Awards
WestEd has received prestigious awards for creating a diverse and positive work environment.
- Best Places to Work in the Greater Bay Area 2010 award from the San Francisco Business Times, the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business, and Deloitte.
- Best Places to Work in the Greater Bay Area 2009 award from the San Francisco Business Times, the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business, and Deloitte.
- Nominated for the Exemplary Voluntary Effort (EVE) Award from the U.S. Department of Labor, 2000, 2002, and 2004. The EVE Award is presented to those contractors that have established and instituted comprehensive workforce strategies to ensure equal employment opportunity.
- WestEd's Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers named a model initiative to support infants, toddlers, and their families, from the National Center for Children in Poverty, 2002.
- Partner in Excellence Award — in recognition of the agency's continued commitment to equal employment opportunities and service to the community — from the Office of Federal Contract and Compliance Programs Pacific Region, 2002.
- Outstanding Leadership Award — in recognition for WestEd's unwavering support of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network, which connects teachers with high quality environmental education resources — from the California Department of Education, 2001.
- Virginia Reynolds, Director of WestEd's Center for Prevention & Early Intervention, received the Leadership in Interagency Collaboration at the State Level award from the Special Education Early Childhood Administrators Project (SEECAP). SEECAP is a professional development project of the California Department of Education, Special Education Division in support of research findings that indicate a direct relationship between quality early intervention programs and the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the administrators who run those programs.
In addition, each year WestEd honors staff members who have made a distinguished contribution in their profession and to the WestEd community.
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