Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies

What to Submit
Many types of student work are welcome, including written reports, posters, student journal entries, timelines, flow charts, MS PowerPoint® presentations, photographs, presentation displays, AutoCAD® drawings, and completed tests and quizzes. All submissions should correspond to specific assignments in the Ford PAS modules. Ideally, submissions will include a range of examples of students’ work, not just the “best.” You may even consider submitting all of your students’ work from a particular project or assignment.

We also encourage you to submit student work in progress. For example, if you are submitting student reports, we encourage you to include students’ outlines and drafts along with the final versions of the reports—or their work from any part of the process. Please note that not all submitted work will be posted on the Web site.

How to Submit

Electronic Submissions
E-mail student work and required forms to info@fordpas.org.

Mail Submissions
Send student work and required forms to:

Ford PAS Technical Assistance Group
ATTN: Student Work Submission
EDC, Inc.
55 Chapel Street
Newton, MA 02458-1060

If you would like to submit student work that is larger than 8.5 x 11 (e.g., posters or presentation boards), please call the Ford PAS TA Group at (888) 338-3267 to arrange shipping at no cost.

Eligibility for Prizes

Ford PAS students and teachers who submit student work and meet submission requirements will be entered into a prize drawing. Two prize drawings are scheduled for this school year. The first drawing is on December 17, 2007, for all submissions received by December 14, 2007. The second drawing is on May 5, 2008, for submissions received between December 17, 2007, and May 2, 2008. Should there be insufficient submissions for a particular drawing date, the drawing will not take place, and any student work submitted for that period will be included in the next prize drawing. Each drawing will include prizes for three teachers, two individual students, and one student team. Please refer to the table below for more details.

Submission Period

Submission Deadlines

Prize Drawing Date

Teacher Prizes

Student Prizes

Fall 2007

Spring 2008

December 14, 2007

May 2, 2008

December 17, 2007

May 5, 2008

For each drawing, three teachers will each receive a $50 gift certificate.

For each drawing, one student team will receive gift certificates*.
For each drawing, two students will each receive a $50 gift certificate.

2007–2008 School Year

May 2, 2008

May 5, 2008

One student this school year will win the Grand Prize (an iPod nano).

Teachers are entered once per submission period. Each work submission gives students one chance in the drawing. The more work they submit to Ford PAS, the better their chances of winning a prize! Prize winners will be announced on the Student Gallery page.

* Since many Ford PAS student projects involve work produced collaboratively by student teams, one student team prize will be awarded at the drawing. Each team member will receive a $50 gift certificate (or a lesser value, depending on the number of students in the team), up to a maximum of $250.

Eligibility for the Ford PAS Conference
In addition to being eligible for prizes, a small number of students may be invited to a Ford PAS Networking Conference. Students will be selected based on student work samples received by May 2, 2008, and their relevance to the Ford PAS curriculum themes highlighted at the upcoming conference. Students invited to the Ford PAS conference will travel at no cost. Selected students will
be notified through their Ford PAS teacher and will be asked to complete appropriate travel forms.
Students attending the conference must be accompanied by a school chaperone.

Importance of Collecting Student Work

The Ford PAS Technical Assistance (TA) Group collects student work samples for the benefit of the entire Ford PAS community. These work samples help the program do the following:

Celebrate Students: As a way to recognize students and their accomplishments, the Ford PAS TA Group will post student work samples on the Ford PAS Web site. Student work samples will also be displayed at the Fifth Annual Ford PAS National Networking Conference. Students who submit student work samples are eligible to win prizes and attend the Ford PAS conference (see Eligibility for Prizes and Eligibility for Ford PAS Conference for more details).

Build the Ford PAS Community: By sharing with and learning from one another, we are building a community of practice, and we are better able to support one another in reaching our common goal of improving student achievement. This includes giving students the opportunity to access and see work that other students have produced.

Apply Lessons Learned to Support Ford PAS Sites: Student work samples provide the Ford PAS TA group with insight into the program’s impact on student learning and make it possible to offer teachers professional development opportunities to expand on their understanding of student thinking and learn about assessing student work.

Promote the Adoption of the Ford PAS Curriculum: By displaying examples of student work, the Ford PAS TA Group and Ford PAS partners are better able to describe the program to others who may be interested in implementing the curriculum.