Activities

Profiles become "Active" by reporting events. Each program has different reporting requirements:

• Coaches: report at least 50 hours of 1:1 coaching every calendar year

• Innovators: report at least 1 innovator event every 6 months

• Trainers: report at least 10 trainings every calendar year

• GEG Leaders & Organizations: report at least 1 GEG event every 3 months

Note: each program includes a grace period for new profiles. 

active profile - reporting requirements - credits

Certain activities can be reported in bulk using a spreadsheet template:

• click "View Template"

• "Make a Copy" of the template for your own use

• Fill in your events and download the sheet as "Comma-separated values (.csv, current sheet)"

• Upload the sheet and confirm your events by visiting the Activity App's "VIEW ALL MY ACTIVITY" tab

bulk upload - csv template 

Navigate to the "VIEW ALL MY ACTIVITY" tab; each activity will be displayed as a horizontal bar. Click the 3 dots on the right of each activity to either edit, clone, or delete that activity.

edit activity - duplicate activity - remove activity

Complete this form to request your accounts merged.

Only specific activities are credited for each program:

• Trainer program: Trainings

• Coach program: 1:1 Coaching Hours

• Innovator program: (1) "Check-Ins for First Year Innovators and Mentors" and (2) "All Innovator Activities"

• GEG Leaders: Trainings and Meetups

For each program, an activity beyond the above will be counted as an "Extra Activity." While not credited to the specific program, "Extra Activities" give a sense of your overall impact. We encourage you to submit all of your Google-related activity.

extra activity - program credits

The meet-up and training reporting forms include a field: 

• Was this meetup/training connected with a Google Educator Group (GEG)?

Select "Yes" to trigger a drop down for selecting your GEG. Please confirm that the GEG you select “sticks” in the form.

GEG credit - drop down

Innovators can report two categories of activities: 

1. Check-Ins for First-Year Innovators and Mentors: First-year Innovators and their mentors should submit a midpoint check-in 6 months after their Innovation Academy and a final check-in at 12 months.

2. All Innovator Activities: All Innovators should report on all of their relevant Transform, Advocate, or Grow activities at least once per year. Keeping this information as complete and accurate as possible helps us measure the full impact of incredible Innovators around the world. In addition to being very cool, this information makes it easy for Google to continue to grow the program. See details below "How do the 'All Innovator Activities' differ?"

Select "Yes" to trigger a drop down for selecting your GEG. Please confirm that the GEG you select “sticks” in the form.

Your first year as an Innovator is focused on your Innovation project. You should share your progress on your project in two check-ins: at 6 months after your academy and at 12 months after your academy. We know Innovation is a messy process and Innovation projects will be at many different stages of development -- that is okay! We just want to understand where you are and what you have been able to do so far. This helps us understand both the impact of the Innovator program and ways that we can better support. 

Mentors should also check-in at 6 and 12 months to let us know how it's going. We love the stories we hear about mentors and mentees helping each other grow.

All Innovators should report on all of their relevant Transform, Advocate, or Grow activities at least once per year. Keeping this information as complete and accurate as possible helps us measure the full impact of incredible Innovators around the world. In addition to being very cool, this information makes it easy for Google to continue to grow the Certified Innovator program.

• Transform: Innovation Project -- Use this form to share an Innovation Project that is ready to be published in the Innovator Project Directory. You can also use this form to share about an Innovation Project that is still a work in progress. Innovation Projects can be the culmination of your first year project, or a new project you've worked on this year. Projects should be accessible and replicable for other educators and can be small-scale or large-scale in impact. All submissions are eligible to be input in our Transformation Center and you’ll receive an email confirmation once it has been published. You will be able to select whether you would like your project to be featured in the Google for Education Transformation Center.

• Advocate: Outreach Activity -- Use this form to share all the cool ways you advocating for change in education. This can be through keynoting at events, conducting trainings and workshops, advocating on blogs and social media, and many other ways. It has been inspiring to see the broad reach of the Innovator community in leading change in education.

• Grow: Other Activity -- Use this form to share other ways that you have been involved with the Certified Innovator Program. Some examples include being a coach, being a mentor, attending an energizer, participating in Project Culture Shift, scoring applications and more. Innovators benefit so much from the incredible group of participants giving back to the community and supporting each other.