Brook Receives National Innovation Award
The Career College Association has selected Brooks Institute for its 2009 Innovative Best Practice/New Program Award winner.
In January 2008, Brooks Institute implemented a truly innovative program to generate “the next big idea” from the grass roots of our employees. The Innovation Excellence Award program solicits proposals from all employees that can generate additional revenue, reduce operating expenses, and/or increase operational efficiency. For the five quarters that the program has been in effect, Brooks has received more than a dozen proposals each quarterly cycle from full-time and part-time faculty and staff. The school has implemented five innovative ideas to improve our school. The employee receives $500.00 and special recognition at the school’s quarterly Town Hall meetings as well as prominent mention in the bi-monthly President’s Newsletter.
Winning proposals ranged from the grand and big-scale (i.e. close our two ground bookstores and convert to a 100% online bookstore) to the small but significant (purchase 250 chairs and save over $5,000 in annual rental costs for different events throughout the year.)
“All of us at Brooks are thrilled to be recognized for our Innovation Excellence Award program, ” states President Dr. Roger C. Andersen. “The value of the program lies in its simplicity and buy-in from our staff. Also, it recognizes that every single employee can offer suggestions from his/her unique perspective that can greatly benefit the school. Best of all, this program can be adopted by any other school in the United States immediately so it is completely transferable to every work setting.”
This award will be presented to Brooks Institute at the CCA Annual Convention in mid June in Orlando, Florida.
The Career College Association (CCA) is a voluntary membership organization of private post-secondary schools, institutes, colleges and universities that provide career-specific educational programs. CCA has more than 1,500 members that educate and support over one million students each year for employment in over 200 occupational fields.
