2021 Martha Wood Distinguished Service Award

VEA-Retired is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Martha Wood Distinguished Service Award. This annual award, recently renamed in honor of its first recipient, is meant to recognize retired members who have made significant contributions to the growth of the active and retired Association, promotion of public education, and the welfare of public educators.

Please see the included information regarding eligibility and the nomination process. Nominations for the 2021 award must be received at VEA by the close of business on December 18, 2020, and the award will be made during the 2021 VEA Delegate Assembly to be held March 11-13 in Abingdon.

If you know of a deserving retired member, please don’t hesitate to nominate them today!

Virginia Education Association-Retired

Martha Wood Distinguished Service Award

Purpose: The Martha Wood Distinguished Service Award is meant to recognize those retired members who have made significant contributions to the growth of the active and retired Association, promotion of public education, and the welfare of public educators.

Eligibility: The nominee must have been a member of VEA/NEA-Retired for at least five

consecutive years as of January 15 of the award year. The award may be given posthumously.

Nomination Procedure:

 Nominations may be submitted by any VEA member, active or retired.

 Nominations should be submitted in a portfolio which consists of:

 the completed nomination cover sheet,

 a brief narrative of the nominee’s activities on behalf of the Association (no more than two pages typed), and

 a letter of support from one other Association leader, active or retired (no more than two pages typed).

Nominations for the 2021 award must be received at VEA by the close of business on or before December 18, 2020.

 An independent committee of 3-5 retired members will review the nominations and make a recommendation to the VEA-Retired Council for its approval.

 The award will be made during the 2021 VEA Convention to be held March 11-13 in Abingdon.

Evaluation Committee:

 The committee shall be composed of 3-5 retired members selected by the VEA-Retired president.

 The committee should develop a matrix for evaluating the submissions based on the criteria stated in the Purpose Statement.

 Each person on the committee should read and rate each submission independently.

 The committee should compile its ratings in order to reach a consensus on its recommendation to the VEA-Retired Council.