Applications and Nominations for 2023 GLC Awards Now Open
JA Lifetime Achievement Award
Chief executives from JA members are eligible; chief executives from subnationals, US local areas, and ROCs are not eligible.
This award recognizes a JA network professional who has significantly contributed to the growth and impact of JA learning experiences in his or her country. Requires at least eight years’ experience as the chief executive with a JA member location (not a subnational, local area, or ROC). Requires consistent student growth (in either student experiences or contact hours) in each of the past five years. JA member must be in a good financial position with a positive net asset position and a Member in Good Standing throughout the past year.
Required documentation to be a candidate: Endorsement letter by two board members within the JA network, résumé, most recent financial audit, and executive summary of professional JA accomplishments.
Judging committee: JA Worldwide Senior Leadership Team, JA Member Council, JA Worldwide Board of Governors, JA Global Council, and past winners (if appropriate), totaling five to nine people (odd number).
Selection criteria: JA Worldwide will pre-qualify candidates based on the above criteria.
Process: Beginning June 1, 2023, JA Worldwide will assess and isolate qualified JA individuals that meet and exceed the award criteria listed above. JA Worldwide will reach out directly to qualified individuals beginning September 15, 2023, with additional information.
Soraya Salti Award
Senior staff are eligible from JA members and ROCs; JA USA area presidents and subnational executive directors are not eligible.
Named in memory of Soraya Salti, who founded INJAZ Al-Arab, this award recognizes JA visionaries who push boundaries to move JA forward and bring systematic change to a country or region. The winner will be senior staff who is innovative and able to engage a wide variety of stakeholders in order to advance social and/or economic progress in the areas where they live and work. The Soraya Salti Award winner will also exemplify the JA six values through day-to-day relationships.
Required documentation to be a candidate: With JA for five or more years; endorsement letter from another staff member; endorsement letter from a board member within the JA network; executive summary of JA accomplishments and other professional accomplishments, including inspirational activities (speaking at conferences, authoring articles, selected as a Young Global Leader, and so on.); received external recognition of accomplishment over the past five years.
Judging committee: JA Worldwide Senior Leadership Team, JA Member Council, JA Worldwide Board of Governors, JA Global Council, and past winners (if appropriate), totaling five to nine people (odd number).
Selection criteria: Open to senior-level JA staff (CEO, COO, VP, Director, etc.) JA staff, who may self-nominate or be nominated.
Process: JA Worldwide will accept nominations for the Soraya Salti Award from through September 25, 2023. For nominations to be considered, the required full documentation for each candidate must be submitted by October 6, 2023.
JA Bold Tech Award (previously the JA High-Tech Award)
All JA locations (ROCs, members, subnationals, and local areas) are eligible.
This award recognizes a JA location that has developed bold-tech learning experiences for students, including virtual or augmented reality, artificial intelligence, an interactive website and app, and other immersive and innovative uses of technology. The bold-tech learning experience must demonstrate outcomes in at least one of JA’s three pillars and must be complete (not in development or pilot phase) when the nomination is made. Although a link to the learning experience is preferred, if the experience was available for a short time only (such as for an event), screenshots are acceptable. The JA location must be in good financial position with a positive net asset position and, if a JA member, must be a Member in Good Standing throughout the year. The initiative must be launched by the award deadilne (September 25).
Required documentation: Executive summary describing the bold-tech project, the learning objectives it meets, and feedback from students, if available. A link to the learning experience and/or screenshots should also be submitted.
Judging committee: JA Worldwide Senior Leadership Team, JA Member Council, JA Worldwide Board of Governors, JA Global Council, and past winners (if appropriate), totaling five to nine people (odd number).
Selection criteria: Open to all JA locations; may self-nominate or be nominated.
Process: JA Worldwide will accept nominations for the JA Bold Tech Award through September 25, 2023.
JA Access Award (previously the JA Low-Tech Award)
All JA locations (ROCs, members, subnationals, and local areas) are eligible.
This award recognizes JA locations that develop low-tech or no-tech learning experiences for students who don’t have reliable internet access. The learning experience must demonstrate outcomes in at least one of JA’s three pillars and must have at least one completed component when the nomination is made (rather than being in development or in a pilot phase). The JA location must be in good financial position with a positive net asset position and, if a JA member, must be a Member in Good Standing throughout the year. The initiative must be launched by the award deadilne (September 25).
