CDAA Awards for Excellence


CDAA’s vision is a career development profession recognised for excellence and valued by all Australians. One significant way we recognise this work is through our CDAA Awards for Excellence program, which was launched in 2013 as part of the Association's Framework for Excellence.

The Association is proud to continue its National Awards Program to celebrate the achievements of the career development profession. Designed to highlight outstanding achievements in the career development profession, the CDAA Awards for Excellence program consists of 4 award categories:


Leadership Pillar

 


Policy Pillar


Excellence in Leadership
Excellence in influencing the development of our profession or association

 

Excellence in Policy
Excellence in advocacy of career development policy within the communities we serve


 Research Pillar

 

 
Practice Pillar 


Excellence in Research
Excellence in creation and communications of new knowledge in career development
 

 
Excellence in Practice
Excellence in the design and delivery of career development programs or services 

 

The CDAA Excellence Awards are based on of the four categories of excellence:

Framework of Excellence

For members of the CDAA, excellence is defined in four categories. Two categories are “inward” focused: with the key beneficiaries being the profession and the CDAA itself. Two categories are “outward” focused: with the key beneficiaries being our clients, constituents, and stakeholders.