TxSAIGE is Seeking Nominations for the TxSAIGE Awards
TxSAIGE Awards
Award Descriptions and Rubric
Deadlines for Applications are Midnight Friday, September 29th, 2023
TxSAIGE is seeking nominations for the Michael DeVoll Award of Excellence in Counseling and the TxSAIGE SOGIE Champion Award. Please complete the nomination form no later than midnight CST on Friday, September 29th. Here is a link to the nomination form:
https://forms.gle/MNANqUgebVPKZbij7 .
Michael DeVoll Award of Excellence in Counseling
Michael DeVoll was a founding leader of TxSAIGE and past president of the Texas Counseling Association. As a leader in the counseling field, Michael founded a camp for queer teens and small groups for the teen’s parents, was an advocate for SOGIE legislative issues, and an avid educator of LGBTQIA+ issues. This award is an extension of Michael DeVoll’s legacy.
- The nominee must be a member of TCA and is a role model of exemplary professional counseling within the SOGIE community.
- Nominations should contain evidence of activities that focus on the nominee's contributions to the SOGIE counseling community.
- Nominations should contain documentation of or implications for change relative to an area of SOGIE community.
- Nominations should demonstrate that the individual has exhibited a pattern of continued activity in the area of the SOGIE community.
- Nominations should include examples of professional achievement and personal dedication.
TxSAIGE Award SOGIE Champion Award
This award is presented annually by the TxSAIGE to a layperson or professional counselor outside of TCA who is an advocate for counseling within the SOGIE community.
- Nominations should contain evidence of activities that focus on the nominee's contributions to the SOGIE community.
- Nominations should contain documentation of or implications for change relative to an area of the SOGIE community.
- Nominations should demonstrate that the individual has exhibited a pattern of continued activity in the area of the SOGIE community.
- Nominations should include examples of professional achievement and personal dedication.
TxSAIGE Award Rubric
Each of the following Criteria will be evaluated and assigned a value on a 10 point scale: 10 being the excellent and 1 being the poor.
- Education, Significant work history, Professional honors, or recognition
- Proof of activities focussed on contributing to the SOGIE community
- Documentation or Implications of change in the SOGIE Community
- Professional Achievement and Personal Dedication
- Evidence of being a role model of the mission of TxSAIGE and the Counseling Community supporting the SOGIE community.
