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Award Recipients' Perceived Benefits of a PK-12 Engagement Awards Program
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Sarah L. J. Thies; Neil A. Knobloch; Christine A. Wilson; Ryan D. Kornegay; Marcos Fernandez – NACTA Journal, 2023
Faculty and staff in higher education are motivated to engage in college programs by different factors. Award programs can be a tool to engage faculty and staff in programs. This study described the perceived benefits of an engagement award that recognized faculty and staff that had excelled in outreach and program engagement. Data included…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Awards, Outreach Programs, Agricultural Education
Developing a District-Wide Academic Awards Program.
Phillips, Elaine – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1989
The Shaperville Academic Recognition Program is a district-wide program for the encouragement and recognition of academic excellence and an attempt to instill in students a natural respect for academic achievement. This article describes its development and implementation from conception to planned obsolescence due to successful reformation of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Awards, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development
Get Fit! A Handbook for Youth Ages 6-17. How To Get in Shape To Meet the President's Challenge and Earn the Presidential Fitness Award.
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President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Washington, DC. – 1987
This guidebook for a self-directed physical fitness program offers information on: (1) What is physical fitness; (2) How is physical fitness measured; (3) What is body composition; (4) How to improve fitness; (5) What is the new presidential physical fitness award program; and (6) What exercises qualify for the Presidential Fitness Award. A…
Descriptors: Awards, Body Composition, Elementary Secondary Education, Exercise
Youth Physical Fitness. Suggestions for School Programs.
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Washington, DC. – 1983
Physical education is an essential part of basic general education. Aside from the influence of heredity and nutrition, physical education is the only way in the school's instructional program to insure the development of organic vigor and vitality. It is the only organized means for the development of nerve/muscle skills that are so essential to…
Descriptors: Awards, Elementary Secondary Education, Exercise, Physical Education
Cameras in the Curriculum. A Challenge to Teacher Creativity. Volume 1, 1982/83. An NEA/KODAK Program.
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Ford, Faye, Ed. – 1983
This book describes 119 award-winning projects from a program which established a national teachers' competition to select and disseminate superior teacher-planned and developed programs which use photography as an integral part of the K-12 school curriculum. All subject areas, grade levels, and states are represented in summaries of projects that…
Descriptors: Awards, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation
Economic Education Experiences of Enterprising Teachers, Volume 15. A Report Developed from the 1976-77 Entries in the International Paper Company Foundation Awards Program for the Teaching of Economics.
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Dawson, George G., Ed. – 1978
Twenty award winning, teacher-developed programs, projects, courses, and materials in economic education are presented. These case study projects are designed to be used with kindergarten through college students. The case studies are organized by grade level into five chapters. Chapter I suggests ways to teach economic concepts to educable…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Awards, Business Education, Case Studies