2025 Vermont Early Childhood Education Student of the Year Nomination Form

The Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VTAEYC) is strengthening early childhood education in Vermont. Through our Youth Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship Programs, we are encouraging early childhood educators to join the field by providing mentoring, training, and incentives. Through TEACH Early Childhood® Vermont, we address professional development by encouraging early childhood educators to return to college to increase their knowledge, skills, and credentials. To address retention, we offer our Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program, which encourages college graduates to stay in early childhood education while managing their student loan debt. We also issue tuition grants, professional recognition bonuses, and STARS bonuses to early childhood educators and programs that are committed to professional development and quality systems.

VTAEYC will present the 2025 Vermont Early Childhood Education Student of the Year Award to a spring/summer 2025 graduate or student currently enrolled in a Vermont high school or higher education program. Candidates should have a strong academic record and demonstrate leadership and commitment to children and their families. This award was created to recognize a student who is preparing for a career in early childhood education.

This award will be presented at the VTAEYC Annual Early Childhood Education Conference on October 24th, 2025 at Hotel Champlain Burlington. The award recipient is strongly encouraged to attend the award luncheon and will receive a complimentary lunch for themselves and one guest. The recipient will also receive a one-year complimentary NAEYC+VTAEYC membership.

The eligibility criteria for this award is as follows.

1. The nominee must be currently enrolled (or graduated in the spring or summer of 2025) in a Vermont high school, career and technical center, or a university/college course of study related to early childhood education leading to a diploma, certificate, credential, or degree.

2. The nominee must have a strong academic record of a minimum 3.0 GPA.

Nominations are accepted from high schools, career and technical centers, institutions of higher education, and/or early childhood education programs that employ or place students.

You can nominate as many students as you'd like, just submit a new form for each nominee.

Your Contact Information

First Name Last Name

Street Address Address Line 2 (Optional)

Postal Code City State

Email Mobile Phone

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Nomination Form

Nominee's First and Last Name

Nominee's Email Address

Nominee's Phone Number (if known) (Optional)

What is your relationship to the student you are nominating?

What is the name of the school that this student attends (or graduated from)?

If this student works at an early childhood education program, what is the name of the program?

What is the anticipated date this student will receive their diploma, certificate, credential, or degree? (If this student graduated in the spring or summer of 2025, they are still eligible for this award. Put the date they received their degree.)

What is the nominee's grade point average (minimum 3.0 GPA required)?

Please tell us why you think this person should be considered for this award.

Please describe what you know about this person's commitment to young children and families.

Please describe what you know about how this person demonstrates leadership in the classroom and/or workplace.

If your nominee wins the award, may we share your name with them?

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