Sam Cikaitoga Service Award

Nomination Guidelines

SAM CIKAITOGA SERVICE AWARD

Sam Cikaitoga was a teacher and association leader in Fremont County. Sam came to Idaho via the Pacific Islands, but he was a citizen of the world, because he understood and celebrated the ways we are all alike, and he downplayed our differences.  Following his death as a result of an automobile accident, the Sam Cikaitoga Service Award was created to acknowledge IEA ethnic minority members.

Guidelines for Selection:

• The award shall be to a person who has made a special and unique contribution to the cause of public education over an extended period of time and particularly in the last year.
• The award shall be limited to one award annually.
• Each recipient shall currently be an active member of the Idaho Education Association and a member of a marginalized community (i.e. ethnicity, race, gender/gender identity, sexuality, religion, and/or disability.
• Nominations may come from individual members, groups of members, local associations, or IEA Regions.
• No more than one nominee will be accepted from any one source.
• The Awards Subcommittee of the Board of Directors will screen nominations submitted to the Board. The awards subcommittee shall make a recommendation to the Board of Directors at its winter meeting.  The Board of Directors shall act upon the recommendation at that meeting.
• The award shall be given annually at the IEA Delegate Assembly.
• The award shall be given only if an acceptable nominee is selected.
• Information about the Sam Cikaitoga Service Award shall be published at least once each year. (22)
• The award shall consist of an appropriate individual plaque, the name engraved on a perpetual plaque displayed in the headquarters office and payment of the IEA membership dues for one award recipient for the ensuing year.
• Non-IEA Delegate Assembly delegates shall receive reimbursement per current IEA Policy to attend the IEA Awards Ceremony at Delegate Assembly. (07,16,17,18)