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2011-2012 Academic Year Grants

The Guilford Fund for Education approved the following grant applications in 2011-2012.

iTeach

Second grade Leete teacher Jennifer Kennedy was awarded a grant to assess iPad applications for their effectiveness for teaching elementary school science. Apps will be chosen based on the common core standards and GPS curricula for each grade level and subject area. The apps will then be reviewed by both educators and student using a rubric developed for this purpose. The goal is to identify at least 25 apps that build schema, lead to “minds on” learning, and motivate students to engage in “free voluntary reading.”

The E-Reader Classroom

Cara Mulqueen-Teasdale, GHS, was awarded a grant to introduce the E-Reader (The Kindle) as a more viable, affordable, effective, interactive and environmentally sound method for the study of literature. Through the use of the Kindle, the teacher will be able to support the Principles of Learning – in particular, Academic Rigor, Socializing of Intelligence and Accountable Talk. The user-friendly Kindle's capacity to aid individual and collaborative student note-taking; provide vocabulary support; and assist student readers with its variable font and audio book features make it an ideal tool to emphasize and develop the habits of mind for Critical Reading Strategies.

Mystic Aquarium Endangered Ecosystems

This grant funds a pilot project that brings the Mystic Aquarium Endangered Ecosystems traveling science class to Guilford High School. The goal of the program is to afford students an opportunity to investigate endangered ecosystems through hands-on experiments, and to teach them how to “think like scientists.” Sarah Sandora - Guilford High School

Learning through Dance

The learning through Dance grant proposes integrating dance and movement into the second grade math curriculum to increase the academic and cognitive development of the students through an innovative, creative, non-traditional approach. This innovative program will reach sixty-two 2nd grade students at Calvin Leete Elementary School. Joyce DiLaura and Diana Harris - Starship Dance Theater

Peer Mentoring

The Peer Mentoring Grant for the Women and Family Life Center funds a pilot peer-mentoring program for boys. The goal of this project is to help both the high school and middle school boys gain leadership and communication skills, build self esteem, and learn about the importance of caring for self, others and their community. The long-term goal of this project is to create an ongoing peer-mentoring program that includes boys from 5th-12th grades to provide positive role models for young boys and to instill the skills needed for boys to engage in positive ways with their peers, their school, and their broader community.

Learning Studio Research Project

The Learning Studio Research Project will take one classroom at Guilford High School and transform its physical space and the way the teachers use the space to enhance the way they practice the science and art of teaching. The transformed learning space will be the impetus for further learning - moving the OEclassroom of the future‚ from a theory conversation to a living experience, and engaging faculty in new thinking about ways to enhance their pedagogy.