MoRE Campaign

The goal is to foster digital literacy and encourage the integration of technology in learning.

Is your school fostering digital literacy and encouraging the integration of technology in learning?

• Update required school data for teachers and students regularly on BEMIS.
• Log and report on the percentage of students being trained on online safety cybersecurity and/or cyberbullying (e.g. cybersecurity course by Ministry of E-Governance or other recognized entity)
• Sign on to and participate in a program dedicated to STEAM (eg. GLOBE, or plugged/unplugged activities highlighting robotics, coding, engineering, science, art, and math)
• Demonstrate how teachers have successfully integrated technology in learning activities. (e.g. Kahoot and Jeopardy for in-class studying; digital textbooks; multimedia resources- YouTube videos, interactive PowerPoint or presentation slides; digital assessments- Google quizzes, etc.) – Use at least two (2) examples
• Demonstrate how the school admin has integrated technology into the management of teaching and learning activities (e.g. introduction of learning management systems, such as Moodle, Google Classroom, Edmodo, Blackboard, etc.). Use at least one (1) example.
• Showcase the use of adaptive learning or personalized learning tools (digital learning) to support individualized learning for students. Use at least one (1) example.
• Illustrate how the school is successfully communicating in the digital environment (i.e., share information, resources and tools to interact with parents and the wider school community). Use at least one (1) example. (i.e. use of UNICEF’s UReport by high school students)
• Contribute a video lesson to 501 Academy – teachers and students can collaborate (submission does not guarantee upload, but schools will be recognized in the final video).

The goal is to create a culture of acceptance and support for all students.

Is your school creating a culture of acceptance and support for all students?

• Implement a mentorship program where students without disabilities support peers with special needs, promoting inclusivity and empathy.
• Launch awareness campaigns and events to foster community support for inclusion (e.g. special education weeks, inclusive sports events, anti-bullying campaigns).
• Allocate time for teachers to collaborate, share inclusive teaching strategies, and exchange knowledge gained from workshops and training, fostering continuous learning.
• Encourage students to lead inclusion efforts, such as organizing awareness campaigns or creating student groups dedicated to inclusivity.
• Expand mental health initiatives by offering mindfulness programs, counseling, and peer support groups.
• Establish sensory-friendly spaces by creating quiet zones for neurodivergent students or those needing a break.
• Organize inclusive sports programs and activities, ensuring all students, including those with disabilities, have equal participation opportunities.
• Plan inclusive field trips and extracurricular activities that provide equal opportunities for students with special needs.
• Train students to become “Inclusion Ambassadors” to promote inclusivity and serve as role models.           

The goal is to promote healthy behaviors at school to encourage nutritious and active lifestyles for students and school staff.

Is your school promoting healthy behaviors at school to encourage nutritious and active lifestyles for students and school staff?

• Ensure that free drinking water is available in 100% of classrooms.
• Establish a water cooler with free water available in eating areas or cafeteria. 
• Reduce the sale of sugar sweetened beverages on campus by three days each week.
• Provide daily fruit or other healthy snack options (nuts, popcorn, sliced veggies, etc) for purchase on campus.
• Host a school fundraiser that does NOT involve the sale of unhealthy foods or sugar sweetened beverages.   
• Host a school party or event (e.g. Children’s Day, Christmas Party, Valentine’s fair) where only healthy snack and drink options are available.
• Appoint a teacher or student leader to conduct regularly scheduled short movement activities during morning and afternoon break to encourage participation of all students (e.g. stretches, short sports games, brief exercises, etc).
• Offer regular before or after school sessions of non traditional exercise, such as yoga, meditation, or deep breathing exercises.
• Implement an active school garden with student participation.

The goal is to build students’ pride in their schools through school engagement and community service activities.

Is your school engaging students with the wider community?

• Improve teacher attendance OR punctuality by 5-10%. Track monthly data in order to submit.
• Highlight admin/principals who engage in continuing professional development related to their field, comparing data from the previous and current school years.
• Submit a School pride video— What would you like others to know about your school? What is your school culture and identity? What is your narrative/ history? How do you stand out? What is your niche? How do you encourage enrollment?
• Implement positive – not punitive – systems promoting school beautification to improve physical environment and facilities (eg. recycling clubs, poster campaigns, cleaning days, adding more trash cans).
• Foster learning transfer activities, measured by participation numbers and percentages (eg. After school clubs such as cooking, reading, barbering, crafting, entrepreneurship clubs).
• Create and support student community service programs by assisting primary schools/ NGOs. (eg. reading programs, homework help, volunteering at an NGO).
• Establish an active mentorship program with community leaders and businesses to encourage and support – especially male figures.
• Implement restorative programs led by counselors towards the end goal of reducing both infractions and suspensions.
• Participate in themed activities (wacky hair day, silly socks day, anything but a bag day) to create a vibrant and connected school

The goal is to recognize teachers for utilizing new teaching strategies to develop each of the seven core competencies and implementing competencies-based teaching approaches.

Is your school using novel teaching strategies to develop the seven core competencies?

• Demonstrate how the school fosters one or more of the following competencies in creative and innovative ways (possibly using ‘Cross Curricular Learning Area’ time). Use at least two (2) examples.

1. 1. Multicultural appreciation
   2. Collaboration
   3. Digital literacy
   4. Emotional intelligence and effective communication skills
   5. Critical and innovative/inventive thinking
   6. Appreciation of the sacred nature of the human person and character development
   7. Understanding of and advocacy for sustainable human development

• Showcase competency-based teaching approaches in action (e.g. project-based learning, problem-based learning, differentiated instruction, inquiry-based learning, collaborative learning; individualized instruction, etc.). Use at least two (2) examples.