This document outlines the guidelines for nominating and selecting an Employee of the Month. It describes the purpose as rewarding employees who go above and beyond in their job performance and embody the organization's values. Employees are evaluated based on criteria like job performance, attitude, leadership, and no poor performance indicators. Nominees must be full-time, have worked for at least a year, and not have won in the past 12 months. The award recipient will be recognized at a board meeting and receive a plaque, gift, and letter. Nominations are submitted monthly and the winner announced the following month.

1. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
PROCESS AND GUIDELINES FOR NOMINATION

2. PURPOSE
 To reward employees for exceptional performance and aim to go above and
beyond their job descriptions.
 To recognize outstanding full-time employees of who embody the department’s
standards for excellence & customer service based on the C.A.R.E values –
Collaboration, Accountability, Responsiveness, Efficiency.
 Will recognize those employees who show exemplary individual
achievement, contribution, and performance in their jobs and other related duties
beyond their own, in an effort to make the workplace more efficient and more
welcoming to co-workers and customers.
 To acknowledge those whose efforts have inspired and supported the
performance and achievement of others.

3. CRITERIA
 Job performance – a unique situation where someone went above and beyond
what is required for their particular job.
 Attitude – Employee must demonstrate a positive and dedicated attitude.
 Leadership/Initiative and/or Team Leader – Employee must possess
leadership/initiative qualities and/or must demonstrate being a team
 member.
 Employee cannot have received the Employee of the Month recognition more
than once in a two (2) year period.
 Performance – Employee must not have any poor performance indicators in job
history spanning back three (3) years from date of nomination.

4. CRITERIA AND NOMINATION
1. Three (3) employees per month shall be selected for a single award each
month in the following categories:
 1 office employee (all classification levels, not including Assistant Directors
and above)
 1 custodial employee
 1 trades or engineer employee
2. Candidates for the award must be an individual, not a department, functional
unit, or group of people.
3. Nominations may be made by anyone with an active affiliation within the
department (i.e., co-workers, staff, administrators, customer, etc).

5. CRITERIA AND NOMINATION
4. A candidate for the award must meet the following criteria:
 Nominees must be non-probationary, full-time employees
 Must have been employed at least one (1) year within.
 Has not been selected as employee of the Month within the past 12 months.
 Has a positive attitude toward work responsibilities, co-workers and
customers, and also serves as a role model for others.
 Is productive, exhibits commitment to quality in carrying out job
responsibilities, and is an asset to the staff in his/her unit.
 Is willing to take initiative, and accepts and carries out additional
responsibilities beyond regular job assignments.
 Have a distinguished attendance record, is consistently dependable and
punctual in reporting for duty, completing assignments on time, and
participating in additional responsibilities.

6. CRITERIA AND NOMINATION
5. Any eligible staff member may be nominated more than once.
6. All nominations must be submitted on the form available and received by the
committee by the 25th of each month in order to be considered for that
particular month’s award.
7. Nominees who do receive the award for the month in which they have been
nominated may be nominated again, and will automatically remain in the
nomination pool.

7. AWARD
 Recipient will receive a personal certificate of congratulations from the Board at a
monthly Board meeting.
 Employee of the Month plaque that will be displayed at the Administration Building.
 Award recipients shall receive:
 A visit from members of the committee to present the award, where a picture will be
taken for publication in internal communications venues;
 A gift of appreciation for the employee;
 A letter of congratulations;
 A certificate suitable for framing;
 Inclusion on a plaque to be prominently displayed in an appropriate location of the
department.

8. PROCESS
1. Criteria and nomination form will be posted on the district website. Employees
can be nominated by any employees.
2. Completed nomination forms should be submitted or emailed to the Human
Resources office.
3. Nomination forms must be received by the last work day of each month.
4. The Employee of Month will be notified and will be recognized at the following
month’s meeting.

9. THANK YOU!