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Lucille Brown Impact Award

This award recognizes an RPS staff member with at least five years of service who has made a significant, measurable impact on student achievement, well-being and aspirations; and on community partnerships.

Purpose

The Lucille Brown Impact Award is given to the RPS employee who has made a significant impact on the achievement, well-being, and life aspirations of RPS students by leveraging community partnerships and other activities.  All nominees must have at least five years of experience in RPS. Any member of the RPS community — student, parent, staff member, or community member — may make a nomination. Three finalists, including the winner, are selected by an internal committee and announced at RPS Shines.

Submit a Nomination

Eligibility

  • Any RPS Staff
  • 5 years of service to RPS

Selection Criteria

  1. Impact on students
  • Demonstrates a measurable impact on achievement, well-being and life aspirations of RPS students.
  • Impact is defined as the effect or change over time that we can see, demonstrate, measure or capture. 

2. Partnerships

  • Education is a partnership between the community, families and the schools. 
  • Effective collaboration with various stakeholders, such as school leaders, teachers, families and community partners, to enhance the support provided to schools and students.
  • This may include fundraising; collecting in kind donations; arranging mentorship, community service and internship opportunities; and other partnerships.
  • Provide an example of a successful partnership that has resulted in improved outcomes for the educational community.
3. Encouraging Growth & Academic Excellence
  • Demonstrate how your support of students has encouraged their growth and academic achievement.
  • What specific activities did you contribute which furthered student academic success and development?
4. Exemplary Member of the RPS Community
  • Demonstrates a high level of integrity and professionalism
  • Pursues relationship-building with staff, students and the community
  • Adopts high performance standards
  • Serves as a role model for students and staff
  • Embodies the core values of RPS-Equity, Engagement, Excellence

Nomination Process

  • Nominations (up to 100 words) may be submitted by peers, supervisors, students, families, or community members.
  • All qualified nominees are notified and invited to submit an application.

Application Includes

  • Personal Statement-written (up to 500 words) or video/multimedia presentation  (4-5 min)- reflecting on 1) your significant impact on students, 2) creating partnerships, 3) encouraging growth and academic excellence, and 4) striving to be a role model. The statement should provide insight into your values, practices, and contributions.
  • A Letter of Recommendation (up to 300 words) which addresses how you meet the criteria (impact on students, partnerships, encouraging growth and academic excellence, being role model), including specific examples.

Terms & Conditions

  • No campaigning (campaigning = to organize a series of activities to try to achieve something) 
  • No self nominating.
  • Shines is a once in a lifetime award.