Required documentation: Executive summary describing the project, why it was developed, the learning objectives it meets, and feedback from students, if available. Other submissions may include recordings of radio or TV broadcasts, photos of all pages of a book, or screenshots of text or WhatsApp messages.
Judging committee: JA Worldwide Senior Leadership Team, JA Member Council, JA Worldwide Board of Governors, JA Global Council, and past winners (if appropriate), totaling five to nine people (odd number).
Selection criteria: Open to all JA locations; may self-nominate or be nominated.
Process: JA Worldwide will accept nominations for the JA Access Award through September 25, 2023.
JA Alumni Engagement Award
All JA locations (ROCs, members, subnationals, and local areas) are eligible.
This award recognizes a JA location that has developed robust alumni strategies, including tracking of, communication with, and engagement projects for JA alumni. This alumni strategy has enhanced the JA location’s ability to promote fundraising initiatives, volunteering, and/or operational efficiency. The JA location must be in good financial position with a positive net asset position and a Member in Good Standing (if applicable) throughout the year.
Required documentation: Executive summary describing the alumni strategy and tactics used to create a structure for success; evidence of satisfactory outcomes for the JA location and alumni involved.
Judging committee: JA Worldwide Senior Leadership Team, JA Member Council, JA Worldwide Board of Governors, JA Global Council, and JA alumni leadership, totaling five to nine people (odd number).
Selection criteria: Open to all JA locations; may self-nominate or be nominated.
Process: JA Worldwide will accept nominations for the JA Alumni Engagement Awards through September 25, 2023.
JA Activator Award
All JA locations (ROCs, members, subnationals, and local areas) are eligible.
This award recognizes the JA location that best activates learning experiences and ideas developed by others within JA. This award is intended to celebrate one of the most important characteristics of good leadership: the willingness to learn from others and execute someone else’s ideas that are not your own. These ideas can be learning experiences or projects that promote student reach, fundraising initiatives, volunteer engagement, board engagement, and more.
The project must demonstrate that it promotes the new vision of JA, as well as positive and tangible outcomes in the areas of resource generation, operational efficiency, or program growth. The JA location must be in good financial position with a positive net asset position and, if a JA member, must be a Member in Good Standing throughout the year.
Required documentation: Executive summary describing the adoption of learning experiences or ideas and the strategies used to create a structure for success; description of satisfactory outcomes for the JA location involved, including a brief summary of where the idea/learning experience/strategy originally came from and where it was implemented.
Judging committee: JA Worldwide Senior Leadership Team, JA Member Council, JA Worldwide Board of Governors, JA Global Council, and past winners (if appropriate), totaling five to nine people (odd number).
Selection criteria: Open to all JA locations; may self-nominate or be nominated.
Process: JA Worldwide will accept nominations for the JA Activator Award through September 25, 2023.
JA Brand Amplification Awards (new!)
All JA locations (ROCs, members, subnationals, and local areas) are eligible.
To continue innovating JA’s modernized brand, the JA Brand Amplification Award recognizes JA locations that have extended and amplified our brand most effectively, through a marketing campaign, social-media post, ad, video, booklet, report, speech, article, website, poster, or other marketing collateral. (Note that great messaging is just as eligible for this award as great design is!)
Three winners will be awarded. Winning submissions will be innovative, taking creative license with the brand while still adhering to the “fixed” elements of the JA Brand Guidelines. Submissions are eligible only if they have been publicly launched or posted. Winners must have transitioned their website, social media, and recent reports with the modernized JA brand. The winners will also be asked to share their submissions with the rest of the JA network in an editable format.
JA locations may enter one or two submissions; submitting more than two will lead to disqualification. If you submit a URL that includes several examples, please be specific about the one you are submitting (“second from the right” or “lower-left corner,” for example). Submissions can be co-branded with a partner or with another JA location. Submissions must be original and created by an employee at the JA location or by a freelancer or agency hired by that JA location. The JA location must be in good financial position with a positive net asset position and, if a JA member, must be a Member in Good Standing throughout the year.
Required documentation: Up to two submissions of publicly released branded creative work.
Judging committee: JA Worldwide Senior Leadership Team, JA Worldwide Board of Governors, and JA Global Marketing Committee, totaling five to nine people (odd number).
Selection criteria: Open to all JA locations; may self-nominate (up to two submissions) or be nominated.
Process: JA Worldwide will accept nominations for the JA Brand Amplification Awards through September 25, 2023.
Recognition of Service Awards (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 years) already given in the regions.
Recognition of individuals during GLC
Digital or actual service pin from JA Worldwide