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Dorothy Lloyd, former MSEA (then MSTA) employee who retired after 25 years of service in 1981, was a dedicated advocate for teachers and other education employees.  She began her career with MSTA as a secretary for the Teachers Association of Baltimore County.  When she retired, she was Director of Publications for MSTA.  Her commitment to equity was reflected in her roles as consultant to the Human Rights in Education Committee and liaison to the original Women’s Leadership Training Cadre.  Submissions can be made via a hard copy nomination form or via this online form. 

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Applications will open on May 1.

Purpose

In recognition of the dedication and commitment to equity that Dorothy Lloyd, former MSTA staffer, reflected by serving as a role model for MSEA women activists and mentor to entry-level women staff members, this award honors up to two persons, groups or programs annually for their individual accomplishments in the field of girls’ and women’s rights.  

Requirements

Award recipients must be MSEA or NEA members if they are eligible for MSEA or NEA membership in an employee unit represented by an affiliate of the NEA.

Type of Award

1. A framed certificate signed by MSEA President and Women’s Concerns Committee Chair.
2. A contribution to be made on behalf of the recipient to an organization, which promotes girls’ and women’s concerns, as approved by the MSEA Board of Directors.

Deadline

The deadline for receipt of nominations for the award(s) will be by 5:00 p.m. on November 1.

Criteria

This award is to honor outstanding efforts in the area of girls’ and women’s rights. Candidates for the award are required to show leadership in one or more of the following areas.

1. Obtaining equal educational opportunities for girls and women.
2. Improving the social and/or economic status of girls and women in the education community.
3. Assisting girls and women in acquiring a greater voice in establishing educational policy.
4. Assisting girls and women of diverse ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds in forming coalitions and sharing resources.
5. Promoting programs or activities to eliminate gender stereotyping.
6. Developing or promoting programs, activities or legislation to eliminate gender stereotyping and discrimination against girls and women.
7. Heightening the awareness of girls’ and women’s contributions in all areas.

Process

1. Selection Subcommittee

A subcommittee of not fewer than three members of the MSEA Women’s Concerns Committee shall be appointed by the chairperson of the committee annually. Subcommittee members shall remain anonymous, except to the MSEA Women’s Concerns Committee, the MSEA Board of Directors, the MSEA executive director, and the staff liaison to the MSEA Women’s Concerns Committee. No person who seconds the nomination of a potential recipient of the award may sit on the selection subcommittee. A committee of the whole may replace the sub-committee when appropriate. The application will be presented to the Women’s Concerns Committee for their approval to recommend the nominee to the Board of Directors.

The subcommittee shall consult with the appropriate local affiliate(s) concerning the nominees prior to its deliberations and report its findings to the Board of Directors when it makes its recommendations. The name(s) of the person(s) recommended to receive the award(s) as selected by the subcommittee will be presented to the MSEA Women’s Concerns Committee, which will present its recommendations to the MSEA Board of Directors for final approval. The subcommittee may offer a substitute recommendation if, upon consideration of the data submitted, the Board of Directors rejects one or more of the subcommittee’s recommendations.

Consistent with deadline, the committee shall establish, with Board approval, a timeline for securing nominations and obtaining Board approval in such a manner as to conform to the date on which the awards will be presented. ActionLine shall appropriately publicize the awards, nomination procedures, and date.

Nominations

• Only members of MSEA or the MSEA Student Program or members of the MSEA staff or its local affiliates may submit and be seconders on the established form.
• A member of the MSEA Women’s Concerns Committee may not nominate a potential recipient, but may second a nomination if the potential recipient is from outside the United Education Profession. Only one second on any nomination may come from a member of the Committee.
• The Board of Directors as a body may, by a unanimous vote, nominate a person, group or program outside the United Education Profession. The Board of Directors must follow the procedural requirements.

2. Recipients

• Members of the MSEA Women’s Concerns Committee during the year of the award are ineligible to receive the award.
• Present officers and members of the Board of Directors of MSEA are ineligible to receive this award, to nominate, or to second the nomination of a potential recipient, but may second a nomination if the potential recipient is from outside the United Education Profession.

3. Submission

• The nominating forms will be available upon request from the staff liaison of the Women’s Concerns Committee at MSEA headquarters in Annapolis by calling 800-448-6782 or on via a hard copy nomination form or online using this link. Forms will be updated each year, as appropriate.
• Completed nomination forms and all supporting documents must be received at MSEA Headquarters, 140 Main Street, Annapolis, MD 21401, no later than 5:00 p.m. November 1, 2022.
• All nomination forms must bear the signature of the person making the nomination along with his/her home address; the signatures of two seconders; and be accompanied by supporting materials and a statement signed by the nominee indicating he/she has knowledge of the nomination.
• The nomination should include a typed or printed biographical sketch of the nominee and support materials such as copies of newspaper clippings, certificates, and/or citations. The nomination form and support materials will become the property of MSEA. Support material provided must relate directly to the specific criterion or criteria for which the candidate is being nominated.

4. Selection Process

• Ratings: Each candidate for the award will be judged on a five-point scale according to how successfully that individual has fulfilled one or more of the criteria for the award. The ratings will then be averaged according to the following scale.
   1-(lowest): Maintains status quo, doesn’t present new ideas, is indirectly
  involved, is a follower.
  5-(highest): Shows creativity, shows originality, is personally involved,
  shows initiative, shows leadership.
   
• Raters will also take into consideration how the nominee’s actions impact Maryland students and education employees generally and girls and women particularly. Participation in community organizations, particularly those that further girls’ and women’s rights, and educational organizations will also be noted.

Presentation of the Award

The Dorothy Lloyd Women’s Rights Award will be presented at the Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. ceremony sponsored by MSEA’s Women’s Concerns Committee held in January. (The name of the recipient and write-up should be submitted to MSEA’s Board of Directors in November after the deadline. Print quality photo of recipient and award presenter name(s) should be submitted to the Women’s Concerns Committee by the first Monday in that December.)

Recognition of the recipient will be included in the Women’s Concerns Committee’s Annual National Women’s History Month lobby display at MSEA Headquarters in March of the same year.