Bareec Awards
Bareec Awards Ceremony is held annually to announce Bareec Awards
- “Bareec” Scholarship is a grant given to best performing “Bareec” teachers to attend an intensive training course in the field of educational positive psychology applications held by the prestigious Berkeley University in the United States of America.
- “Bareec” Scholarship is for the faculty participating in “Bareec” program.
- Through field visits, outstanding educational competencies are monitored in terms of performance and impact in changing students’ behavior and spreading the culture of positive thinking in the school community.
- When “Bareec” supervision and follow-up team finishes field visits towards the end of the school year, “Bareec” program management calls for a meeting to discuss the names of the candidates for “Bareec” scholarship.
- “Bareec” program administration will hold personal interviews for the scholarship candidates to select a number of them, provided they are fluent in the English language.
- “Bareec” announces the condition of English language fluency for obtaining “Bareec” scholarship on the first day of the local training course held by “Bareec” program at the beginning of each academic year; so that all teachers are fully aware of this condition, since English is the official language of the training course grant.
- The number of “Bareec” Scholarship winners for each academic year ranges from 10 to 15 teachers, according to seats available by Berkeley University.
- “Bareec” Scholarship winners’ names shall be submitted to the Chair of “Bareec” Executive Board for endorsement. The Chair then submits the list of the scholars to the Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Development and Activities in the Ministry of Education for approval. The approved list is transferred to the competent authority in the ministry; the Assistant Undersecretary for Financial Affairs and the Assistant Undersecretary for Planning and Administrative Development to take the necessary actions.
- “Bareec” Award is honored to distinguished schools in applying “Bareec” interventions and achieving the goals by spreading positive thinking culture and achieving the required social emotional behavioral change in the school environment. School administrations via Bareec teams should submit certified qualitative and quantitative documentations as a proof of improvement.
- The award consists of:“Bareec” Trophy, Certificate of attaining “Bareec” Award and a cash prize of (KD 1000) one thousand dinars, deposited in the school bank account.
- At the beginning of each academic year, “Bareec” program administration distributes a brochure that consists of the criteria for winning “Bareec” Award to all schools taking part in the program.
- More than one school can win the award during the academic year any participating school may win “Bareec” Award as long as they fulfill the required criteria.
- It is permissible for the school to repeat winning “Bareec” Award as long as it meets the required criteria.
- Every school scores 90% and above in the award criteria cuts wins the award.
- After each field visit to the school by “Bareec” supervision and follow-up team, as mentioned in Article VIII in Bareec By-Law, the team members take their notes in the award criteria form.
- Upon completion of the implementation of “Bareec” activities in the second semester, the field visits of “Bareec” supervision and follow-up team will almost end.
- “Bareec” program administration calls the supervision and follow-up team for a meeting to discuss the schools’ accomplishments according to the criteria of “Bareec” Award. All committee members’ opinions are discoursed; scores and averages are calculated for each criterion.
- A list of schools whose final scores are equivalent to 90% and above is prepared.
- “Bareec” Award winning schools’ names shall be submitted to the Chair of “Bareec” Executive Board for endorsement. The Chair then submits the list of the winning schools to the Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Development and Activities in the Ministry of Education for approval. The approved list of “Bareec” Award winners is transferred to the Assistant Undersecretary for Financial Affairs, competent authority in the ministry to take the necessary actions.
- “Bareec” App automatically detects the Top 10 Students / Players.
- By the end of “Bareec” activities, towards the end of the academic year, “Bareec” follow-up and supervision committee meets with the App administrator to assess the students’ posts.
- The committee looks over all the students’ posts, then contacts their teachers to delete all posts unrelated to the program’s activities.
- After deleting unrelated posts, a new automated list appears (top 10 app players). Reviews and deletions processes are repeated until the final list of winners is settled.
- The names of the top 10 users/players in “Bareec” App are submitted to The Chair of “Bareec” Executive Board for endorsement. The Chair then submits the list of the Top 10 Players to the Assistant Undersecretary in the Ministry of Education for Educational Development and Activities for approval. The approved list is transferred to the competent authority in the ministry, the Assistant Undersecretary for Financial Affairs to take the necessary action.
- The value for “Bareec” Smartphone Application Award is:Top ranking to the fifth place: (KD 250) two hundred and fifty dinars.The sixth place to the tenth: (KD 200) two hundred dinars.
- “Bareec” program holds a ceremony every academic year in which “Bareec” Awards at various motivational levels are announced.
- “Bareec” Awards are:
a. “Bareec” Award for outstanding schools in implementing “Bareec” Program and achieving its goals.
b. “Bareec” Scholarship for distinguished “Bareec” teachers in implementing “Bareec” program and disseminating its culture.
c. “Bareec” Award for the top 10 students/players of “Bareec” smartphone application.