intel® Teach program
NVS Excellence in Education Awards 2011
(with
support from Intel)
Context
Education today aims at
making children capable of becoming responsible, productive and useful members
of society. Knowledge skills and attitudes are built through learning
experiences and opportunities created for learners in school. It is in the
classroom that learners can analyze and evaluate their experiences, learn to
doubt, to question, to investigate and to think independently.
It is widely agreed that
assessment influences what is taught and how teaching and learning are
delivered. Today, as a part of Continuous and Comprehensive
Evaluation, every school needs to practice and deeply
engage itself in the process of systematic recording, analyzing, interpreting
and using the data about various aspects of learner growth in order to provide
diagnosis and remediation to enhance learning.
In order to put all this
into real practice educators need to make conscientious efforts to collaborate, communicate and share available technology tools to make classroom experiences richer and more
aligned to learning standards.
In the light of the same,
Intel proposes to Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti to organize the NVSExcellence in
Education Awards 2011 Contest with an objective to promote collaborative, interdisciplinary approach in
learning through projects.
The awards will be given in the following four categories.
·
Excellence in Education -
Best Student Project
·
Excellence in Education -
Best Teacher Project
·
Excellence in Education -
·
Excellence in Education -
Best Region
Important Points to be
considered:
·
There is no limit on the
number of entries for the student and teacher category.
·
The school can apply only
once for the best school performance category
·
The school has the onus selecting
the best entries from their school for the student and teacher projects
from each class section.
Criteria
and Guidelines for each Category
·
Excellence
in Education – Best Student Project
o
Students should work in groups (of 4 students) or in pairs on a project.
o
The Project idea/topic should be from the existing curriculum.
o
The contest entry of a student should ideally be a part of the projects
undertaken as a part of formative assessments (FA1, FA2 etc) under the new Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation
scheme.
o
Focus should be on the students collaborating with the peers within and outside the school.
o
The Project created should be interdisciplinary in nature involving two and/or more academic subjects (English, Social
Science, Math etc).
o
The projects selected for
the awards must enhance conceptual knowledge by creating real-life linkages and developing vital
21st century skills.
o
Student(s) should have used technology
judiciously and effectively. Student(s) can use any
one or more web2.0 technologies as a part of their project to learn and
collaborate.
o
Students can use
the Check-bric
for the Student Category to review their project and ensure that it meets
the contest requirements.
o
The complete project with all supporting evidence should be submitted
to the respective Regions by the School. Refer to the Submission Procedure for
more details.
o
Kindly refer to the Contest Timelines for important milestones of the Excellence in Education Awards 2011.
·
Excellence
in Education – Best Teacher Project
o
Teachers should participate individually for the contest.
o
The project idea/concept should be from within the existing curriculum.
o
The project chosen for the contest should be interdisciplinary in approach
o
The participating teacher should have collaborated
and consulted with peers or subject experts in planning and
designing the project.
o
The project should help students improve their achievement in scholastic and co-scholastic areas and develop life skills and attitudes with reference to the larger
context and canvas of life.
o
The project should include well articulated, age-appropriate
instructions, objective(s), steps adopted to solve the real-life problem, scope
for students to work innovatively, creatively and promote higher order thinking
skills.
o
Technology should be used judiciously and
effectively. Teachers can use any one or more web2.0 technologies as a part of their projects to learn and collaborate
o
Teachers should have used variety of
formative assessments throughout the instructional cycle to meet
classroom assessment needs.
o
Please refer to the
Check-bric for Teacher
Category to review their project and ensure that it
meets the contest requirements.
o
The complete project with all supporting
evidence should be made submitted to the respective Regions
by the School. Refer to the Submission Procedure for more details.
o
Kindly refer to the Contest Timelines for important
milestones of the Excellence in
Education Awards 2011
·
Excellence
in Education –
o
Each participating school should
provide the following with supporting evidence:
§
Schools’ vision with
regard to usage of ICT in whole school development
§
Evidence of ICT integration
in the school to enhance teaching and learning process.
§
Steps taken by school to
integrate technology in the existing curriculum and to promote Continuous and
Comprehensive Evaluation scheme.
o
Provide details about your
website. You will also be evaluated on the content and usability of your
website.
o
Please refer to the
Check-bric for School Category to ensure that you meet the contest requirements
o
The complete information required with all supporting evidence should be made available to the respective Regions. Refer to the Submission
Procedure for more details.
o
Kindly refer to the Contest Timelines for important
milestones of the Excellence in
Education Awards 2011
·
Excellence
in Education – Best Region
o
The region which has maximum number of shortlisted entries would be
declared as the winner.
o
The region heads are responsible for ensuring that the entries from the
schools in their region are submitted accurately and on time. Refer to the Submission
Procedure for more details.
o
Kindly refer to the Contest Timelines for important milestones of the Excellence
in Education Awards 2011
·
Submission
Procedure:
o
The schools must submit all contest entries through post, courier or in
person in both soft copy (CD format)
and hard copy format (documents filed in a folder) to their respective
Regions. Kindly check that the CD and
the folder have all the documents before submitting.
o
All contest entries should be well sealed and should bear “Intel and NVS Excellence in Education Awards 2011” in support
with Intel as the header and the category in which it has
been applied and addressed to:
§
Mr. S K
Garg
Assistant
Commissioner (Academics)
Navodaya Vidyalaya
Samiti,
A – 28, Kailash Colony,
o
Each Region would be responsible for evaluating and ensuring the
completeness and accuracy of the entries from the region. The Regions should
scrutinize the submitted entries, and verify that the entries have provided the
required information, the supporting evidence, and have followed the contest
guidelines and the submission procedures correctly.
o
The entries must be sealed again and must be sent to the NVS (HQ) at the
above mentioned address through courier, post or in person. The Region is
responsible for ensuring that all the entries from their region reach the NVS (HQ)
before the deadline provided.
o
Refer to the Contest Timelines for important milestones of the Excellence in Education Awards 2011
Contest Timelines
The timelines for the contest are as framed below
a)
Submission of the contest entries for the Student, Teacher and School categories by the schools to the
respective regions. 30th September
b)
Quality Check of the contest entries at the Regional
level - 30th October
c)
Submission of the entries to the NVS (HQ) by the Regions: 10th November
d)
Evaluation of the contest
entries at the National level - 20th November
e)
Announcement of winners – 30th November
f)
Award ceremony (the winners will be provided an opportunity to demonstrate their
projects) - 1st week of December