Employee Recognition at Capital Region BOCES

We’re proud to regularly recognize employees who embody our guiding commitments of Service, Value, Excellence, Improvement and Leadership. Our Commitments support our mission and purpose, and guide us in our work to support the success of the more than 80,000 students we represent.

Image featuring Capital Region BOCES' Commitments in words and icons. These are: Service, two hands holding in navy blue, Value, a pie chart in green, Excellence, a star in bright blue, Improvement, a person climbing stairs in red, and Leadership, a mountain with a path leading to a flag on its top in grey.

Commitment Award Recipients

Commitment Awards recognize employees who embody a specific commitment. Recipients are nominated by the BOCES management team, and awards are given out monthly, September through June.

Service

Value

Excellence

Improvement

Leadership

Extra Mile Award Recipients

Our Extra Mile Award recognizes employees who make significant positive contributions to the Capital Region BOCES community, exemplifying all of our guiding commitments throughout their work. Recipients are nominated by our management team, and awards are given out annually at our Opening Day celebration.

2022 Extra Mile Award Recipients

2021 Extra Mile Award Recipients

  • Lisa Ash, social worker
  • The WebEx Team: Melissa Boucher, Eileen Drescher, Mary Morris and William Murphy

2020 Extra Mile Award Recipients

  • The Summer Adventure Leadership Team: Emily Popek, Alissa Ouderkirk, Gigi Gabriel, Jesse Gigandet and Ken Petersen, Communications Specialists
  • The Portfolio Leadership Team: Monica Lester, Nancy Cole and Alyssa Teribury, Communications Specialists
  • The Human Resources Team: Jocelyn Alcid, Laura Biaglow, Debi Colwell, Colleen Dillon, Vicki Jones, Angela McCarthy, Jennifer Vona and Nicole Yamin. 

2019 Extra Mile Award Recipients

  • Tarin Bready, Adult Education case manager
  • Sherry Karcher-Hewitt, speech language pathologist
  • Nancy Liddle, senior business community liaison
  • Jim Haas, work-based learning coordinator
  • Micki Jones, Health, Safety, Risk Service program coordinator II
  • Grant Hanlon, senior network and systems technician

Interested in joining our team? View our job openings.