Teach for America's Video Challenge

Teach for America’s Partnering Video Challenge

We challenge educators to submit a video challenge featuring powerful youth partnerships and enter to win a $5,000 USD prize. This prize will be given to a classroom to further the development of their partnership and collaboration work! This prize will be available exclusively to the Teach for America educator network.

Follow this 4-step process to enter your submission for a chance to win the prize money:

Step 1: Discuss the Power of Friendship

Engage your students in this discussion activity to introduce future concepts for this video challenge. The final product(s) of this activity will be requested within your video challenge submission.

Step 2: Choose a Meaningful Partnership

Watch this video as a class to learn more about Plus Wonder’s focus on friends and partnerships that have made great things happen in the world.
Teachers pick a partnership (student:student, class:school, class:community, etc.) that has made a big impact on their class during the most recent school year. This partnership should include one or more members of the class or school.
Students and teachers work together to review the evaluation criteria and decide what to highlight in a short video.
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Step 3: Make the Video

Collaborate on a script that tells the story of the partnership—including the roles of the teacher and students and the impact on learning—and how the Six Degrees of Connection align with the partnership.
Assign tasks for creating the video—like scripting, on-camera presenting, recording, and editing—using simple devices, like smartphones.
Keep the video concise (1-2 minutes) and focus on their teamwork and positive outcomes.

Step 4: Edit and Share to Plus Wonder

Edit the video for a smooth flow, adding captions or graphics if needed. There are many free video editing platforms available.
Fill out the Video Challenge Submission Form below and attach your video file.
Download a consent form for each creator of and people depicted in the submitted video. Make sure they are signed and added to an accessible folder to link below.
Share it on your school’s social media, tag @pluswonder, and encourage sharing on social media to inspire others! We can’t wait to see it!

TFA Video Challenge Submission Form

Your Name(Required)

This should be the main point of contact for this submission, ideally an educator or administrator that can manage the receipt of any potential prize money.

First Name

Last Name

Participants' Names(Required)

Please include any student names and other collaborators that partnered on this challenge (can say groups, such as "Mr. Porter's 11th grade Government class").

First Name

Last Name

Your School, Classroom, and Grade(Required)

This should be the proposed recipient of the prize money if selected.

School Name

Grade/Class/Educator

Your Email(Required)

Please provide the email address of the educator, so we can contact you if we feature your movement building in action!

Who are the people or groups involved in this featured partnership, and what have they done together?(Required)

And what kind of partnership is this... student:student, class:school, class:community, etc.?

Teacher Reflection: Share how this partnership and the lessons from the Six Degrees of Connection positively affected your students, school, and the community.(Required)

Student(s) Reflection: Share how this partnership and the lessons from the Six Degrees of Connection made a positive impact on your and your classmates.(Required)

How would you describe the current impact of this partnership?(Required)

Partner Reflection (optional): Share how this partnership and the lessons from Six Degrees of Connection positively affected your community.
Hours Spent (optional): Please include the total number of hours that your students spent studying or working alongside the partnership.
Dollars Raised (optional): Please include the total number of dollars raised in an effort to support this partnership or its initiatives.

What's the potential impact if your classroom is awarded?(Required)

Share what you would do with the prize money, how it will positively affect your classroom, to further the development of your partnership work.

Link to your discussion responses and consent forms(Required)

Provide a link to an accessible folder of video responses. Also include in this folder a signed consent form for each participant. Download consent forms in step 4 above.

Upload your video challenge(Required)

Accepted file types: mov, m4v, avi, wmv, avchd, webm, flv, mp4, Max. file size: 256 MB.

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