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Director of Maintenance/Vicar Award

Maintenance Supervisor of the Year/Everett Jarrell Award

Custodian of the Year/Wilbur McCartha Award

Maintenance Employee/Horace Wall  Award

Cornerstone Award

Person of the Year Award

Facilities Services Department of the Year

Superintendent of the Year

Director of Maintenance/Vicar Award – This award is in memory of Anthony Vicar who was the Director of Maintenance for the City of New York Department of Hospitals for 35 years.  He passed away in 1984. This award is designed to honor a member who displays commitment to the profession and contributes to his/her community.

Maintenance Supervisor of the Year/Everett Jarrell Award – This award is named for a former member who was the Maintenance Supervisor from Allendale County Schools who passed away several years ago.  This award is designed for the Supervisor who shows outstanding leadership, works with his/her employees and Superiors to the betterment of their School District.

Custodian of the Year/Wilbur McCartha Award – This award is named for the former Custodial Consultant for the S.C. Department of Education.  It was at the Custodial Workshop in 1981 that Wilbur McCartha spearheaded the drive to form the SCSPMA.  He was one of our charter members.  The criteria for this award is a custodian/day porter who stands out in his/her job.

Maintenance Employee/Horace Wall  Award – This award is named for a former member who passed away at the summer conference in 1985.  Horace Wall was a boiler mechanic in Spartanburg District 7.  The criteria for this award is designed to be awarded to a “nuts and bolts” type of employee, an employee that is in the trenches and is often overlooked.

Cornerstone Award – This award is given to someone who has displayed constant support for the Association.  The wording on the plaque is very important and is specific as to why the recipient has been selected.

Person of the Year Award -  Voted on by Officers and Board of SCSPMA.

President’s Plaque  - This award is given to the past president for all of their hard work and dedication to the SCSPMA Association.

Facilities Services Department of the Year – This award is to recognize and honor a school district’s maintenance and custodial services who’s work is in compliance with applicable codes and regulations, technically appropriate, planned with consideration of total systems effects and efficiently completed.

Superintendent of the Year – The Superintendent of the Year award was created to recognize and honor superintendents in our state for outstanding leadership in their public schools.  The superintendent must be responsible for the programs of Maintenance and Operations as well as showing creativity in successfully meeting the needs of students in his or her school system.  The superintendent must demonstrate commitment through consistently upgrading his or her administrative knowledge and skills along with providing professional development opportunities for other members of the professional team while motivating others to achieve.

                                                        Award Nominations

 

Facilities Services Department of the Year

The Facilities Services Department of the Year award is to recognize and honor at school district’s maintenance and custodial services whose work is in compliance with applicable codes and regulations, technically appropriate, planned with consideration of total system effects and efficiently completed.

SCSPMA Selection Criteria 

1.                  Open to all public schools in South Carolina.

2.                  The basis for evaluating the applications:

a)      Use of an efficient system to initiate, monitor and document pertinent aspects of the work requested of and performed by the Facilities Service Department.

b)      Assistance and support for district-wide effort to ensure that all construction modification and use of district facilities is technically appropriate, minimizes life cycle costs and provides for efficient operation.

Please send to:

 Department of Education
Office of School Facilities
ATT: SCSPMA Selection Committee.
3710 Landmark Dr. Suite 205
Columbia, SC 29204

1.                The recipient will receive an individual plaque designating the award as
                           Facilities Services Department of the Year.

SCSPMA Selection Criteria

2.      The basis for evaluating the applications:

                              a)     Responsible for the programs of Maintenance and Operations
                                 (Facility Services)
                        b)    Professionalism – The applicant has demonstrated commitment through consistently
                                upgrading his or her administrative knowledge and skills, providing professional
                                development opportunities for other members of the professional team, and
                                motivating others to achieve.

c)   Nominations must be made by an active member of SCSPMA.

d)  Nominees must be from the school system making the nomination.

e)  A biographical sketch, preferably in narrative form and no more than two pages in length, including the nominee’s achievements that have contributed to success in their district’s maintenance and operations and other professional involvement and any other information pictorial, etc…

f)   Leadership for Learning – The applicant has shown creativity in successfully meeting the needs to the students in his or her school system.

AWARD NOMINEE

Award applying for:____________________________________________

Name of Nominee:______________________________________________

School District and County:_____________________________________

List qualifications:

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

Brief statement why you feel this person should be nominated for this award:

____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

Person recommending Nominee (must be a Member of SCSPMA):
           ___________________________________________
                  

Contact Phone number:
          ___________________

Please send to:

 Department of Education
Office of School Facilities
ATT: SCSPMA Selection Committee.
3710 Landmark Dr. Suite 205
Columbia, SC 29204 

The Award

       1.                  The recipient will receive an individual plaque designating the award as South Carolina School Plant Management
                  Association Superintendent of the Year.
        2.                  A news release will be sent to appropriate media in the recipient’s hometown or Statewide.
 

Deadline May 3, 2007

 

Nominations for all other awards (not the Facilities Services Department of the Year or the Superintendent of the year)
should be mailed to address below:

AWARD NOMINEE
 

Award applying for:____________________________________________

Name of Nominee:______________________________________________

School District and County:_____________________________________

List qualifications:

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

Brief statement why you feel this person should be nominated for this award:

____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

Person recommending Nominee (must be a Member of SCSPMA):

           ___________________________________________
                  

Contact Phone number:

           ___________________


Please send to:

                                                             SCSPMA

                                                          PO Box 1329

                                                      Taylors, SC 29687

                                                    Connie Ward (864) 355-1262

Selection Procedure

1.                  A panel of representatives of the SCSPMA Executive Committee.

2.                  The basis for selection will be the application and the nominee’s success in meeting the selection criteria.

3.                  The SCSPMA Facilities Services Department of the Year will be named prior to the annual Summer Conference and presented at the Conference with the distinctive honor.