Sentences with phrase «supporting classroom innovation»

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The award included a $ 500,000 grant, which he has dedicated to the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation to support and promote a culture of innovation; entrepreneurship through course design and redesign; development of unique classroom learning environments that support active learning, team - based learning, and entrepreneurial skill development; lab - and project - based capstone courses; faculty fellowships; and peer - learning initiatives.

Coverage of trends in K - 12 innovation and efforts to put these new ideas and approaches into practice in schools, districts, and classrooms is supported in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York at www.carnegie.org.

The program combined experiential training tools, practices, and project - based learning models to support elementary, middle, and high school teachers in incorporating concepts of making, inventing, and innovation into classroom instruction.

These innovations include virtual courses for students (e.g., Virtual High School and Florida Virtual School); ubiquitous technology programs in which every student and teacher receives a laptop and every school has wireless access (e.g., in every public grade 7 and 8 classroom in Maine); technology used to support inquiry - based learning (e.g., the Missouri - based eMINTS program), and online courses and workshops for preservice and in - service teachers (e.g., the EDC EdTech Leaders Online program).

This volume published by BSCP Center introduces the «productivity infrastructure» the building blocks for an SEA committed to supporting productivity, innovation, and performance — from the state chief to the classroom.

After fifteen years of public school teaching, both in regular education and special education classrooms, Stephanie worked for twelve years as a staff developer for the Denver based Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC), a partnership of leaders from education and business, who support innovation in public schools.

With the support of a $ 1 million grant from the Microsoft Corporation, the Fellowship has served 54 Fellows in the first three cohorts, offering them opportunities to pilot personalized learning models in their schools and fostering classroom innovation in dozens of Washington, D.C. schools.

Educators who participate in these courses learn how to work in cross-functional teams that design, support, and deliver student - centered innovation in their districts, schools, and classrooms.

Particularly, we strongly support the priorities and subpriorities focused on pathways for teachers to lead both in and outside of the classroom and those related to innovation, efficiency, and reducing burden, as we have numerous members who have been leading promising initiatives in those areas.

The Broad Foundation supports efforts to put in place working conditions and innovations that empower teachers and students to succeed in the classroom, that attract and retain top talent into the classroom, and that ensure resources reach the classroom.

This publication explores many of the supports and structures needed to build creativity and innovation into the classroom.