Boating Educator of the Year Award
Boating Educator of the Year Award:
Nominations Open Until June 30, 2011!
NASBLA and BOATERexam.com® are pleased to launch a new award – The Boating Educator of the Year Award. This award was designed to recognize those in the boating education field who truly excel in engaging students and boaters, raising awareness, and making boating education and education initiatives relevant, thorough and exciting.
Boating law administrators should nominate candidates who have made an outstanding contribution to boating safety through education. Educators and volunteers from state and local agencies and from nonprofit organizations are eligible. The award is designed to recognize those in the boating education field who go above and beyond to engage students and boaters, raise awareness, and make boating education and education initiatives relevant, thorough and exciting.
Three regional finalists will be chosen from among the state winners, and will win a paid trip to the NASBLA Annual Conference where the national winner will be chosen. The national winner will be announced and recognized during the Awards Ceremony at the NASBLA Annual Conference.
Nominations for this award must be submitted electronically by a boating law administrator through the members-only portion of the NASBLA website by June 30, 2011. Boating law administrators should nominate candidates who have made an outstanding contribution to boating safety through education. Educators and volunteers from state and local agencies and from nonprofit organizations are eligible.
"Because of the important role boating educators play in recreational boating safety, they clearly deserve to be recognized. With this award, NASBLA will acknowledge those educators who are making a noticeable effort to increase boating safety awareness and reduce accidents, injuries and deaths on the water through education,” said John Johnson, NASBLA Executive Director.
The nomination deadline for the Boating Educator of the Year Award is June 30, 2011.
