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Subject:	Innovation of the Year
Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2002 08:51:18 -0700
From:	Deborah Krumtinger <d.krumtinger@gcmail.maricopa.edu>
Organization:	Glendale Community College
To:	DL-GC <dl-gc@memo.maricopa.edu>

The Maricopa Community College District and the League for Innovation in the Community College co-sponsor the Innovation of the Year Award Program to recognize an individual or a team of employees who have designed and implemented a significant innovation that has had a positive impact on the education of students.  Each of the criteria for the award has been tied to a Maricopa Value.  One innovation is selected from each college, skill center, and the district office.  A district-wide innovation is then selected to represent MCCCD at the national level.   The district-wide winner will be presented with the Paul M Pair Innovation Award which includes $2,000 to be used to further the winning innovation.

E L I G I B I L I T Y
Employees and employee teams are eligible for nomination by an employee or by self-nomination.  MCCCD teams may include non-Maricopa individuals.

C R I T E R I A
Please relate all criteria noted below to the MCCCD Vision and Mission,  MCCCD Values and the MCCCD Governing Board Goal Statements.   http://www.maricopa.edu/stratplan/

Q U A L I T Y
It is evident that the innovation increases “quality” in the course, program, office or institution. Value Education

E F F I C I E N C Y
What evidence is there that the innovation contributes to a more efficient way of doing things? Value Responsibility

E F F E C T I V E N E S S
Is there evidence the innovation adds value to the institution while at the same time containing or reducing costs? Value Responsibility

L E A R N I N G
What steps or processes were used to share your innovation to benefit students throughout MCCCD? Value Students

C R E A T I V I T Y
The innovation should be as original as possible or the adaptation should be creative. Value Excellence

T I M E L I N E S S
The innovation is not more than five years old, but must have been in existence long enough to have been tested so that it meets the listed criteria. Value Excellence

C O L LA B O R A T I O N
How does the innovation integrate collaboration, teamwork and cooperation to ensure continuous process improvement efforts on behalf of students throughout MCCD? Value Excellence

R E P L I C A T I O N
The innovation selected can be replicated at other institutions with a minimum of difficulty. Value Excellence

P R O C E S S
The materials listed below must be submitted.

1. Names, titles, college, telephone numbers and a photo of the individual or team members who created the Innovation of the Year submission.

 
2. Title and description of the innovation, not to exceed three pages (all supplementary materials will be considered as part of the three-page description limit).  This is where the criteria are to be addressed.

 
3. An executive summary of the innovation (not to exceed 50 words).  Please submit five printed copies of both the description and the executive summary, as well as one copy of each on a floppy disk in WORD format.

 
4. A recent 5"x7" black and white glossy picture of the creator(s) of the innovation that is suitable for publication or an attached document of the picture at last 150 dpi.

 
5. Cross college collaborations are accepted, however the nomination must be submitted by one agreed upon college/location.

 
6. The Award winner selected from each college will be required to make a 5-10 minute presentation to the Final Selection Committee on March 7, 2002.

 
7. Nominations that were submitted in the past and still meet the criteria may be resubmitted for consideration.

Despite the tremendous loss all at Maricopa experienced with the recent passing of Dr. Pair, we want to continue to honor his memory and the many contributions he made to education and to the Maricopa District.  The Dr. Paul M. Pair Innovation Award in the amount of $2,000 will continue to be presented to further the development of the winning innovation.

Dr. Pair was a lifelong educator and innovator in the field of business and data processing.  He served as the director of The Gregg College (the home of Gregg Shorthand) where he led the way in business education in the 1940’s.  In 1952, he and his wife founded the Pair School of Business in Chicago and in 1957 founded the Automation Institute of Chicago.  Dr. Pair referred to a quote by famous businessperson Dr. Peter Drucker when explaining why innovation is so important:  “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”