Welcome to the Seed of Love: Character Education Lesson Plan Competition! This exciting event challenges participants to create engaging and effective lesson plans that promote character development.
Character Education is a whole-person approach to ensure personal and communal well-being and can include teaching good character, prosocial skills, citizenship awareness, or all of the above.
We invite aspiring teachers in the United States, whether pursuing an education degree or completing teacher preparation courses, to incorporate a focus on Character Education in your lesson planning.
The topic of the year is “Compassion.” We invite you to create a lesson plan focusing on teaching compassion as the primary goal. You are welcome to integrate the value of compassion into a specific subject. We encourage you to include interactive activities, multimedia resources, and real-world scenarios in the lesson to promote active learning. Strive to showcase your creativity, expertise, and ability to engage learners meaningfully.
Our panel of experienced teachers and experts will judge each submission based on its clarity, applicability, and effectiveness in achieving the learning objectives. The top three winners will receive scholarships and the opportunity to have their lesson plans featured on our website and social media channels.
This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your teaching skills. So, don’t hesitate to join us and submit your best lesson plan!
Topic: Compassion
Level: K -2
Class Size: 10 students
Lesson Duration: 45 minutes
Our jury of experts and experienced teachers will evaluate the submitted lesson plans based on the following guidelines.
The lesson plan:
The top three competition winners will be awarded a scholarship and certificate, and we will publish their lesson plans on our website and social media platforms. We will also publish all shortlisted lesson plans on our website or in publications under the author’s name.
Fill out the registration form
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Download the template
on the confirmation page.
Design your lesson plan
and submit it to
[email protected].
Eligibility:
The Lesson Plan Competition (referred to as “Competition”) is open to United States residents who are at least 18 years old at the time of entry and can file a tax return. The Competition particularly encourages the participation of college students majoring in Education or enrolled in a Teacher Preparation Program.
Entry Requirements:
(A). Participants must create and submit an original lesson.
(B). Participants must submit their lesson plan both in .PDF and .pptx formats.
(C). Each participant is allowed to submit only one entry.
(D). Entries must be received by the specified deadline to be considered for the competition.
Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing:
(A). By submitting an entry, participants affirm that the lesson plan is their original work and does not infringe upon any third party’s copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights.
(B). Participants grant the organizing entity a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, and display the lesson plan for the purposes of the competition and related promotional activities.
(C). Lesson plans selected for publication will include an attribution to the author and will be made available free of charge on our website or related outreach platforms under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
(D). All published lesson plans will be licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. This license allows others to:
Judging Criteria:
(A). Lesson plans will be evaluated based on creativity, originality, clarity, and effectiveness.
(B). The decision of the judging panel will be final and binding.
Winner Selection:
(A). The organizing entity will select a panel of qualified judges to review and score the lesson plans.
(B). The entry with the highest overall score will be declared the winner.
(C). In the event of a tie, the judges will deliberate and select the winner based on the tie-breaking criteria they deem appropriate.
Announcement of Winners:
(A). The winners will be notified via the contact information provided at the time of registration.
(B). The winners’ names may be announced publicly through the organizing entity’s website, social media channels, or other promotional materials.
(C). If any personal taxes are incurred due to receiving the scholarship, the scholarship receivers are responsible for paying the taxes
Disqualification:
(A). The organizing entity reserves the right to disqualify any entry that does not comply with these terms and conditions or contains unethical content.
(B). The organizing entity also reserves the right to disqualify participants who engage in fraudulent or unethical practices.
Limitation of Liability:
(A). The organizing entity and its affiliates, partners, staff, volunteers, and sponsors shall not be responsible for any loss, injury, or damage arising from participation in the competition or acceptance of the prize.
(B). Participants agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless the organizing entity from any liability incurred in connection with the competition.
Privacy:
(A). The personal information collected from participants will be used solely to administer the competition and will be handled by applicable data protection laws and the organizing entity’s privacy policy.
Modification or Termination:
(A). The organizing entity reserves the right to modify or terminate the competition at any time without prior notice and for any reason.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction:
(A). These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of California.
(B). Any disputes arising out of or in connection with the competition shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the United States.
By registering for the Lesson Plan Competition, participants acknowledge that they have read, understood, and agreed to abide by these terms and conditions.
