Important Dates:

• August 29-September 2, 2011 – Recommended window to introduce H21 site, process, and TIP Chart
• September 30, 2011 – school selects and norms an internal review team
• Jan 20, 2012 – all lessons to be considered for district H21 recognition have been posted and tagged for district review
• Feb 15, 2012 – district review team makes final decision
• Feb 22, 2012 – award winners are notified via email
• March 28, 2012 – Henrico 21 Awards Ceremony

Henrico 21 Lesson Plan Template

Henrico 21 Lesson Plan (click to download)

Rules and Regulations – Teachers

Eligibility

• Full or part-time HCPS teachers and school counselors are eligible.
• Co-teachers and/or a team of teachers are eligible for the 21st Century Awards. Should co-teachers and/or a team of teachers be selected as winners or finalists, the submitter of record can split the prize among the teachers.
• ITRTs and librarians may consult with teachers regarding award submissions and/or provide assistance with the requirements and/or lessons as needed.
• ITRTs and librarians are not eligible to submit lessons.
• Recipients must be employed with Henrico County Public Schools at the time of the ceremony.

Submissions

• This year teachers will submit their lessons to a site-based review team. Consult your site-based review committee for your school’s due date and process.
• Multiple teachers may co-author a lesson. All of these teachers should be listed as “teachers.” These teachers would split the prize if they were to win. Additional teachers, including ITRTs and librarians, that would not split the prize should be listed as “collaborators”.
• There is no limit to the number of submissions a teacher can make to the site-based review team.
• This year the Henrico 21 focus is on high quality, daily instruction.  Lessons submitted for review must be 150 minutes or less.  These lessons should emphasize one strand of the TIP Chart.  Projects (longer than 150 minutes) will be evaluated in a separate category and should emphasize all strands of the TIP Chart.
• Lessons that have received an award in the past, will not be considered in subsequent years.
• Lesson(s) must be implemented in HCPS during the current or previous school year.
• Teachers submitting lessons to the site-based review team should use the 2011-2012 lesson plan template (available at the top of this page).
• Submission must be accompanied by a student work sample that was created during the previous or current school year.
• It is the responsibility of the submitter to ensure that any student who has an artifact that is submitted do NOT have a “Denial of Permission for Authorized Media” on file.
• Submissions may include multiple artifacts. Zipping a folder of artifacts or linking to a webpage with embedded artifacts is the simplest way to achieve this.
• All standard file formats will be accepted. Unusual file type must be accessible on the county issued laptop image. If you are unsure about the file type, save as a pdf. File formats that require software outside of that provided on the HCPS image will not be considered.
• Submissions drawing on outside lesson plans and ideas should be cited appropriately.
• Teachers should follow all copyright and ethical guidelines detailed in the HCPS Staff Acceptable Use Policy.

Conditions

• Teachers making submissions may be asked to participate in a video interview detailing the creation and delivery of the lesson.
• Teachers making submissions understand that their work may be shared digitally with outside audiences under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license.

Rules and Regulations – Students

Eligibility

• HCPS teachers, administrators, ITRTs, librarians, and school counselors can nominate a student(s) for a 21st Century Teaching and Learning Award.
• Pairs or teams of students may be nominated for a single 21st Century student award.
• Student must be enrolled in an Henrico County school at the time of the awards ceremony.

Nominations

• There is no limit to the number of nominations that can be made in honor of one student.
• All student nominations must be submitted via the online process. Please consult your school’s review committee for site-based due date and process.
• The nomination must include a student product created during the current or previous school year.
• It is expected that students follow all copyright and ethical guidelines detailed in the HCPS Acceptable Use Policy.
• It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure that student nominee(s) do NOT have a “Denial of Permission for Authorized Media” on file.

Conditions

• Nominated students may be asked to participate in a video interview detailing the project/product.
• Teachers making submissions will help students/parents understand that their work may be shared digitally with outside audiences under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license.

H21 Guidelines for Site-based Review Teams

Each school should form a site-based review team to review lessons at the site level, provide feedback to teachers, and make recommendations to move lessons on to the district level.

• The site-based review team should consist of at least the following members: administrator, librarian, ITRT, and 1-2 teacher leaders. Some schools have chosen to include former H21 winners, department leaders, and/or resource teachers.
• Consider bringing internal review team together throughout the first semester to review lessons as they are submitted, rather than waiting until the deadline to review all submissions.
• Determine a method for gathering lesson plans and artifacts from teachers in your building. Share that process with teachers.
• There is no limit to the number of submissions put forth by each school; the number of lessons authored/submitted by each teacher; or the times a student is nominated. All high quality lessons may be submitted to the district level.
• All internally reviewed lessons of high quality should be submitted to the district level. The ITRT is responsible for posting the lessons to the Henrico 21 website and assigning the appropriate tag (to be announced at a later date). The district review team will review the appropriately tagged lessons.
• All student nominations must be submitted via the online process. Details regarding this process are being developed.
• Note: word formatting of bullets and lettering may not work well. Consider manual lettering.
• All lesson plan submissions and student nominations are due to the district review team by midnight on January 20, 2012. These submissions must be complete on the Henrico 21 site and appropriately tagged, using the tag to be announced at a later date.
• Teachers are not limited in the number of artifacts they may submit. Please include anything essential to understanding the lesson as well as appropriate student work sample(s) that demonstrate the quality of the learning. Items to consider including:

• Lesson plan (.doc or .pdf)
• Rubric
• Student handouts
• Links to essential resources or online components
• Student artifact(s)

• Please put all artifacts in one folder, zip the folder, and upload the single zipped file.
• If some files are too large to upload, please assist teachers compressing large files and/or linking to a webpage with embedded artifacts.
• We recommend using a naming convention for the folder: lastname_schoolinitials_lessontitle (abbreviate as needed). Example: Smith_HSES_PowerGrid
• All standard file formats will be accepted. Unusual file type must be accessible on the county issued laptop image. If you are unsure about the file type, save as a pdf.
• The internal review team may direct questions to Linda Gill, Gaynell Lyman or Debbie Roethke.