Children Award
Arizona PTA's Champion for Children Award recognizes and honors a PTA member for exceptional efforts to advocate, support and speak on behalf of all children and youth in their community.
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Cornerstone Award
Arizona PTA's Cornerstone Award recognizes and honors a non-certified staff member currently working with, for or on behalf of children. Support staff are the cornerstone of the school community. This nominee should exemplify the mission and purposes of PTA.
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Future Leader Award
This award recognizes an outstanding student leader in the PTA community. This nominee must be a member of the PTA and be capable of understanding, participating in discussion and debating motions without adult assistance to be considered for this award.
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Power Partner Award
Arizona PTA's Power Partner Award recognizes and honors an education professional in a non-teaching role currently working with or on behalf of students. This person must be a member of the PTA and exemplify the mission and purposes of PTA. This person could be a Principal, Vice Principal, Superintendent, Counselor, Governing Board member or other professional in the education community. d.
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Outstanding Unit for Family Engagement Award
This award will be given to a local unit or council that demonstrates a commitment to the Six National Standards for Family-School Partnerships as well as the overall mission and purpose of PTA.
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Local Unit or Council of the the Year Award
This award will be given to the Local Unit or Council of the Year. This recognizes local units/councils that demonstrate a commitment to the mission and purposes of PTA. This award focuses on membership, activities and programs for the entire year.
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Local Unit Volunteer of the Year Award
Arizona PTA's Volunteer of the Year Award recognizes and honors outstanding a volunteer who has given selflessly to make their school community a better place for students and staff to achieve their goals.
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Click HERE to submit a nominee
Power Partner Award
Arizona PTA's Power Partner Award recognizes and honors an education professional in a non-teaching role currently working with or on behalf of students. This person must be a member of the PTA and exemplify the mission and purposes of PTA. This person could be a Principal, Vice Principal, Superintendent, Counselor, Governing Board member or other professional in the education community. d.
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Outstanding Unit for Family Engagement Award
This award will be given to a local unit or council that demonstrates a commitment to the Six National Standards for Family-School Partnerships as well as the overall mission and purpose of PTA.
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SuperMAN Award
Arizona PTA's SuperMAN Award recognizes and honors and outstanding male leader in the community. The nominee must be a member of the PTA.
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