CORE Education Travel Scholarship 2010

Key aim

In creating the CORE Education Travel Award, CORE Education intends to celebrate and recognise the contributions that educational practitioners make to our knowledge and thinking around teaching and learning. Theirs is a voice that, when it is heard at all, tends to be heard in subject conferences, professional association meetings, professional magazines, unpublished Masters theses, and the like, rather than in the academic research literature, or in the daily discourse of the corridors of power. But it is a voice that has, and should have, a powerful influence on what we do in education, and that potentially contributes much to what we know about quality teaching and our understanding of effective learning.

The CORE Education Travel Scholarship scheme, therefore, aims to encourage teachers from all sectors to ‘have a say’ about important educational issues, to collect and publish some of leading teachers’ thinking in the field, and to contribute the perspective of some of our best teachers to current ‘thought leadership’ in education.

General Information

The CORE Education Travel Scholarship recognises New Zealand teachers’ contributions to educational thought, by awarding a travel grant to attend an international education event. To enter, teachers must produce and submit a thought-provoking teacher-perspective, demonstrating their contribution to educational thought. This perspective can take any form, but should relate to CORE’s Ten Trends.

• In 2010 there will be one Travel Scholarship awarded
• The Scholarship is open to all New Zealand teachers in state or private, ECE, Primary or Secondary settings
• To be awarded the CORE Education Travel Scholarship, applicants must produce a teacher perspective on educational thought leadership related to CORE’s Ten Trends.
• The winner of the Scholarship will attend and present at an educational event of their choice
• The Scholarship includes travel, accommodation and registration at an educational event to the value of $5,000.

Application process

Applicants will apply online

APPLICATION FORM

On the application form please:

• Provide contact and professional information
• Identify the educational event of interest to you
• Include a brief description of your perspective (maximim 100 words)
• Complete ALL sections of the application form and ensure that ALL relevant documents are uploaded and/or identified
• Ensure you read ALL sections of the application form carefully.

Applications are to be submitted to CORE Education by 5.00pm on 31st August 2010

The perspective

Applicants should submit their perspective on an important educational issue, which should relate to one or more of CORE Education’s Ten Trends.

• CORE’s Ten Trends

The teacher’s perspective can be presented in any format that the applicant thinks is suitable, provided that the discussion demonstrates depth and originality of thinking on the subject. Acceptable formats include, but are not limited to:

• Formal written essay (guideline 2,000-3,000 words)
• Audio presentation (e.g. podcast or MP3 file) (10-15 minutes)
• Video presentation (guideline 2GB or 10-15 minutes)
• Documentary (guideline 2GB or 10-15 minutes)
• Edited blogs/ePortfolios/wikis/etc

Criteria for selection

In selecting a teacher for the CORE Education Travel Scholarship, the selection panel will consider the perspective in relation to the:

• Quality of analysis
• Originality of thought
• Depth of thinking
• Relevance to the Ten Trends

The selection panel

• Selection will be conducted by a panel set up by CORE Education
• The panel will consist of at least two CORE Education representatives (one of whom will chair the panel) and at least one prominent member of the education community
• CORE Education may co-opt additional members onto the panel if necessary
• Panel members will be appointed by the executive team of CORE Education on an annual basis
• In the event of disagreement the chairperson’s decision is final.

The scholarship

The scholarship will cover the cost of attending and presenting at an international educational event up to the value of NZ$5,000. This includes:

• Travel
• Accommodation
• Registration for the event
• Reasonable and actual expenses (receipts are to be submitted to CORE Education with a claim form)

If the winner wishes to exceed the budget, then it is his/her responsibility to fund the excess.

Terms and conditions

• Applicants should identify the educational event of interest to them.
• The event should take place within 18-months of selection notification
• The winner should be accepted as a presenter at the event and present on the topic submitted for the CORE Education Travel Scholarship
• All travel, accommodation and event registration is to be booked through CORE Education
• CORE Education reserves the right to publish any or all submissions.