BigFuture

Nominations due: March 17, 2024.

BigFuture Teacher Visionary Award

Teachers are visionaries: blazing trails to career and college with BigFuture. 


To celebrate that, we’re accepting nominations and self-nominations of inspiring teachers who lead the way in showing students careers and education pathways using BigFuture tools and resources.


The Details: 


  • We’re looking for creative and inspiring high school classroom teachers who use BigFuture for career and college planning.  
  • Students, educators, or school community members can nominate a teacher.
  • Nominations will be open from February 28 – March 17, 2024. 
  • BigFuture will review submissions for specificity, originality of the classroom activities that teachers facilitate using BigFuture, and clear examples of impact on students.  
  • Winners will be announced in May of 2024.
  • See official rules here.

 

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Nominator School Information

Enter your School's Zip/Postal Code prior to searching for a school below.



Begin typing the name of your high school and a search list will automatically appear. Use your mouse or up/down arrow keys to navigate through the list. Select a school by clicking on it or pressing the enter key. If your school does not appear in the list, type your school's name into the text field.




Enter your School's Country prior to searching for a school below.



Begin typing the name of your high school and a search list will automatically appear. Use your mouse or up/down arrow keys to navigate through the list. Select a school by clicking on it or pressing the enter key. If your school does not appear in the list, type your school's name into the text field.








Please note: This award is to celebrate teachers that are using BigFuture tools and resources to support students' future planning and we will prioritize submissions that include details of how BigFuture is used in classrooms.

Tell us more about the Teacher Nominee:








Enter the School's Zip/Postal Code prior to searching for a school below.



Begin typing the name of their high school and a search list will automatically appear. Use your mouse or up/down arrow keys to navigate through the list. Select a school by clicking on it or pressing the enter key. If the school does not appear in the list, type the school's name into the text field.




Enter the School's Country prior to searching for a school below.


Begin typing the name of their high school and a search list will automatically appear. Use your mouse or up/down arrow keys to navigate through the list. Select a school by clicking on it or pressing the enter key. If the school does not appear in the list, type the school's name into the text field.




You may submit a written nomination by answering the questions below and submitting the form. Or you may submit a video response by recording your answers to the questions and uploading your video via the link below.






Your response could include:

Specific examples about the project / activity / discussion / lesson that supports high school students to explore careers, plan for college, and/or pay for college. In your response, you could consider answering questions like: 

  • What does the teacher say/do to introduce the topic? What do they say/do to help students think about their plans for after high school? 
  • Is there a project/activity that students do? How do students spend their time in the activity? 
Specific examples of how BigFuture is used. In your response, you could consider answering questions like:  
  • How is BigFuture incorporated into the activity? 
  • What does the teacher say/do? 
  • What do students do?  
Specific examples of how this activity inspires students. In your response, you could answer questions like these or tell us anything else we should know:   

  • Can you share any examples of how students see value in this work and in using BigFuture? 
  • What inspiring, informative, or empowering conversations and discoveries do students have as a result of this activity?  
  • Do students find new paths or options that they didn’t know of?  
  • Are there examples of students who have gone on to find success after high school as a result of these activities?  

Record your response and upload your video here. Please save the video file as “TeacherName, BigFuture Award”.


Tips for recording a video: Hold or position your phone vertically when recording. Then just talk to the camera, and answer the questions. Be yourself.  Don’t be afraid to get creative!  You can edit your own video before submitting it, or you can submit the full clip and we’ll edit it for you. Please do not add music to your video. 

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