Peak Academy Application

Subject: Peak Academy Application Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:08 am

» Organisation Name: Peak Academy
» Aims: To provide a higher education to pokemon who want to hone their skills.
» Base Location: The Small Pond

» Organisation Head: Lennox the Venipede
» Link to bio of head: https://pmd-roleplay.forumotion.org/t4116-lennox-the-venipede
» Second-In-Command: No one yet
» Link to bio of second: nada

» Does your organisation need a separate board?: Yes plese :)
» Justification: It's a school gotta have a schoolhouse.
» Other needs: A budget (to be applied for later).
» Board Name: Peak Academy
» Board Description: The central school grounds for Peak Academy. The most obvious landmarks are the open-air pavilions which serve as classrooms and the administration building, which is constructed out of stone. There are several large plots of land which are used for sparring and sports. Resource bins containing teaching implements are scattered throughout the campus.

» Rules of your organisation:
The school asks that all school topics be marked with the appropriate tag ([*Major* Class] or [Club Meeting]) in front of the title.
Only 20 merit points (1000 poke) can be redeemed per month.
After a class or club meeting has reached one full page, it can no longer be joined by other members.
Both Teachers and Students are limited to 2 majors (teachers may only teach 2 and students may only learn 2).
A student may only lead 1 club.
Teachers may not be club leaders. (they are welcome to join clubs, however)
Teachers and Club Leaders must apply for their positions (an application form will be provided)
Club meetings must confirm at least one attendee in their application for the event to be approved.
Do not be tardy.
Do not cut class. (If you do not finish a class, you will not receive your merit points.)
NO OUTLAWS ;) (only enforced if the outlaw is caught)

» Extensive Description of Organisation:
MISSION STATEMENT
Peak Academy is a place for Pokémon to learn and to share their skills with their peers. It is an educational community that believes everyone has something useful to share. They are invited to do this by either assuming the roll of a teacher or a student and teaching/attending lessons, respectively. Additionally, particularly driven students are welcome to take a leadership position by forming and running a club. Students and teachers of Peak Academy are welcome to hold positions in the guild or other IO’s, as the skills that the members gain from these affiliations are considered highly valuable.

MERIT POINT SYSTEM
Members of Peak Academy can receive item rewards and funds from the school though the accumulation of merit points. Merit points are awarded for attending classes, attending club meetings, and even just through loyalty or hard work. The standard class is with worth 5-8 merit points and the standard club meeting is worth 4-6 (depending on the difficulty of the goal that the class or meeting is setting out to achieve). 1-3 merit points would be the reasonable range for bonus merit point awards. A member giving out unreasonable bonuses may be stripped of their position. 1 merit point is equivalent to 50 poke. Members can either exchange their merit points for straight cash, or they can save up and exchange them for an item off of a rewards list that is accessible to them, to the tune of 1000 poke per real-time month (totaling both cash and item values together). A member's rewards list will be determined by their chosen majors (this includes both teachers and students). Upon reaching 100 cumulative merit points between their two majors, a member (student or teacher) will become "Alumni" and will be considered graduated. These students can still take or host classes within the school. They will have the added privileges of requesting to join classes outside their two base majors and will receive priority consideration for the titles of teacher, club leader, and headmaster. Alumni teachers gain the ability to join classes as well. Merit point totals for all members will be tracked in the main ledger thread.

