School Global Award Initiative of Gifted Education

The school winning the award will receive 25000 US Dollars, a certificate, a trophy, a round trip flight in the economy class and accommodations to attend the honoring ceremony. The school principal or a representative will only be invited to attend the honoring ceremony.

The value of the award will be granted to the school represented by the school principal who may allocate 30% of the total amount for the future development of the project or program, and the rest 70% may be equally distributed among all team members. The award amount is transferred after the award ceremony.

The launch of the School Global Award Initiative of Talented Education by Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Medical and Educational Sciences represented by the World Giftedness Center is one of its unique initiatives to support best practices and outstanding efforts in gifted education, talent development, and related areas. The main goal of the award is to stimulate global efforts to advance gifted education in schools and provide dynamic support for the community of gifted and talented learners. The award is mainly intended for outstanding school’s project or program. Public and private schools from K 1 to pre-university and accredited programs/departments within recognized higher education institutions that have made eminent contributions serving the community of gifted and talented students may apply for this award

The award is also offered to accredited programs/departments within recognized higher education institutions that work collaboratively with schools to serve, and support gifted and talented students. This award primarily aims to encourage outstanding school or higher education institution’s initiatives and/or best practices (projects or programs) to provide rewarding education to gifted and talented students from K 1 through pre-university worldwide.

This international award is intended for all public and private schools from K 1 through pre-university that have been developing and implementing exceptional projects or programs to serve gifted and talented students and contribute to the advancement of gifted education in general. A team from a school such as teachers, counselors and principals who participate in serving and supporting talented and gifted students may apply for the award on behalf of the school. A team leader can be the school principal or a senior team member who is familiar with the project or program that the school is planning to submit for the award consideration.

The award is also offered to accredited programs/departments within recognized higher education institutions that work collaboratively with schools to serve, and support gifted and talented students. A Program/Department Chair or a representative team may apply for the award on behalf of the institution. A team leader can be the Program/Department Chair or a senior faculty member who is familiar with the project.

Submitted work will be evaluated based on the quality and impact of the contributions, as well as the professional responsibilities and ethical commitments of the school towards giftedness. The team representing the school or program/department should provide concrete evidence to support the contributions of the project or program. Describing and explaining what the project or program contributions are will not suffice and will not be fully considered in the selection process without providing clear and convincing proof for all claimed activities and practices. The evaluation committee reserves the right to request further documentation from the team representing the school or program/department at any stage of the evaluation process.

The description of the project may include the following essential points.

• Project rationale (25 points)
• Project Quality (25 points)
• Project impact (35 points)
• Professional responsibilities and ethical commitments towards giftedness (10 points)
• Problems faced and project future-planning (10 points)

All eligible applications received by the stated deadline will be reviewed by an international jury who are chosen for their prominent level of knowledge and experience in gifted education, talent development, or related areas.

For any further inquiries, kindly send an email to: (wgc.awards@ha.ae) or phone us on (+971 4 501 3387).