Submit your Celebration Strategies!

Celebrating success is a crucial part of becoming and sustaining a professional learning community. When done well, celebration not only expresses admiration and appreciation for the recipient but also communicates and reinforces what is valued in a school, provides living examples for others to emulate, fuels the momentum essential to improvement initiatives, and nourishes our spirit for the journey ahead! Research has consistently demonstrated that celebrating small wins is essential to successful change initiatives, yet as Harvard’s Rosabeth Moss Kanter concluded, celebration is “probably the most underutilized tool in organizations.”

Solution Tree is proud to announce the publication of a new book, edited by renowned PLC authority and celebration advocate Rebecca DuFour, to collect and celebrate the ingenuity and creativity of educators across North America. We want to know how teachers, principals, central office administrators, and school boards celebrate students, staff, and the community—what you do to acknowledge, stimulate, and reward improvement, achievement, and effort.

Submit your proven strategies electronically by September 26, 2008 by and filling out the Celebration Strategies Form.

Instructions:
1. Fill in the requested information
2. Save and email the completed form to pubs@solution-tree.com. Only electronic submissions will be accepted.

If your idea is accepted, your name and your school’s name will appear by the entry; you will receive 2 copies of the published book, and your school will receive 5 copies. Winning entries will be announced by November 1, 2008, and may be edited for consistency and style. The published book will be available in summer, 2009.

Your entry should address one of the following seven topics:

To apply, tell us a little about your school and community, choose a topic, describe your celebration, and explain why you decided to create your celebration. Following are some suggestions for each area.

Classroom Recognition of Students (Topic 1)

Grade-Level or Course Recognition of Students (Topic 2)

Schoolwide Recognition of Students (Topic 3)

Recognizing and Celebrating Staff: Individually, as a Team, as a Staff (Topics 4, 5, 6)

Celebrating the Active Involvement of Parents and Community (Topic 7)

Thank you for sharing your innovative ways to recognize and celebrate school or district success!

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Celebration! Celebrating success is a crucial part of becoming and sustaining a professional learning community. When done well, celebration not only expresses admiration and appreciation for the recipient but also communicates and reinforces what is valued in a school, provides living examples for others to emulate, fuels the momentum essential to improvement initiatives, and nourishes our spirit for the journey ahead! Research has consistently demonstrated that celebrating small wins is essential to successful change initiatives, yet as Harvard’s Rosabeth Moss Kanter concluded, celebration is “probably the most underutilized tool in organizations.” Solution Tree is proud to announce the publication of a new book, edited by renowned PLC authority and celebration advocate Rebecca DuFour, to collect and celebrate the ingenuity and creativity of educators across North America. We want to know how teachers, principals, central office administrators, and school boards celebrate students, staff, and the community—what you do to acknowledge, stimulate, and reward improvement, achievement, and effort. Submit your proven strategies electronically by September 26, 2008 by and filling out the Celebration Strategies Form. Instructions: 1. Fill in the requested information 2. Save and email the completed form to pubs@solution-tree.com. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. If your idea is accepted, your name and your school’s name will appear by the entry; you will receive 2 copies of the published book, and your school will receive 5 copies. Winning entries will be announced by November 1, 2008, and may be edited for consistency and style. The published book will be available in summer, 2009. Your entry should address one of the following seven topics: Classroom Recognition of Individual and/or Collective Student Improvement, Achievement, and Effort Grade-Level or Course Recognition of Individual and/or Collective Student Improvement, Achievement, and Effort Schoolwide Recognition of Individual and/or Collective Student Improvement, Achievement, and Effort Recognition and Celebration of the Improvement, Achievement, and Effort of Individual Staff Recognition and Celebration of the Improvement, Achievement, and Effort of Collaborative Teams Recognition and Celebration of the Improvement, Achievement, and Effort of an Entire Faculty Celebrating the Active Involvement and Engagement of Parents and Community To apply, tell us a little about your school and community, choose a topic, describe your celebration, and explain why you decided to create your celebration. Following are some suggestions for each area. Classroom Recognition of Students (Topic 1) Classroom incentives—anything from mini-economies to field trips when levels of achievement are attained by the entire class Immediate feedback in the classroom Grade-Level or Course Recognition of Students (Topic 2) Grade-level or course incentives—anything from mini-economies to field trips when levels of achievement are attained by the entire student population Immediate feedback across the grade level or course Schoolwide Recognition of Students (Topic 3) Collective celebration when students achieve above expectations Innovative awards or experiences for students Recognizing and Celebrating Staff: Individually, as a Team, as a Staff (Topics 4, 5, 6) For helping a group of students achieve For advancing the mission of the school/district For achieving a stretch goal For demonstrating leadership For going above and beyond For moving out of their comfort zone and taking risks For demonstrating a commitment to ongoing professional learning Celebrating the Active Involvement of Parents and Community (Topic 7) Recognizing parent and community volunteers Celebrating parents who complete training programs Awarding parents as well as students who participate in book discussions and other after-hours activities Thank you for sharing your innovative ways to recognize and celebrate school or district success!
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