Alabama
Association of Family & Consumer
Sciences (ALAFCS)
American
Association of Family and Consumer
Sciences (AAFCS)
Leaders Award
–
The Leaders Award
began with the AAFCS 75th
anniversary in 1984 when it was
established to identify and honor
family and consumer sciences
professionals who have made
significant contributions to the
field through their involvement with
AAFCS.
ELIGIBILITY
Any AAFCS member
who does not belong to the Student
Unit and who has completed more than
eight (8) years of
service to the field is eligible to
receive this award.
(State & National)
Teacher of the Year
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The National Teacher
of the Year Award and Affiliate
(State) Teacher of the Year Awards
recognize exemplary teachers who
utilize cutting-edge methods,
techniques, and activities to
provide the stimulus for and give
visibility to family and consumer
sciences elementary and secondary
education.
ELIGIBILITY
Anyone who enters the
competition at the national level
must have been chosen as an
Affiliate (State) Teacher of the
Year (through competitions run at
the affiliate (state) level); each
affiliate may enter no more than one
Affiliate Teacher of the year into
the national competition per year
and the nomination must be submitted
by the Affiliate (State) President.
An Affiliate Teacher of the Year who
is eligible for the National Teacher
of the Year Award:
·
is employed as a
family and consumer sciences teacher
of grades kindergarten through 12 at
the time the nomination is
submitted;
·
is an AAFCS
member (national) at the
time of nomination and for at
least three
consecutive years prior to
nomination;
·
created and runs a
family and consumer sciences program
that focuses on one
of the following five program areas.
1. Career
Awareness/Job Skill Training (e.g.,
work/study; literacy education;
entrepreneurship)
2. Consumer
Education/Family Finance (e.g.,
consumer rights; understanding
credit; budgeting and managing
money)
3. Creative
Dimensions/Alternative program
Designs (e.g., caring for children,
the elderly, or the disabled; peer
or cross-age tutoring;
internationalized curriculum; impact
of legislation on family life)
4. Family
Life/personal and Social Development
(e.g., alternative family structures
such as step, blended, or
single-parent families; programs for
children in self-care; abuse or
crisis intervention programming;
dealing with grief and death)
5. Nutrition
Education/Diet and Health (e.g.,
wellness; food science and
chemistry; dietary education)
New Achievers Award
–
The New Achievers
Award was introduced in 1984 to
recognize emerging professionals who
have shown potential for making
significant contributions in the
field of family and consumer
sciences.
ELIGIBILITY
Any AAFCS member
who does not belong to the Student
unit, who has earned a family and
consumer sciences degree, and who
has completed three (3) to
eight (8) years of service
to the field is eligible to receive
this award.
Distinguished Service
Award -
The Distinguished
Service Award (DSA) was established
by the American Home Economics
Association (AHEA) Foundation in
1979 as a living tribute to members
of AHEA (now AAFCS) to recognize
superior achievements in family and
consumer sciences, outstanding
contributions to the family and
consumer sciences profession, and
sustained association leadership at
both state and national levels.
Excellence in
Extension Award –
Initiated in 1990
with the support of Monsanto, The
Agricultural Group, the American
Association of Family & Consumer
Sciences (AAFCS) Excellence in
Extension Award honors outstanding
extension system programs that
enable people to improve their lives
and communities through learning
partnerships that put knowledge to
work in family and consumer sciences
programs.
ELIGIBILITY
Any individual or
team that has established a record
of achievement in Cooperative
Extension programming for adults
and/or youth is eligible to receive
this award. The nominee (if a
team, at least one team member) must
be a member of AAFCS.
Friend of the Family
Award –
award has been presented to “an
individual or organization involved
in policy making decisions that
affect the well-being of the state’s
families. The recipient does not
have to be an AAFCS member.”
Wiley-Berger Award
-
This award honors an
outstanding volunteer whose work has
enhanced the well-being of others.
It posthumously honors Davis R.
Wiley, D. Reid, and Agnes Miller
Berger for their outstanding
contributions to family and consumer
sciences.
