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Selection Process Notes There will be two awards of equal merit the Intel Educator of Excellence Award the Analog Devices Educator of Excellence Award. The industry Educator of Excellence Awards will be awarded to two teachers whose commitment and encouragement has enabled their students to participate successfully in the Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences Category and the Technology Category.
The Analog Devices Educator of Excellence Award The winner will receive the Analog Devices Trophy plus an all expenses paid trip to America.
The Intel Educator of Excellence Award The winner will receive the Intel Trophy plus an all expenses paid trip to America to attend the Intel Educator's Academy run in conjunction with the
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Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Portland Oregon in May 2005.
Process for Selection 1. Shortlist of 4-5 candidate teachers identified based on the following criteria Number of projects entered in current and previous competitions over 4 years in the above categories. Diversity of projects across different age profiles in Junior/Intermediate and Senior projects. Has demonstrated continuous improvements in the quality and quantity of projects over a number of years e.g. number of awards won. 2. Shortlist of candidate teachers will be interviewed by a selection of judges during the competition. 3. Final selection will be determined based on evaluation of 2005 projects and feedback from participating students on the level of encouragement of the teacher. 4. Awards will be presented to the top two educators, with the Analog
Devices Award being presented to the educator with the greater number of projects in the 2005 competition in the Technology category, while the Intel Award will be awarded to the educator with the greater number of projects in the Chemical, Physical and Mathematical category. 5. In the event of a tie, the decision of the judges will be final. There must be a three year time lapse before any previous award winner can be reconsidered for the Industry Educator of Excellence Award.
•• BRITISH •• COUNCIL British Council Science Teacher Awards Awards will be presented to one teacher in each of the four categories who the judges deem to have made a particular impact on their students. Each teacher has been nominated by their own students and will receive a customised trip to various UK science centres as part of their award."