Professional Development

The CTA Human Rights Awards Program was adopted by the CTA State Council of Education in October, 1984, and was further augmented to include eight new categories of awards in the ensuing years. The goal of the Awards Program is to promote the development of programs for the advancement and protection of human and civil rights within the Association.

Nomination Categories

Human Rights Awards are given annually to CTA members, chapters and Service Center Councils in the following categories:

CTA Chapter Award/Service Center Council Categories

• CTA Chapter Human Rights Award*
• CTA Service Center Council Human Rights Award*    
  •  * Nominations must be made only for Chapters and Service Center Councils

Individual Member Award Categories

• Jim Clark American Indian/Alaska Native Human Rights Award 
• César Chávez “Si Se Puede” Human Rights Award
• CTA Member Human Rights Award
• CTA Peace and Justice Human Rights Award
• Lois Tinson Human Rights Award
• Nancy Bailey Leadership in Lesbian and Gay Issues Human Rights Award
• Pacific Asian American Human Rights Award
• Physically/Mentally Challenged Students’ Issues Human Rights Award
• Women’s Issues Human Rights Award

Procedures

• Nominations must be submitted on the offi cial CTA nomination form only. Nomination form must be typed. Only completed nomination forms will be considered. Computer generated statements may be cut and pasted on the offi cial form.
• Any active CTA Member, Chapter, Caucus or Service Center Council may submit nominations. Nominees must be an active CTA member. Membership of all individual nominees will be verifi ed by CTA.
• The nomination form must be complete and signed. Only one nomination is to be submitted on each form with the criteria clearly indicated.
• The back of the nomination form is to be used for supportive information. Scrapbooks, citations, etc., are not to be submitted.
• The nomination deadline is January 6, 2012. Nominations must be postmarked on or before this date. Only completed forms postmarked by this date will be accepted for consideration. Nominations postmarked after the due date will not be considered.
• The CTA Human Rights Awards Selection Committee will screen the nominations. The CTA Board of Directors will approve the recipients of the awards. Award recipients will be notifi ed by mail and recognized at the CTA Equity and Human Rights Conference on March 3, 2012.
• Nomination forms may be faxed to CTA, fax number 916-288-4912 no later than January 6, 2012.

 Download the nomination form