Application – Workforce Development Program of the Year Award – SCOAR – Southeast Construction Owners & Associates Roundtable

Building Careers:

SCOAR's Workforce Development Program of the Year Award Application Form

Company Name(Required)

Company submitting the nomination must be a SCOAR member in good standing.

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Phone(Required)

Is the program you are nominating internal or external to your company?

Internal

External

Company/Organization Name(Required)

Enter the name of the company/organization you are nominating for this award.

Contact Name(Required)

Enter a contact for the nomination. We will notify the individual with a link to a separate application to complete.

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Contact Phone(Required)

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Nominee Classification

Non-Profit - Industry organizations, building trades unions, public/private partnerships, and other non-profit organizations

For Profit - Owners, contractors, suppliers, vendors, or combination

Part 1: Program Information

These items are general and WILL be available to the public.

Program Title(Required)

Include a brief, descriptive title of the program. Include words that are indicative of the program.

Program Summary(Required)

Provide a detailed description of the program being nominated. Upload additional files if needed using the button below.

Program Summary

Upload additional files here if needed.

Max. file size: 64 MB.

Part 1: Program Summary (Continued)

The following items WILL NOT be available publicly, but are minimum qualifying responses specifically for the award nomination process. Charts, graphs, or other illustrations may be uploaded at the end of this section. The Workforce Development Committee advises that the programs submitted reflect all aspects of workforce development, with an emphasis on results.

Mission Statement(Required)

The mission statement is a brief description of the organization's fundamental purpose. The mission statement should answer the question, "Why do we exist and what do we expect to achieve?" The mission statement articulates the organization's purpose for those in the organization and for the public.

Program Goals(Required)

Program goals are a concise description of the program scope, innovation, creativity, and best practices implemented to achieve the measureable objectives. Include a description of how the program might be transferrable/replicated. (Approximately 200 words)

Measurable Objectives(Required)

List the measurable objectives for the program.

Means of Implementation(Required)

Describe how program objectives were achieved. Attach additional information using the button below if needed. Items to consider include funding, executive support, staffing, purchasing of material resources, and stakeholder involvement. (Approximately 200 words)

Means of Implementation - Additional Information

Max. file size: 64 MB.

Measureable Results(Required)

Describe metrics used to demonstrate success. Results should demonstrate that specific program objectives were achieved. (Approximately 100 words)

Effective Development of Workforce/Benefits to Industry(Required)

How does your program effectively develop the workforce and benefit the industry through forecasting, recruitment, training, assessment, and retention? (Approximately 150 words)

Program Status(Required)

Provide evidence that the program is underway, operational, and successful. (Approximately 150 words)

Part 2: Lessons Learned

The first 3 items below are general and WILL be available to the public. All items in this section are required.

Lesson Learned #1(Required)

Include a brief, descriptive title. The title should contain key words which will enable someone to easily understand what the following information is about.

Lesson #1 Detail(Required)

Provide a detailed description of the lesson learned. Describe an issue, event, or barrier that was critical to the success of your program and any corrective actions taken.

Lesson Learned #2(Required)

Include a brief, descriptive title. The title should contain key words which will enable someone to easily understand what the following information is about.

Lesson #2 Detail(Required)

Provide a detailed description of the lesson learned. Describe an issue, event, or barrier that was critical to the success of your program and any corrective actions taken.

Lesson Learned #3(Required)

Include a brief, descriptive title. The title should contain key words which will enable someone to easily understand what the following information is about.

Lesson #3 Detail(Required)

Provide a detailed description of the lesson learned. Describe an issue, event, or barrier that was critical to the success of your program and any corrective actions taken.

Part 2: Lessons Learned (Continued)

The next item is a minimum qualifying response specifically for the award nomination process. Info provided for this question WILL NOT be available publicly. The panel will use the following information to select the program that will be considered in greater depth in the next phase of the award selection process.

Senior Management Support(Required)

Give a concise description of the way that senior management, both in your organization and in participating organizations and groups, supports your program.

Part 3: Best Practices

The first three items are general and WLL be available to the public. One of these three items is required.

Best Practice #1(Required)

Include a brief, descriptive title. The title should contain key words which will enable someone to easily understand what the following information is about.

Best Practice #1 Detail(Required)

Provide a detailed description of the practice and/or process and how it was employed.

Best Practice #2

Include a brief, descriptive title. The title should contain key words which will enable someone to easily understand what the following information is about.

Best Practice #2 Detail

Provide a detailed description of the practice and/or process and how it was employed.

Best Practice #3

Include a brief, descriptive title. The title should contain key words which will enable someone to easily understand what the following information is about.

Best Practice #3 Detail

Provide a detailed description of the practice and/or process and how it was employed.

Part 3: Best Practices (Continued)

The next 5 items are minimum qualifying responses specifically for the award nomination process. Info provided for these items will not be available publicly. The panel will use the following information to select the program that will be considered in greater depth in the next phase of the award selection process. Charts, graphs, or other illustrations may be uploaded at the end of this section.

Best Practice for Industry(Required)

In addition to the best practice(s) listed above, are there other specific aspects of your program that could be identified as a best practice for the industry?

Performance and Results(Required)

Concisely describe the ways that your program demonstrates performance and results through innovative and unique processes. (This is not about program offerings and spending, it is about effective means of attracting and placing workers in construction industry jobs, demonstrating a benefit to the individual and to the contractor.)

Techniques and Methods(Required)

Explain how your program develops and enhances the recruited individual's skills in the construction industry utilizing innovative techniques and methods.

Retention(Required)

Describe the ways that your program supports and promotes a long-term view of employment in a construction career track, the value of work, work ethic, and diversity.

Commitment to Openness and Inclusion(Required)

Describe how you program demonstrates and promotes a commitment to openness and inclusiveness to diverse population groups.

Part 4: How to Get Started

These three items are general and WILL BE available to the public.

Step 1: Replication(Required)

If another industry stakeholder wanted to initiate a similar program within their organization, what advice would you give them to help them get started? Identify the first step to help someone replicate the success of this program.

Step 2: Replication(Required)

Identify the second step to help someone replicate the success of this program.

Step 3: Replication(Required)

Identify the third step to help someone replicate the success of this program.

Release of Application Information

Checking the box below allows SCOAR's WFD Committee to share application information with other SCOAR members.(Required)

I agree

Checking the box below allows SCOAR to feature your company as a WFD Program of the Year Award winner in emails to member companies, in The Voice Southeastern (SCOAR's annual publication), and on our social media platforms.

I agree

Submittal Endorsements

Submittal Preparer(Required)

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Signature(Required)

I certify that the information submitted on this application has been verified and is accurate.

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