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Membership in our association is a commitment to service and excellence to the dental community. Within our membership there are people who serve with a smile on their face and love in their hearts without ever expecting rewards. Now is the time to start looking for Looking for

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 that special person and deciding the award for which they could be recognized.

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, your professional Association, has several great awards for those members who have gone the extra mile. Please review the general criteria for each award, check the eligibility and make sure you fill out and send in the application form by the deadline date.

As a recent recipient of the ADAA/ Sullivan-Schein National Award, I can tell you that the honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft.  of such an award will never be forgotten. Having someone in my state membership recognize my efforts on behalf of the community, the association, the profession and my own professional developments was an overwhelming thrill thrill (thril) a vibration felt by the examiner on palpation.

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MEMBERSHIP AWARDS

Procedure

A certificate shall be presented to the State Association showing the largest numerical numerical

expressed in numbers, i.e. Arabic numerals of 0 to 9 inclusive.


numerical nomenclature
a numerical code is used to indicate the words, or other alphabetical signals, intended.
 increase in membership since the close of the last membership year, and to the State Association showing the largest percentage of increase in membership since the close of the last membership year.

JOURNAL AWARD

Procedure

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tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves
1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy.

2.
 plaque plaque (plak)
1. any patch or flat area.

2. a superficial, solid, elevated skin lesion.


attachment plaques
 shall be presented to the ADAA member who has submitted the best educational article for publication in an Association publication. We are including the Journal Award that does not draw nominations from the membership, but is of interest to all Journal readers.

ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Qualifications

a. Shall be an active, life or life retired member of the American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of  Dental Assistants dental assistant
n.
A person trained to assist a dentist with clinical and administrative procedures.
 Association. The recipient must have maintained a minimum of five (5) consecutive years' membership immediately preceding the award.

b. Shall have excelled in the motto of "Education, Efficiency, Loyalty and Service" during years of active membership.

c. Shall have served this Association on all levels: local, state, and national office and/or and/or  
conj.
Used to indicate that either or both of the items connected by it are involved.

Usage Note: And/or is widely used in legal and business writing.
 council or subcommittee sub·com·mit·tee  
n.
A subordinate committee composed of members appointed from a main committee.


subcommittee
Noun
.

d. Shall have excelled in services above and beyond expected duties.

e. Shall not have been a previous recipient of the award.

f. Shall not be serving as current ADAA president.

g. Shall not be an employee of ADAA.

Procedure

a. Any member may nominate nom·i·nate  
tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates
1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election.

2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor.
 another member as a candidate for this award.

b. The candidate's name and qualifications shall be submitted to the Chair by June June: see month.  30.

LOYAL ASSISTANT AWARD

Qualifications

a. This award shall be presented to an active, life or life retired member of the American Dental Assistants Association with the longest record of consecutive employment with one employer.

b. Consecutive employment shall refer to a member actually employed a minimum of 20 hours per week.

c. The recipient must have maintained a minimum of five (5) consecutive years' membership immediately preceding this award.

d. Shall not have been a previous recipient of this award.

e. Shall be present at the Annual Conference to receive the award.

Procedure

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 shall submit a notarized statement to include the following:

1. Name of applicant

2. Name of applicant's employer

3. Statement from applicant's employer attesting to length of employment

b. Qualifications and notarized statement shall be submitted to the Chair by June 30.

ADAA/SUNSTAR AMERICAS A·mer·i·cas   , the

See America.
 PRIDE AWARDS

Qualifications

a. Shall be an active, life, life retired or federal member of the American Dental Assistants Association.

b. The recipient must have maintained a minimum of five (5) consecutive years' membership immediately preceding this award (length of service exception for federal nominees).

c. Promote and enhance the profession of Dental Assisting.

d. Shall have participated in local, state, or national offices and/or councils or subcommittees.

e. Shall not have been a previous recipient of this award.

f. Shall not be an employee of ADAA.

Procedure

The candidate's name and qualifications shall be submitted to the Chair by June 30. Clearly indicate in which category the nomination NOMINATION, This word has several significations. 1. An appointment; as, I nominate A B, executor of this my last will. 2. A proposition; the word nominate is used in this sense in the constitution of the United States, art. 2, s.  is made: clinical, business or education.

NEW MEMBER INVOLVEMENT AWARD

Qualifications

a. Shall be an active member of the American Dental Assistants Association.

b. The recipient must have no more than five (5) consecutive years' membership with the American Dental Assistants Association.

c. Shall not have been a previous new member.

d. Shall have excelled in our motto of "Education, Efficiency, Loyalty and Service" during years of active membership.

e. Shall have participated in local, state and/or national offices and/or councils or subcommittees.

f. Shall have excelled in services above and beyond expected duties.

g. Shall not have been a previous recipient of this award.

h. Shall not be an employee of ADAA.

Procedure

The candidate's name and qualifications shall be submitted to the Chair by June 30.

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 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Qualifications

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, ADAAF ADAAF American Dental Assistants Association Foundation  and a representative of the Fund. It does not carry a mandate for annual presentation.

a. The recipient must be a current member of ADAA.

b. Recipient must attend the annual conference to receive the award (unless the winner is on active military duty).

c. No ADAA Board member, Officer, Trustee or staff member may be considered.

d. No one may receive the award more than once.

Procedure

Any member of the ADAA or the ADAA Foundation may nominate another using the Awards Nomination Form and submitting it by June 30 to the Awards Chair at Central Office. A letter of recommendation is suggested.

The award will consist of a cash award and expenses totalling $2500. Fee for gala tickets for recipient and a guest shall be waived.

