Are you cultivating employment success in your organization



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Tell us about the wonderful successes within your organization and the community

by honoring the very people who have helped make that success possible.

NJ APSE would like to honor their great work during our upcoming conference, “Facing the Future XIX: Beyond the Box: Reinventing Supported Employment,” to be held March 25, 2011 at the Somerset Doubletree Hotel.

Nominations are being sought for the following awards:

▪ Employment Specialist of the Year

▪ Employer of the Year

▪ Transition Educator of the Year

▪ Supervisor of the Year

▪ Supported Employee of the Year

What a wonderful way to say thank you to those staff members, colleagues, employers, and supported employees who spend everyday facilitating employment successes!

Deadline:

Please complete both pages 2 and 3 and submit them both by mail, e-mail, or fax no later than February 1, 2011 to:

Dan Baker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

P.O. Box 2688

335 George Street

New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2688

732-235-9312

fax 732-235-9330

dan.baker@umdnj.edu

(Two page nomination form is attached.)

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PLEASE REVIEW THE NOMINATION CRITERIA AND (

THE APPROPRIATE CATEGORY (Complete and submit pages 2&3)

( Employment Specialist of the Year

Purpose: To confer statewide recognition on employment specialists/job coaches for outstanding professional achievement.

Eligibility: Nominees must have a minimum of 1-year experience in supported employment.

Criteria: Trustworthiness, respectfulness, supportiveness, and innovation.

( Employer of the Year

Purpose: To confer statewide recognition of an employer who has demonstrated exemplary commitment to the employment of people with disabilities.

Eligibility: A nominee must operate in the State of New Jersey.

Criteria: Consistently showed their commitment to people with disabilities in their workplace.

( Transition Educator of the Year

Purpose: To confer statewide recognition on one educator for outstanding achievements in the area of transition from school to work.

Eligibility: One staff person from a school in NJ will be awarded Transition Educator of the Year.

Criteria: Helped their students really believe in themselves and their future after graduation, which made transitioning a positive experience for the students.

( Supervisor of the Year

Purpose: To confer statewide recognition on a supervisor of a supported employment program for outstanding professional achievement.

Eligibility: Nominees must have a minimum of 1-year experience as a supervisor of a supported employment program.

Criteria: Supervisor demonstrates knowledge of supported employment and respectfulness of the employees and the people served.

( Supported Employee of the Year

Purpose: To confer statewide recognition on a supported employee for outstanding personal achievement in employment, including self-employment. 

Eligibility: Nominees must have a minimum of 1-year paid work experience, including self-employment. 

Criteria: Nominees must exemplify quality employment and demonstrated personal achievement. The type of work must be explained in the application.

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Submitted By:

Name of individual who is submitting this nomination

Mailing Address City, State ZIP

Daytime phone number Relationship to Nominee

Nominee:

Name of Nominee

Job Title or Role in the Community Agency/Business

Mailing Address City, State ZIP Phone #

Please describe why you are nominating this person(s).

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Feel free to attach another sheet for additional narrative. Only nominations with narratives will be considered.

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Employment Award Nominations

Nomination Form

Nomination Form

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