Quality Texas Performance Excellence Awards and Recognition
Application Levels
The Quality Texas Foundation (TX/PR/MO/KS/LA/SC) has levels of applications for organizations to utilize to seek feedback and guidance along their journey to implementing and refining their management system for performance excellence and continuous improvement. To assist such organizations, QTF has developed five Criteria Levels that are designed to assess the degree to which an organization has developed and deployed sound, balanced approaches resulting in systematic improving performance levels and trends.
Pioneer Recognition Level, 5 page Organizational Profile
The Pioneer Level requires the organization to complete the five-page Organizational Profile by answering the questions posed. The organization will receive feedback concerning responses to the questions in order to complete the next level – Engagement. The feedback will be verbal between the organization and the QTF CEO.
Apply for Pioneer Recognition Level here
Engagement Recognition Level, 10 pages plus 5 page Organizational Profile
The Engagement Level is for those organizations that have made a decision to use performance improvement principles (Baldrige based), but are early in their journey. This level involves developing the Organizational Profile and responding to the Engagement level questions. The selected questions are taken from the basic Baldrige Framework questions. The organization will receive verbal feedback by the CEO.
Apply for Engagement Recognition Level here
Commitment Recognition Level, 20 pages plus 5 page Organizational Profile
The Commitment Level is for those organizations that have begun using quality principles to build a sound management system. Such organizations will have identified areas that are most important to the organization’s long-term success and will have begun developing systematic approaches for key processes. It is likely that measures and performance levels can be demonstrated in some of these areas. The questions include the basic and overall questions from the Baldrige Framework. The organization will receive a written feedback report and may request a phone call to discuss the report with the CEO.
Apply for Commitment Recognition Level here
Progress Recognition Level, 35 pages plus 5 page Organizational Profile
The Progress Level is for those organizations that have made substantial progress toward a sound management system and the achievement of performance results. It is likely Progress Level applicants will have made progress in building and implementing some effective, systematic approaches and should be demonstrating results and trends in some of those areas that are most important to the organization’s long-term success. The questions include the basic, overall, and some multiple areas to address questions from the Baldrige Framework. The organization will receive a written feedback report and may request a phone call to discuss the report with the CEO. The organization may request a Site Visit if willing to pay the associated costs.
Apply for Progress Recognition Level here
QTF Regional Program Award for Performance Excellence
The QTF Regional Program Award for Performance Excellence is designed for mature organizations that have been on the quality journey for a number of years and have improving data to indicate the systematic nature of their quality journey. Becoming a QTFRP Award Level Recipient includes recognition as a regional role models for achieving sustained performance excellence at the annual Quality Texas Foundation Regional Program Recognition and Awards Ceremony.
Apply for the QTF Regional Award Recognition Level here
Organizations interested in beginning or continuing their performance excellence journey may use the following table to select the application level most appropriate for their organization.
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All applicants will be honored at the Annual Awards Conference and may also be honored at local events to maximize exposure to the recognition.
Community Excellence Award
This new Community Excellence Award has a new set of Criteria.
This Award requires a city or county government, a health care facility, and an educational facility applying together. It requires a consolidated and collaborative effort to strengthen the community. All three must apply at the above-mentioned levels in the same year. As an example, the K-12 school district may apply at Engagement Level, the city or county government at Commitment Level, and the health care at Progress Level in order to be eligible for this award. All of the entities must also apply at the Community Excellence Level at the same time. Criteria available upon request.
Criteria is available upon request at brooks@quality-texas.org.