Talent Initiative Best Project Contest
The Talent Initiative announces its Best Project Contest!
We want to reward the efforts of teachers who are working hard to implement project-based learning (PBL) in Northeast Indiana. Check out below for all of the contest details!
Eligibility:
This contest is open only to teachers of grades 6-12 trained under one of the Talent Initiative Professional Development Grants. Project designs submitted for consideration must be original and must have a STEM focus. This competition is divided by discipline into three categories: (1) Science, (2) Technology/Engineering, (3) Mathematics. Entries may be submitted under only one of these categories, as indicated on the Contest Entry Form. Entries submitted under more than one category will be automatically disqualified. Entries failing to specify a category will be automatically disqualified. Entries may be submitted by a single teacher or team of teachers. Only one submission per applicant is permitted.
Prizes:
The Talent Initiative will award $1,500 to the winning teacher or team of teachers in each of the three categories. In addition TI will award $500 to each school that is represented by the winning teacher(s). Winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony at a date to be determined.
How to Enter:
THE TALENT INTIATIVE BEST PROJECT CONTEST HAS TWO DEADLINES THAT MUST BE MET.
FIRSTLY, beginning on July 6th, 2011 until December 1, 2011, you may enter the first round of the Talent Initiative Best Project Contest by submitting ALL of the following documents to the Talent Initiative Program Manager:
(3) Project Calendar
(4) Teaching and Learning Guide
* Project Design Overview, Project Calendar, and Teaching and Learning Guide provided courtesy of the Buck Institute for Education.
Applicants must complete all four of the above documents in full. Incomplete applications will be automatically disqualified. Please email completed submissions to Ryan Twiss at ryan@neirp.com with the subject line as follows: First Name_Last Name_Best Project Contest. The email submission deadline is 11:59pm on December 1, 2011. If need be, you may mail a hard copy to:
Ryan Twiss
Talent Initiative
200 E. Main Street, Ste. 910
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Hard copy mailings must be postmarked by December 1, 2011.
SECONDLY, finalists will be chosen based on the December 1 submission. To be eligible to win, finalists must submit a teacher reflection and one student work sample to the Talent Initiative Program Manager by April 1, 2012.
Judges will notify finalists of their successful completion of the first round on March 1, 2012. Finalists are required to submit a teacher reflection AND at least one student work sample by 11:59pm on April 1, 2012.
Timetable:
12-1-11: Entry Submission Deadline
03-01-12: Finalists Announced
04-01-12: Teacher Reflection and Student Work Sample Submission Deadline
05-01-12: Winners announced
Summer 2012: Awards ceremony—Date TBD
Questions:
Contact Ryan Twiss, Talent Initiative Program Manager, at 260.469.3464 or at ryan@neirp.com.
