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• Carefully review all the material.
Build your essay and documentation around the sixteen significant
school change criteria. For a school to be seriously considered,
it must meet at least two criteria in each dimension and a total
of at least ten criteria.
• You must submit four binders,
no wider than 1.5 inches. Each binder must contain all of your
materials. Also, you must submit the materials on 2 CDs. Each
CD must have four files. Please save all files in PDF format.
Check that all files will open. ( We suggest Wilson Jones Poly
View 1” white binders.) |
| • Present a convincing case. In the first
nine years, more than 650 schools, from 44 different states, were
nominated. The six winners each year were schools that clearly
and cogently described what their school had been like before
and after. Each gave dramatic examples of the changes that had
been set in place and explained why they were successful in their
change effort. |
| • While a school may nominate itself, an
application is stronger if individuals or organizations outside
the school are involved in the nomination process. This could
be the superintendent, state officials, a professional education
organization, a community group, etc. |
| • A district may nominate more than one school.
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| • The following items must be completed and
submitted: |
| Submit
four binders and 2 CDs. Each CD should contain the four files
listed below. |
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| File 1: Application |
Complete form |
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| File 2: Essay |
10-18 Pages |
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| File 3: Letters of recommendation
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One page each |
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| File 4: Supporting documents,
charts depicting relevant school data, news articles, etc. |
Not to exceed 15 pages |
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Nominations must be received by March 4, 2010
Print out and complete the application
form.
Mail the completed application plus all materials listed aboved to:
Dr. Lew Smith, Director, Panasonic National School Change Awards
111 West 57th Street, Suite 1000, New York, NY 1001
For more information please contact:
Jason Benjamin,
Nominations Coordinator
212-524-4616
jbenjamin@npli.org
Juan Fonseca,
Co-Director
212-524-4616
jfonseca@npli.org
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