Recognition
5 Star Community Coach Award
The 5 Star Community Coach Award recognises outstanding achievement in coaching within the Active After-school Communities (AASC) program.
The Award has been established to promote best practice and recognise outstanding coaching achievements.
There are two categories for the 5 Star Community Coach Award:
- 5 Star Community Coach State Awards that are presented each term per state/territory; and
- 5 Star Community Coach National Award where each state/territory nominates one of the term winners from that year (Terms 1- 3) and Term 4 of the previous year to be considered for the 5 Star Community Coach National Award.
Community coaches are nominated by their local regional coordinator each term. Schools or Out of School Hour Care Services may also nominate a community coach to receive the award by suggesting their nomination to their local regional coordinator.
See Awards for more details.
Volunteer Recognition
The AASC Volunteer Recognition Program (VRP) seeks to recognise the contribution volunteers make to the Active After-school Communities (AASC) program.
Volunteers are defined, for this process, as community members who assist with elements of the AASC program not directly related to working with children and delivery of sessions (eg: afternoon tea assistants) and those who have completed the requirements for inclusion in the AASC program (community coaches, site supervisors and site coordinators), but receive no remuneration for coaching however, may be reimbursed for expenses incurred while volunteering (honorarium).
The latter group remains eligible for 5 Star Community Coach Award and Super Site Award nominations in addition to being recognised for their voluntary services.
Those recognised will be awarded a certificate acknowledging the substantial amount of time they have contributed to supporting, coaching, coordinating and/or supervising sessions in the AASC program.
Certificates may be awarded at any time of the year, however a more concentrated approach will occur at the end of Term 3/beginning of Term 4 as other recognition processes also occur at this time of the year.
Note: In addition to localised recognition, long term volunteers may also be nominated for existing state government volunteering awards in the appropriate categories.
