Sept. 5, 2008

My Fave Teacher

Kids, Rave about your Fave on camera!

The Center on Policy Initiatives is launching a project to involve students in celebrating the value of educators.  The My Fave Teacher project invites students from elementary to high school to make and share short videos about a favorite teacher or other school employee.

CPI will begin featuring the videos online later this month and will award prizes (grand prize an iPod Touch!) at CPI's annual Gala on Oct. 16.  CPI is honoring all educators as a central theme of the Gala. (Reserve tickets now!)

For the initial contest, videos must be submitted by Sept. 19, just two weeks from now.  We encourage simple videos made on cell phones or any digital camera -- no longer than 1 minute. 

Details and instructions are available at onlineCPI.org/MyFave.  Send questions to MyFave@onlineCPI.org.

After the kick-off, the project will continue as an online community forum, part of CPI's commitment to highlighting the hard work of teachers and others in our schools.

Please help us spread the word about this exciting project and encourage your fave students to participate!