The Award on a local level

We license educational institutions that want to implement the Award program on their own responsibility. To this end, we train educational professionals to become Award Leaders (mentors) who support young people in their participation in the Award.

The Award has many advantages:

Anchoring personal development in your educational institution
Strengthening the future skills of young people
Further development of employees through leadership training
Promotion of a school life that creates identity
Setting up an educational institution for the future through our Whole School Approach

Opportunities for Award providers

As an instrument for holistic personal development, the Duke Award can have a variety of effects in your organization:

Activation of potential and promotion of talent in line with the educational mission
Competitive advantage through expansion of the extracurricular portfolio
A meaningful organizational culture through strength-oriented feedback and the Award’s guiding principles
Positive impact on the organizational climate by strengthening social skills
Improvement of academic performance through spill-over effects from self-efficacy experiences in the Award to self-efficacy in the learning process
Development of leadership and mentoring skills among employees
Networking with stakeholders in the local environment and building an innovative educational landscape
Transformative organizational development based on a structured management course aligned with the EFQM framework
Visibility as part of an international movement that campaigns for the rights of young people
Sustainable change in education in Germany. With our commitment to educational justice, we are your mouthpiece in the direction of politics and educational administration.

Become an Award Provider

Opportunities for employees

Our Award Leaders are at the heart of the Award program. They have very different reasons for getting involved in the Award:

The feeling of making a difference and finding their own purpose (again)
Participation in national events such as award celebrations, business summits and exchanges at network meetings and regulars’ tables
Improved relationships with award participants, improved class and school climate
Stronger relationship with nature and nature experiences
Personal development through leadership course and program implementation
Acquisition of an additional qualification – also recognized abroad
Strengthening of the staff through a team spirit in the joint implementation of the Award
Part of the international Award Leader Community

Become an Award Leader

Opportunities for participants

Through an upward spiral of success and self-efficacy experiences that are independent of academic performance and personal starting position, young people develop changed perspectives and skills. These enable them to become aware of their strengths, discover and develop their potential and make a lasting positive change to their lives and our society. They are encouraged to reach for their personal stars and find their place in our world.

Participation Impact

Whole School Approach

When we talk about a holistic approach, we are not just referring to personal development, but to organizations as a whole. To this end, we build on the Whole School Approach, which can also be found in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Like ESD, the Duke Award is an instrument for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, with a particular focus on quality education (SDG No. 4).

The following graphic illustrates where the Award ties in within an educational institution: