2016 Gwen Morgan Leadership Award
2016 Gwen Morgan Leadership Award
Nomination Form
The Massachusetts Association for the Education of Young Children is proud to solicit nominations for the Gwen Morgan Leadership Award. This award is given on a yearly basis, when merited, to an individual that has taken advantage of a leadership opportunity to improve the quality of care for children and families, or to advance workforce and professional development opportunities for early education and care professionals. This is an individual who has been able to look down the road, as Gwen had throughout her career, and impact the future based on vision and determination.
Gwen was influential in so many different areas of our field of early education and care. She provided vision for policy development for over 35 years. She was a leading national authority on child care regulations. She wrote on a wide range of other issues and the list of her publications is extensive. Here in Massachusetts, we have her to thank for founding the Center for Career Development in Early Care and Education at Wheelock, which helped countless states create professional development systems. She co-founded Work/Family Directions, WFD now, and she founded Wheelock College Advanced Seminars in Child Care. Besides that, she has guided the development of countless students as they learn to be teachers. This year’s award ceremony will be especially poignant since it will be the first award given out since her passing this year. The reception will be filled with many warm memories of Gwen and good times spent in her company.
Please submit the following information:
Name of the nominee:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Current position:
Agency:
Nominated by:
Name:
Phone:
Email:
Please answer the following questions as completely as possible:
1. Is the nominee a member of NAEYC? ___yes ___ no ___don’t know
2. Has the nominee ever been active in any capacity of NAEYC or affiliate? ___yes ___no ___don’t know
If yes, in what capacity?
3. Is the nominee active in other Professional Organizations? ___yes ___no ___don’t know
If yes, please indicate them.
4. Has the nominee advocated at the state level? _____yes _____no
If yes, In what capacity?
5. Has the nominee advocated at the national level? _____ yes _____no
If yes, In what capacity?
6. What is the nominee’s educational background?
7. Has the nominee served in a leadership position?
Where?
In what capacity?
8. Has the nominee received any professional honors? If known, please indicate them.
9. What has the nominee accomplished that makes her/him deserving of the Gwen Morgan Leadership Award? Please be specific in terms of all the qualifications.
a. How has the nominee improved the quality of care for early childhood children and families through their leadership position?
b. How has the nominee advanced the workforce and professional development opportunities for early education and care professionals?
c. How has the nominee been able to impact the future of early childhood based on vision and determination?
10. What other information about this nominee’s accomplishments should we know?
Please email the nomination to by February 5, 2016. Thank You for your nomination. We will notify you in early February about the status of your nominee. The Award will be given out at the MassAEYC Spring Conference on Friday evening March 4, 2016 at the Educators in Excellence Awards Reception. More information will follow once a recipient has been selected.