• 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.

• The following items must be completed and submitted:

• You must submit four binders, no larger than 1.5 inches. Each one will contain all your materials. Also, you must submit 4 copies of the materials on CDs. Each disk must have four files. Please use pdf format. Check that all files will open.

• Present a convincing case. In the first eight years, close to 600 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. They each gave dramatic examples of the changes that have been set in place and explained why they were able to be 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 university, a community group, etc.

• A district may nominate more than one school.

All materials must be received by March 3, 2008 at this address:

Print out and complete the form.
Mail the completed application and all materials to:

Panasonic National School Change Awards
Panasonic Foundation
3Panasonic Way, 2l-1
Seacaucus, NJ 07094

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