Excellence in Flex Time Awards
Recognizing Teachers, School Leaders, + Schools that Go Above + Beyond
Award nominations are open for the 2022 Excellence in Flex Time Awards! Please submit a nomination + learn more about the awards below! The deadline to submit nominations is June 15 at 11:59pm (Pacific).
To check out past winners, please click here.
General Overview
Edficiency launched an annual award to celebrate teachers, school leaders, and schools that are going above and beyond during the flexible instructional time of their day. We know flex time can go by many names, so whether your school calls it a Flex Period, Intervention Block, What I Need (WIN) Time, Mascot Time, Activity Period, Advisory Period, or something else entirely, we welcome you to submit a nomination.
Anyone may nominate a teacher, school leader, or school they believe is deserving of consideration for the award. Individuals are able to nominate themselves or their own school and may submit as many nominations as they’d like for each category.
Any individual or school that receives multiple nominations by different people will have all nominations considered, though the most recent nomination will be considered if multiple nominations are submitted by the same person for another single entity.
Judging Criteria
Nominations will be judged based on the following criteria:
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Impact on Student Achievement
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Impact on School Culture
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Creativity in Approach
Note: while helpful to provide evidence for each judging criteria, nominations are encouraged whenever there is strong evidence among any of the criteria, even if only one of the three.
Prizes
Prizes will be awarded to the winner of each category (teacher, school leader, and school). For individual awards (teacher and school leader), recipients will receive $200 in Amazon and $50 to Starbucks.
School-wide winners will receive $500 in credit towards Edficiency and $100 to Starbucks to celebrate their staff at a time of their choosing (like a staff meeting, professional development day, or whatever makes sense to the school).
Note: if there is no Starbucks nearby, a request can be made to reallocate that towards the Amazon gift card and/or school credit.
Nomination Form + Timeline
If you’re interested in nominating yourself, your school, or someone you work with, please fill out this nomination form.
Nominations will be taken until 11:59pm (Pacific) on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Winners will be selected and announced in fall 2022.
All nominations will be reviewed by the Edficiency team to determine the winner based on the criteria listed above.
Additional Notes on Eligibility
Teacher-Level Nominations
Anyone that directly works with and/or “teaches” students during flex time can be nominated for the teacher award. This could include traditional teachers, paraprofessionals, tutors, and other similar roles.
School Leader-Level Nominations
Anyone that serves in a school-wide role and impacts how the entire school is run during flex time is eligible to be nominated for school leader award. This could include principals, assistant/associate principals, deans, office managers, secretaries, teachers charged with school-wide flex time responsibilities, and other similar roles.
Past Winners
Click below to learn more about the past award winners:
Have questions before submitting a nomination or anything else? Please email James Bacon at jbacon@edficiency.com.