The Design and Technology Association Excellence Awards
 Established in 1999 by the Design and Technology Association Trustees, the Excellence Awards scheme aims to give professional recognition for contribution to design and technology education, celebrating those individuals across all areas of D&T who have contributed to the subject and supported learning.
The Excellence Award categories are:
There are categories suitable for everyone working in design and technology education. All members are encouraged to nominate colleagues in all roles and from all phases of education whose contributions deserves recognition. Nominations can only be made by D&T Association members although nominees do not have to be members of the Association.
Award winners will be decided by the D&T Association Trustees and will be invited to the Excellence Awards ceremony held in London in March each year.
Too often we fail to celebrate success, commitment and enthusiasm - the Excellence Awards scheme is the opportunity to make sure that this does not happen within design and technology!
Award Categories in detail :
Category 1: Outstanding Contribution to Design and Technology Education Award
This is the highest professional award that can be made by the D&T Association. The nominated persons can come from any part of the subject area, including schools, advisory, lecturing, teaching, research, curriculum development, management and administration to industry and suppliers. To be given this award a person will need to have given service over a long period of time and made an outstanding contribution, showing commitment and leadership.
Category 2: Teacher Training Design and Technology Award
This award is for lecturers, advisors, inspectors, consultants or teachers for their service to training teachers. The category covers both in-service and initial teacher training. This award will be for high quality work in this field over a significant period of time that has helped teachers understanding and given confidence to teachers over a significant period of time. There will be a maximum of four awards each year.
Category 3: Subject Leadership Design and Technology Award
This award is for subject leadership in school. It covers all phases and will seek to award those who have made a significant contribution over a period of time in developing D&T in their school and have established high standards of performance from pupils in their care. Those obtaining this award will need to have displayed outstanding management skills and be excellent at promoting the subject in school and the local area. There will be a maximum of four awards each year.
Category 4: Outstanding Teacher Design and Technology Award
This is awarded to teachers who have displayed outstanding capability in teaching design and technology over a period of time. They may be a Subject Leader or those not holding such positions but consistently displaying outstanding practice in teaching D&T. This will not only include teaching in timetabled lessons, but also those who have displayed high quality extra-curriculum activities. There will be a maximum of four awards each year.
Category 4a: The IET Award for Digital Design and Technology in Schools
This award is new for 2009 and is sponsored by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), one of the worlds leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community, with more than 150,000 members in 127 countries. The Design and Technology Association and the IET have worked as partners initially on the Marconi ECT project and the Electronics in Schools Strategy and now the Digital Design and Technology programme. This award is for a teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the promotion and development of digital design and technology in schools. The award will be made for consistently outstanding work over a period of time, which may include extra-curricular activities as well as timetabled lessons. There will be one award per year.
Category 4b: The Meat and Education sponsored D&T award
This award is sponsored by Meat and Education. The award is for an outstanding contribution to design and technology education in the food sector. This award will be for consistently outstanding capability over a period of time and may include extra-curricular activities as well as timetabled lessons. There will be a maximum of two awards per year.
Category 5: Outstanding Newcomer to Design and Technology Award
This award is for students nearing the completion of their training or for teachers in their first two years of teaching. They will need to have shown outstanding ability in their training and display the capacity to be an outstanding teacher. There will be a maximum of four awards each year.
Category 6: Exceptional Support for Design and Technology Award
This award is for a classroom assistant, teaching assistant or technician, whose support for the subject has been exceptional. Generally, the support will have been given consistently over a period of time and made a significant impact on pupils learning either directly through classroom/ workshop support or through support to teaching staff. There will be a maximum of four awards each year.
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