Medal of Merit

CHSPA Medal of Merit
Down­load a 2-page PDF of the rules and the nom­i­na­tion form here.

This award hon­ors indi­vid­u­als who ded­i­cate time, effort and spe­cial­ized skills as pub­li­ca­tion advis­ers and proudly rec­og­nizes those who have made a pos­i­tive dif­fer­ence in the scholas­tic jour­nal­ism com­mu­nity. These unique indi­vid­u­als denote con­sis­tency, depend­abil­ity and inspi­ra­tion, are role mod­els for their stu­dents and show pride in their school and com­mu­nity. They add honor to the pro­fes­sion of jour­nal­ism edu­ca­tion, make their col­leagues proud to call them mas­ter edu­ca­tors and make a dif­fer­ence for past, present and future journalists.

Cri­te­ria:
• active pub­li­ca­tion adviser for a min­i­mum of 20 years, at least 8 years in Col­orado
• mem­ber of CHSPA
• con­tri­bu­tions over extended period of time have been of an extra­or­di­nary nature

Process:
• Selec­tion will fol­low a 2-step process:
1. sub­mis­sion of Nom­i­na­tion Form by one or more per­sons
2. com­ple­tion, by nom­i­nee, of Accom­plish­ment  Form
• Any num­ber of nom­i­nees will be con­sid­ered but no more than two nom­i­nees will be selected to receive the award each year.
• Nom­i­nees will only be con­sid­ered in the year they are nom­i­nated
• Advis­ers may be nom­i­nated an unlim­ited num­ber of times.

Def­i­n­i­tions:
Pub­li­ca­tion Adviser – A pub­li­ca­tion adviser is an active teacher who works with stu­dents in the pro­duc­tion of a jour­nal­is­tic medium at the high school or mid­dle school level, cur­ric­u­lar or extra-curricular. The medi­ums include: news­pa­per, news­magazine, year­book, broad­cast, lit­er­ary mag­a­zine or a con­ver­gent media that encom­passes two or more of these media.

Teacher – An indi­vid­ual who not only super­vises stu­dents who pro­duce a pub­li­ca­tion, but takes an active roll in ensur­ing they gain jour­nal­is­tic skills and knowledge.