CLASSES
Classes function similarly to guild missions. Classes are affiliated with a specific topic called a major, and can be joined by any student who has claimed the major associated with the desired class. A class can take place on school grounds or in a dungeon. To begin, a teacher will submit a "curriculum" (template to be provided) to the headmaster, which outlines what the teacher wishes to teach through the class and a goal that reasonably relates to the class materials.
Examples:
Cooking Class - I want to teach my students how to bake a pastry. Our goal will be to collectively roll 6 Oran Berries [in a dungeon] to bake with.
Hiking Class - I want to train my students to increase their stamina. Our goal will be to roleplay at least 3 complete pages.
Crafting Class - I want to teach my students to create [x]. Our goal will be to use [item] 3 times each in our thread.
For "RP" based goals (i.e. finding a specific pokemon and talking to them or helping them, putting on a public performance, ect.), the headmaster asks that teachers include a minimum 2 page rp goal to go along with the rp goal, so that there is a tangible goal that success can be judged on. Once the curriculum has been approved by the headmaster, the teacher can open it to the students by posting it in the class signups thread. Students can sign up by quoting an open class that they are interested in in the thread. At least one student has to sign up for a class before it can begin. Once the students are assembled, the teacher creates a topic and the class works on achieving their goal. Once the goal has been achieved, merit points will be assigned to all of the participants. The class thread itself does not have to be closed for merit points to be assigned as long as the goal has been met, however the headmaster kindly recommends that the topic end fairly soon after the goal has been met for record keeping purposes. Once complete, the class thread will be locked and the class will become "completed" instead of closed. Performing exceptional feats, attending classes frequently, ect. will net a member the consideration of their teacher for extra merit points. All classes will be recorded in the first post of the sign-up topic along with their reward, their participants, and their status (Open, Closed, or Completed). If a member wants to keep a specific record of the classes they took, the headmaster asks that they do so individually in their character records.

CLUBS
If a student wishes to flex their leadership muscles, they may organize a club for other students to participate in. The topic of the club may be anything the student desires. The student must apply (application will be provided) with the headmaster to become a club leader, and then they may begin organizing meetings that correspond with their chosen topic. Club leaders submit "agendas" (template will be provided) to the headmaster via an application thread in the same way that teachers submit their curriculums, which should include the same information that a curriculum would contain (meeting topic and goal). After the agenda gets headmaster approval, the club meeting process proceeds as the class process does. Clubs will have a separate signup thread, but the function remains the same. Clubs do not necessarily have dedicated members outside their leader, and as such students may attend any club event they find interesting. Like classes, all club meetings will be recorded in the first post of the sign-up topic along with their reward, their participants, and their status (Open, Closed, or Completed). If a member wants to keep a specific record of the classes they took, the headmaster asks that they do so individually in their character records.

ROLES (in order of hierarchy)
Headmaster - The leader of the school. They are responsible for overseeing and approving the curriculums of the teachers and the agendas of the club leaders. The headmaster also determines how many merit points the teachers and club leaders will receive for completing their classes/meetings, and may award a particularly favorable teacher or club leader with bonus merit points. The headmaster also takes care of the school’s ledger thread.

Teacher - A teacher organizes and leads classes for students to attend. Teachers are responsible for creating the plan and topic for their classes, as well as seeing them through to completion. They must ensure that the goal of their class has been effectively met, and look out for any suspicious activity that must be addressed by the headmaster. Teachers may award a reasonable amount of bonus merit points to students in their classes if the students do something to earn it. Teachers sign up for their positions within a special thread in the Peak Academy Board.

Club Leader - Club leaders organize and host meetings for their club topic. They serve similar functions to the teacher, however they cannot grant bonus merit points to teachers. Club leaders sign up for their positions within a special thread in the Peak Academy Board.

Student - Basic attendance level. Students do not require an RP sample or character levels and sign up normally in the Peak Academy IO thread.

APPLICATION EXAMPLE

Student
» Character Name/Species:
» Majors:
» Why does your character want to study these topics?:
» Other:

Teacher/Club Leader
» Character Name/Species:
» Teacher or Club Leader:
» Majors/Topic:
» Why does your character want to teach/lead this?:

» Please provide a short roleplay example of your character leading an activity:

» If you are suggesting a new major, what kinds of rewards do you think are appropriate?:
» Levels of Existing Characters:
» Other:

Subject: Re: Peak Academy Application Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:51 am

Approved by @Solilo
After long arduous hours of checking and praying to the nitpick gods, I declare this app approved.

Well, that was certainly something. Anywho, i'll make the Peak Academy board in the small pond and create a moderator group so you have the permissions to sticky and mod the board. Be sure to let me know when you select any deputies/second-in-commands so I can also add them to the mod group!

You can post your IO signup thread in this board but be sure to read over the rules and guidelines for what the signup thread should include before you post it.

You can apply for your IO's budget in this thread but it's up to you if you want to wait until you have a few members signed up before you do so in order to gain more than just the default 1k.

Don't forget to write up a short version of your IO's entry requirements and a short description/summary of your IO and send them to an administrator so they can be added to the IO list found in the rules board. You may also select a colour to be used to represent your IO in that list if you wish to as well.

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