​SEE has been administering the Academic Integrity PSA contest since the 2014-2015 school year. The contest invites Connecticut high school and college students from public and non-public schools to create a PSA with a student perspective that advocates for the practice of academic integrity.
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Submission Requirements & Eligibility
  • PSA must represent original content (Cannot use copyrighted songs, images, etc., and must include citation for any original music/art)
  • PSAs should be exactly 30 or 60 seconds
  • All content is positive
  • PSAs have been broadcast on the school television network and/or at a large school event/assembly
  • All participants must be in high school or college and sponsored by a faculty member or recognized club
  • Classes are invited to collaborate to submit videos
  • Students and school give SEE all ownership rights to use PSA in any way to advance SEE’s mission
  • All individuals acting in PSA will provide SEE with signed release for use of their image
  • PSA will include within the video an accurate and complete acknowledgement of all participants
  • PSA must illustrate at least two of the following values of Academic Integrity:  Academic Honesty, Ethical Courage, Respect, Trust, Responsibility, Fairness, Integrity
  • Optionally, students may publish their PSA via social media sites and provide link to SEE
  • Registration and PSA Consent and Submission forms are submitted on-line 
  • Submit all PSAs to SEE via Google Drive
  • Maximum of five PSAs per school
Release info: All participants and their school will need to sign a release, allowing SEE to take ownership of PSA.
If under 18, participants will need to have parent approval, allowing SEE to show the video online
Academic Integrity PSA contest winners at the 2015-2016 Celebration.
Benefits of Participation
  • Provides students the opportunity to write, reflect and discuss their values with peers, ​teachers, parents and others
  • Motivates students to produce excellent PSAs
  • Integrates the videography process with effective character education
  • Provides schools a positive opportunity to recognize students’ values
  • Promotes a sense of positive community within the school
  • Prepares students for real-world videography​
  • Advances academic integrity with student voice
Celebration
The creators of the top three PSAs as judged by professional videographers are invited to SEE's annual Character Celebration dinner, which is typically on the first Wednesday in May at banquet facility in New Haven.  Students, two family members, and teachers are invited to participate in the celebration. The winning PSAs are shown at the Celebration.  View pictures from the 2017 Celebration Program.

Endorsements and Support
​SEE's Academic Integrity PSA contest has been approved for implementation in Connecticut schools by Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) and endorsed by the International Center for Academic Integrity.​  SEE is grateful for start up funding for this project from the Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation.

​​​Ethics in action creates character