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Creative Education Award

XYD Foundation announces the
Creative Education Award
The competition is open to all schools and to any teacher in the USA.  We welcome entrants from other countries to send their lesson plans, too.   Contest ends on 1 May 2016.  The award will be presented to a teacher before May 15 of each year.

First prize:        $500 for the winning school
Second price:    $300
Third prize:      $200

Purpose:  XYD Foundation has a mission... to foster creativity in schools.  We know some of the practices that encourage creativity, but some teachers "teach the way they were taught" and they might be unwilling to try a new approach.   This Award is your excuse to experiment.

Teachers:  Submit a lesson plan and at least one example of student work that was produced ...
Send your lesson plan and other materials to TheXYDFoundation@gmail.com.  

Last year's winning submission was sent by Steve McCrea
"The History in Reverse Personal History Workbook Lesson"
The product by one of his students, Frantz Saintvil, was included in a workbook. The book can be downloaded at www.TinyURL.com/PersonalHistoryEbook.
The lesson plan appears on pages

What to expect:   In May a panel of independent judges will evaluate the submitted lesson plans and select the "most creative" lesson plans using a point system.  
Get the Contest Rules    www.TINY.cc/xydcontest

Get the book

The panel of judges will create a rubric to use to evaluate the lesson plans.   Typical elements for judging will include the usual qualities that are expected.  The judges will be guided by books like A Whole New Mind (which mentions six qualities  of Story, Design, Symphony, Empathy, Play and Meaning; the book is by Dan Pink) and Creative Schools (by Ken Robinson).  A Whack on the Side of the Head (Roger von Oech).  Click here:  Other articles

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Other Rules:  Teachers who are employed by XYD Foundation and their family members are not eligible for the cash prizes.  Their lesson plans are welcomed and they can submit entries that can receive commendations.
The lesson plans and the students' work remain the property of the teachers and studnets.  By entering the contest, you give permission to XYD Foundation to make copies of the lesson plan and the student products and to make available for others to see these products. 
Get the entry form   www.Tiny.cc/xydentry Get the Contest Rules    www.TINY.cc/xydcontest