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• Summary
• “You read it, you get it!”
• Recognition Awards
  • How to participate in the 2012-2013 Recognition Awards
  • Project submission form
  • Previous editions
  • Anthology of Good Ideas
• Spark Prize
  • Submitting a nomination
  • Prix Étincelle 2011-2012 – winners and finalists
• Supporting the School System
  • Actions to Develop Lasting Reading Habits
    • Reading Camps and Workshops
    • Reading in Mind
  • Resources
    • Anthology of Good Ideas
    • Network of Resources
    • Livres ouverts (French only)
    • Hand in Hand - Emergent Literacy Materials
• Documents and Links
• Français

How to participate in the
2012-2013 Recognition Awards

• At the regional level
• At the provincial level

At the regional level

The regional offices of the Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS) award prizes to projects with potentially enduring impact and one or more of the following objectives:

• to encourage schools to promote books, in print and digital form, and to promote reading directly to young people
• to help young people—especially reluctant readers—discover the pleasure of reading and understand the impact reading can have on their success in school and their everyday lives
• to encourage the school community to implement effective means that promote reading-based learning
• to encourage colleagues in the same educational institution or across the entire school system to work together to promote reading
• to build a bridge with parents and the community to share this important mission of developing a love of reading in children

Who can take part?

• School boards, public and private elementary and secondary schools, vocational training centres and adult general education centres providing educational services to young people aged 16 to 18
• Groups of students attending the institutions mentioned above and the staff of those institutions

Project submission

Step 1

The project coordinator must:

1. prepare a brief description of the project (audio, video or written)
2. submit the description to the administration of his or her educational institution

Step 2

The administration of the educational institution must:

1.  accept the project submitted for the 2012-2013 Recognition Awards
2.  complete and sign the project submission form
3.  have in his or her possession the documents mentioned in Step 1
4.  send the project submission form and the description of the project to the institution’s regional office of MELS before the specified deadline. Projects submitted by English schools, whether written in French or English, must also be sent to the institution’s regional office. See the list available at Directions régionales pour le secteur anglophone.

Selection criteria

To be eligible for this year’s awards, projects must have been carried out between September 1, 2012, and the end of June 2013. Each MELS regional office will set its own deadline for submission.

Selection committees, each under the responsibility of a MELS regional office, will choose the prizewinners according to the procedures established by their regional office. The regional criteria are based on the criteria for the provincial Recognition Awards.

In order to know the deadline determined by each regional office you can follow the link to each regional office.

Timetable

Each MELS regional office sets its own deadline for the submission of projects for the Recognition Awards at the regional level. However, all projects submitted must be forwarded to the provincial level by April 12, 2013. Provincial-level winners will be contacted on or shortly after April 22, 2013.

Awarding of prizes at the regional level

Each regional office will award prizes in accordance with the procedures set by the region if the number and quality of projects justifies it.

All projects that win a regional Recognition Award will be featured on the Web site of the Action Plan on Reading in School.

English Sector

Contact person: Shannon Babcock

Project submission deadline:

For projects from English school, please consult the list of regional offices to find the one that corresponds to your school. Projects must be submitted according to the timetable set by your regional office.

Selection criteria: see the selection criteria at the provincial level

Prizes:

All projects in English and French from English public schools must be submitted to the regional offices, which in turn will send them to the English sector selection committee by April 5, 2013. Projects from English private schools must be submitted directly to the selection committee by April 5, 2013.

At the provincial level

The Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS) recognizes and applauds the excellent initiatives that focus on making dynamic and effective use of books and on reading as a way to learn. To ensure that schools across the province are made aware of the success of these projects, they are posted on the MELS Web site.

Submissions to the 2012-2013 Recognition Awards at the regional level are automatically eligible for the provincial prizes awarded by the partner organizations and associations. To be eligible for other provincial prizes, a project must be recommended by the selection committee of one of the regional offices of MELS.

Selection criteria at the provincial level

The selection committees of MELS are responsible for evaluating the projects and choosing those that appeal to young people and that spark their interest in reading and develop their reading skills. Projects will be analysed in terms of their:

• long-term potential: projects that foster the development of lasting reading habits in various contexts and subjects
• effectiveness: projects that help young people develop the knowledge and strategies they need to read different types of texts effectively
• innovation: projects that explore the complementary nature of various media or of print and digital resources
• collaboration: projects that promote communication and partnerships among the various resources both inside and outside the school
• ability to engage students: projects that help young people, especially reluctant readers, acquire momentum in developing new reading habits that keep growing  over time

Timetable

Each MELS regional office must submit all projects received as well as the names of the finalists chosen by its selection committees to MELS by April 12, 2013. On or after April 22, 2013, the selection committee for the provincial prizewinners will communicate its decision to the regional coordinators and inform the coordinator of each selected project that it has been chosen as a provincial finalist.

Awarding of prizes

The project coordinator and participants who collaborated in the shortlisted projects will be invited to the official ceremony where the provincial prizewinners will be announced. This ceremony will be held at the Grande Bibliothèque (BAnQ) at 475, boulevard de Maisonneuve, in Montréal, on May 15, 2013.

The school is entirely responsible for communicating the appropriate information to those involved in a timely manner and for making travel and accommodation arrangements. Some of the costs incurred to attend the ceremony may be assumed by MELS upon presentation of the required documents, and in keeping with the agreement made with the coordinator.

This ceremony will give the representatives of the shortlisted projects an opportunity to meet and share their experiences. They will also have a chance to meet authors, illustrators and other members of the literary and education communities. Media representatives may also be present to cover the event.

Provincial prizes

Prizes awarded by the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport

• five grand prizes awarded by the provincial selection committees
• one grand prize in recognition of an exceptional pedagogical project

Prizes awarded by partner organizations or associations

• a special prize awarded by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) for a project involving libraries
• a special prize awarded by the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ) for projects that promote Québec literature
• a special prize awarded by the Association québécoise des enseignantes et des enseignants du primaire (AQEP) for projects that promote reading in elementary school
• a special prize awarded by the Conseil pédagogique interdisciplinaire du Québec (CPIQ) for projects that promote reading in various subjects
• a special prize awarded by the Association québécoise des utilisateurs de l’ordinateur au primaire et au secondaire (AQUOPS) for projects presenting effective practices for reading in a digital context
• a special prize awarded by the Réseau québécois des écoles entrepreneuriales et environnementales (RQEEE) for entrepreneurial projects that promote learning to read. The selection criteria will be posted, in French, on the RQEEE Web site.
• a special prize awarded by the l’Association pour la promotion des services documentaires scolaires (APSDS) for projects integrating school library resources and services

On the day of the awards ceremony, delegation members will have the opportunity to take part in activities presented by professionals in the publishing industry. As a souvenir of the occasion, all delegations will receive at least one work signed by a participating author or illustrator as well as promotional items provided by various organizations associated with the world of books.

Each delegation will also receive a souvenir plaque or certificate and a selection of books. The value of the books will vary.

All projects that win provincial recognition awards will receive media coverage.