ADAA/SULLIVAN-SCHEIN DISTRICT AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

Qualifications

a. Shall be an active member of the American Dental Assistants Association with consecutive membership within the last three years.

b. Achievements must have been within the previous twelve (12) months.

c. Candidate shall not receive this award more than once in a 10-year period.

d. Candidate's qualifications shall not exceed five pages.

Procedure

a. Each state may nominate a candidate within its respective district and shall submit a narrative describing the nominee's accomplishments that enhance the dental assisting profession in areas of local and state association development, communication, leadership, membership development and community service.

b. Submit the candidate's narrative and qualifications to ADAA Central Office by June 30 of the ensuing en·sue  
intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues
1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow.

2. To take place subsequently.
 year; submission will be dispersed dis·perse  
v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es

v.tr.
1.
a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd.

b.
 to the Awards Subcommittee.

c. The Awards Subcommittee shall select the recipient for each of the districts.

d. Each District recipient will receive an ADAA/Sullivan-Schein District Award of Excellence including commemorative com·mem·o·ra·tive  
adj.
Honoring or preserving the memory of another.

n.
Something that honors or preserves the memory of another.



com·mem
 material and one year's free membership in the ADAA.

e. The Awards Subcommittee shall select one recipient from the finalists for the ADAA/Sullivan-Schein National Award of Excellence. The national recipient will receive a plaque and a check for $250.

ADAA STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Qualifications

a. Shall be a student member of the American Dental Assistants Association enrolled in a dental assisting program.

b. Shall be at least halfway Halfway is the name of several places:
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  • Halfway, County Cork, Ireland
 through the educational program.

c. Participation in class activities, student organization(s), and local/ state dental assisting organizations, where available.

d. Shall have maintained above average standing in grades, clinical skills, leadership ability, and attendance.

e. Shall not have been a previous recipient of this award.

Procedure

a. One (1) student applicant per dental assisting school to be submitted to the ADAA Awards Chairman by March 31.

1. School will select the applicant using the ADAA Student Achievement Award Evaluation Sheet.

2. School will select the applicant from a committee consisting of at least three members. ADAA encourages the use of the school's advisory board. (Please include names and positions of committee members.)

b. Applicant's instructor shall submit ONE ADAA Student Achievement Award application to the Awards Chairman.

c. Application must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a dental-related and nondental-related source.

Note: Instructors who wish to obtain a copy of the Student Achievement Award applications may request them from ADAA, Suite 1730, 35 E. Wacker Drive Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River. , Chicago, IL 60601-2211, or by fax at 312-541-1496. Requests by e-mail must include your postal address for response: adaa1@aol.com America Online's Internet domain address. When sending e-mail to an AOL subscriber via the Internet, the aol.com is the last part of the address; for example: jjones@aol.com. . No phone calls, please!

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NAME               GENERAL CRITERIA             ELIGIBILITY   DEADLINE

Membership Awards  The State Association with   All State
                   the largest numeric          Associations
                   increase since close of
                   last "membership year" and
                   the State Association with
                   the largest percentage
                   increase since the close of
                   the last membership year.

Achievement Award  Presented to the member who  Active,       June 30
                   has shown the most           Life,
                   outstanding achievements in  Life Ret.
                   promoting the objectives of
                   the Association and
                   furthering the profession
                   of dental assisting.

Loyal Assistant    Presented to the member      Active,       June 30
Award              with the longest             Life,
                   consecutive employment with  Life Ret.
                   one employer.

ADAA/Sunstar       The ADAA/Sunstar Americas    Active,       June 30
Americas Pride     Pride Award shall be         Life,
Awards (separate   presented to a member who    Life Ret.,
Clinical, Busi-    believes in loyalty to self  Federal
ness, Educator &   as well as the profession
Federal awards     of dental assisting.
made)              The four categories of the
                   award will be for: Clinical
                   Assistant, Business/Admi-
                   nistrative Assistant,
                   Educator, and Federal.
                   This is an award for hard
                   work, self-motivation,
                   professional enhancement
                   and advancement for the
                   career of dental assisting
                   on the local, state or
                   national level.

New Member         Presented to a member of     Active        June 30
Involvement        no more than five years'     Member
Award              standing who has shown the
                   most outstanding
                   achievement in promoting
                   the objectives of the
                   Association and furthering
                   the profession of dental
                   assisting.

The Kay Mosley     May be presented annually    Active,       June 30
Distinguished      honoring an ADAA member who  Life,
Service Award      has distinguished him/       Life Ret.
                   herself in the field of
                   dentistry as a dental
                   assistant. The award
                   recognizes significant
                   contributions to the ADAA
                   and its Foundation and
                   to the field of dentistry
                   and dental assisting
                   through leadership,
                   personal accomplishment and
                   vision for the profession
                   of dental assisting.

ADAA/Sullivan-     Recognition of a member in   Active        June 30
Schein District    each district who has,
Awards of          through personal and
Excellence         professional growth,
                   enhanced the dental
                   assisting profession and
                   the ADAA. Each state may
                   nominate a member from its
                   district.

ADAA/Colgate       Detailed criteria are        Study         June 30
Community          presented on page 10.        Groups, ADAA
Volunteer Award                                 Local
                                                Societies,
                                                ADAA State
                                                Assns.

ADAA Student       Presented annually and       ADAA Student  March 31
Achievement Award  available to one student     Member        deadline
                   per dental assisting                       passed
                   school. Complete details                   for this
                   concerning this award were                 year
                   published in both the Fall
                   2006 Student Newsletter and
                   Fall 2006 Educators'
                   Newsletter and noted in
                   issues of the Journal.
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