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Procedures - How to Apply

Step 1
Submit your innovation description as an email attachment to your college or District Office Innovations Liaison. Please check with your college or District Office Innovation Liaison regarding your site due date.
Step 2
Site Liaisons will submit the winning innovation selected through their site selection process to MCLI by Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Step 3
The winning Innovation Team from each college and District Office site will make a presentation to the Innovation of the Year Awards Final Selection Committee.  The date for all presentations to be made is Monday, March 9, 2009. If any change in this date is necessary, notice will be given as soon as possible.
Step 4
Each winning college and District Office Innovation Team will be recognized for their creative contribution to MCCD at the Innovation of the Year Awards Program at the Rio Salado College Conference Center, Tuesday, April 14, 2009 2:00 - 3:30 PM.

The innovation description should include the following information:

  1. Names, titles, college, telephone numbers of the individual or team members who created the innovation.
  2. Title and a description of the innovation not to exceed three pages (all supplementary materials will be considered as part of the three-page description limit). This is where the criteria are to be addressed.
  3. An executive summary of the innovation (not to exceed 50 words). If chosen as a winning innovation, the executive summary will be used in the program for the Innovation of the Year Awards Program that will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2009.  Please submit ONE electronic file (in WORD) that includes the executive summary and the description.
  4. The winning innovation selected from each college, and the District Office will be required to submit one color digital photo of the individual or team who created the innovation. The digital photo should be 5x7 and at least 300 dpi.

The winning innovation selected from each college, and the District Office will be required to make a 15-minute presentation to the Innovation of the Year Awards Final Selection Committee on Monday, March 9, 2009. The presentation should:

  1. Provide highlights of the innovation, using visuals to supplement the presentation (electronic file of media materials to be submitted to MCLI by Tuesday, March 3, 2009).
  2. Include testimonials of the impact of the innovation to the college and to the education of students.
  3. Allow for a brief question and answer session with committee members.

The district-wide innovation will be announced at the Innovation of the Year Awards Program on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Rio Salado College Conference Center.