In Reply Refer To; 
Employee Development Program Manager
Mail Stop 414
Sunset Date: October 2000

EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MEMORANDUM 

Subject: 	Call for Tier 4 Nominations - National Training Center 
Coordinator and Instructor Recognition Program

Reference:  WRD Memorandum 99.28 (Attachment 1)

This fall the National Training Center (NTC) instituted a four-tiered 
program designed to recognize outstanding contributions by course 
coordinators and instructors.  The Recognition Program is described in 
Attachment 1 (WRD Memorandum 99.28).    

This is the first call for Tier 4 nominations of those WRD employees who 
have made the highest level of sustained or exceptional contributions in 
support of the employee development activities of the U.S. Geological 
Survey (USGS).  Although the cycle for requests for nominations at all 
four levels (Tier 1 - 4) of instruction/coordination will normally occur 
each July – starting this July 2000 – a limited number of nominations for 
Tier 4 recognition only are being requested via this memo.  

To be considered for a Tier 4 Award, a coordinator or instructor must have 
provided more than 400 hours of quality instruction or comparable 
coordination as confirmed by NTC or technical discipline office records or 
have made a singular contribution of exceptional value to the quality of 
the Division’s Employee Development Program.  

Request that nominations for Tier 4 Awards be submitted to Dianne 
Jeffries, Employee Development Program Manager, at the address below by 
Friday, March 17, 2000.  To receive full consideration, nominations must 
be in the form of a citation similar to that required for a departmental 
honor award (see Attachment 2:  DOI Human Resources Management Handbook, 
Awards and Recognition Program for citation format and Attachment 3:  
Example of Award Verbiage).  Nominations submitted in the appropriate 
format will be evaluated by the Employee Development Program Manager using 
training records maintained by the NTC and the appropriate discipline 
offices.  Nominees who meet the Tier 4 requirements will be presented to 
the Human Resources Management Committee (HRMC) for final decision during 
its meeting in Boise, April 4-6, 2000.

Questions and comments pertaining to the Coordinator and Instructor 
Recognition Program and specifically Tier 4 Awards should be addressed to 
Dianne Jeffries at djeffrie@usgs.gov or (303) 236-4932 ext. 228.


Attachments

WRD99.28 
Citation Format 
Example Verbiage