The Awards of Excellence for Education

• The Sister Mary Gerald Bronze Award
• The John M. Stagl Silver Award
• The Charles F. Mehler Gold Award

Purpose
The purpose of the Awards of Excellence for Education is to recognize chapters that achieve outstanding performance in educational programming. It provides tiered recognition of chapters that perform at levels above the average of HFMA chapters.

Eligibility
Chapters that meet all charter requirements for the year are eligible.

Criteria
The Awards of Excellence for Education will be awarded to chapters based on the actual registrant hours per member delivered by the chapter during the year. The last five years of data from all chapters will be used to calculate the 15% trimmed mean and standard deviation used to set the National award standards.

• To achieve the Sister Mary Gerald Bronze Award, chapter registrant hours per member must be greater than the 15% trimmed mean and no more than .5 standard deviation above the trimmed mean.
• To achieve the John M. Stagl Silver Award, chapter registrant hours per member must be greater than .5 standard deviations above the 15% trimmed mean and no more than 1.5 standard deviations above the trimmed mean.
• To achieve the Charles F. Mehler Gold Award, chapter registrant hours per member must be greater than 1.5 standard deviations above the 15% trimmed mean.

Standards
The annual numerical standards for each of the award levels shall be established by management, and communicated to chapters as soon as practicable following the end of the program year but no later than June 1. (The standards are established at the start of the year in which they apply.)

Participation
No submission or documentation is necessary to receive this award. All chapters who have met the charter requirements will be considered for this award.

Number of Awards
There is no limit to the number of chapters that can receive the Awards of Excellence for Education.

Award Announcement
The winning chapters will be announced and recognized at the Annual Chapter Presidents Dinner and Meeting during the Annual National Institute in June.