2025 Outstanding Nonschool-Based Operational Employee Award Process

Nominating a candidate for the Outstanding Nonschool-Based Operational Employee award begins with each department's awards liaison, who has information about the nomination process and deadlines.  

Who Is Eligible

Any FCPS employee or community member can nominate a nonschool-based employee for this award, but employees may not nominate themselves. Eligible candidates must currently work as a Schedule-A or Schedule-H employee who has completed at least one contracted year of employment (full-time or part-time) working with FCPS in a central office department in their current position at their current work location or is a central office hourly employee who works 20-hours or more per week and has been performing the same role/duties for more than one year. Nominees must be aware of and in agreement with this nomination.

Award Criteria

Nominees are nonschool-based operational employees who:

• Provide a unique and exceptional contribution to FCPS through their work.
• Demonstrate commitment and leadership in their field.
• Foster cooperative relationships with colleagues and/or the community. 
• Foster an environment where diversity in all of its forms is valued and appreciated and demonstrate keeping equity at the center of their work.

The Selection Process

Each department will conduct a local nomination and selection process to determine their Outstanding Nonschool-Based Operational Employee. All Outstanding Nonschool-Based Operational Employees submitted from department groups will then become semifinalists. A screening committee will review the semifinalists and select finalists who will move forward to the FCPS Leadership Team for consideration as the Outstanding Nonschool-Based Operational Employee.

Who Can Nominate

• Any FCPS employee or community member can nominate an operational employee for an Outstanding Nonschool-Based Operational Employee award. 
• All nominations must be submitted through their department's awards liaison.
• Employees may not nominate themselves.

How To Nominate

• Once you have decided you would like to nominate an employee, please contact the awards liaison in your department for information about the nomination process and deadlines. 

Awards and Recognition

All honorees will be recognized. The annual FCPS Outstanding Nonschool-Based Operational Employee will be announced at the FCPS Honors event and will receive $4000. In recognition of collaborative teamwork, the FCPS award winners and their colleagues will also receive a celebration at their worksite.

Questions and More Information

Please contact the department's awards liaison.