AAEA Awards
AAEA Outstanding Adult Learner of the Year (Student of the Year)
The Outstanding Adult Learner of the Year Award is provided to a student who has demonstrated leadership within the traditional or non-traditional learning environments.
1) The Student has been enrolled in a non-secondary Alaskan Adult Education program in the current year.
2) The student’s own life or the lives of others around them have been enriched by their learning experience.
3) The student has demonstrated leadership within traditional or non traditional learning environments.
4) The student has maintained family, civic, or employment responsibilities while concurrently pursuing educational goals.
5) The student has overcome difficult circumstances in order to pursue adult learning experiences OR has shown extraordinary effort in the pursuit of their learning goals.
6) The student has been supportive of others engaged in adult learning.
AAEA Outstanding Adult Education Teacher of the Year (Edgar M. Easley Award)
The Outstanding Adult Education Teacher of the Year Edgar M. Easley Award is modeled after the COABE award.
1) The teacher has been an adult education teacher in Alaska in the current program year and has 5 or more years of experience.
2) The teacher has provided excellent instruction and has pursued professional development to maintain that excellence.
3) The teacher has demonstrated an understanding of an adult learner’s multi-faceted needs. They have utilized appropriate teaching methods and materials.
4) The teacher has embraced each student’s individuality and unique background. They have provided a non-threatening, supportive atmosphere for learning, which fosters freedom of thought and expression.
5) The teacher has assisted learners in formulating personal learning objectives, has been a bridge connecting students to resources that can aid them in achieving those goals, and has helped assess their progress toward those objectives.
6) The teacher has been committed to adult education, has been an asset at their place of practice, and has participated in or contributed to adult education activities or projects.
AAEA Outstanding Administrator of the Year
The Outstanding Administrator of the Year Award is modeled after the COABE award.
1) The administrator has been an adult education administrator in Alaska in the current program year and has 5 or more years of experience.
2) The administrator has made a positive, lasting impact on their program, staff, and/or in the field of adult education in Alaska, and is respected by colleagues.
3) The administrator has understood and responded to the Adult Education needs of their community and state. They have embraced helpful innovation and community partnerships to meet those needs.
4) Extra consideration is given if the administrator has demonstrated leadership qualities at multiple levels (local, state, and national levels).
5) The administrator has been a strong advocate of adult education and literacy locally or beyond
6) The administrator has received awards and recognitions for their work.
AAEA Outstanding Workplace Literacy Initiative of the Year (Chester Klevins Award)
The Outstanding Workplace Literacy Initiative of the Year matches the COABE Outstanding Literacy Workplace of the Year, Chester Klevins Award.
1) The program being considered has developed an outstanding workplace literacy initiative that has served a local community, region, the State of Alaska, or the U.S. for at least one year.
2) The program has developed initiatives in one or more workplace settings.
3) Employers are satisfied that the initiative has met their objectives.
4) Employees attest that the initiative has had a positive impact on their work experience.
AAEA Outstanding Innovation of the Year
The Outstanding Innovation Award correlates to the COABE Outstanding State Innovation of the Year.
1) The agency, association, or program being considered has developed and implemented a best practice, innovation, or service that meets a particular need in Alaska.
2) Provide numbers or examples that show the previous need, explain the innovation, illustrate the length of program implementation, and demonstrate evidence of a positive outcome.
3) Using numbers or examples, show how the practice/innovation/service supports the adult education profession and/or Alaska’s adult education community.
AAEA Scholarship for Further Study
The AAEA award (currently a gift of $750 each) is modeled after the COABE Scholarship Award. It is presented to recipients in full to fund or partially fund approved professional development courses, workshops, conferences, certificates, or college-level degrees.
1) The nominee is an AAEA member and currently working in Adult Ed.
2) If you are nominating someone who is not also nominating themselves for this award, please indicate that they desire to receive it. (Each recipient must have two nominations, one of which can be a self-nomination.)
3) A clear for specific professional development, which includes dates, content, and possible positive outcomes, must be included.
4) Extra consideration will be given if the nominee has demonstrated that the potential positive outcomes of this training will benefit not only the nominee but also their program, adult education in their area, or the entire state.
5) Extra consideration will be given if the nominee did not win this award in the proceeding program year.
AAEA Outstanding Adult Education Volunteer of the Year
This AAEA award honors a volunteer who contributes significant commitment or has an impact upon the community, program, or students’ needs.
1) Volunteer has been a volunteer in the current program year.
2) Has shown significant commitment to the community, program, or students’ needs (e.g., # of hours, through challenges or difficulties, over many years).
3) Has made a positive impact regarding the community, program, or students’ needs (e.g., how one student’s life changed for the better, how they improved an aspect of the program, how they advocate, champion, or fundraise for adult ed in the community).
4) Has positively influenced other volunteers within their circles.
5) Has taken extra steps to equip themselves to be a better volunteer (e.g., attending extra trainings, self-study, observing staff, etc…).
AAEA Award for Long-term Contribution (Hulbert Award)
This AAEA Award honors outstanding long-term contributions to lifelong learning. (This is not an annual award.)The AAEA board must approve this nomination for this award to be valid. A stipend of $300 accompanies this award.
1) The nominee has contributed to adult education in Alaska, not only in their region but in other areas of the state for 10 years or more.
2) Has made a significant, lasting contribution at the state level and not only locally.
Now accepting nominations! https://bit.ly/3XYjE3R
Nominations must be submitted no later than Friday, January 17, 2025.
