RI higher education partnership grants
The higher education portion of Title II, Part A of the the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 provides for competitive grants for professional development activities in the nine core academic subjects (mathematics, science, English, civics and government, foreign languages, arts, geography, history, and economics) to ensure that highly qualified teachers, paraprofessionals, and (if appropriate) principals have subject matter knowledge in the academic subjects they teacher, or in computer-related technology to enhance instruction. Grants are awarded to eligible partnerships.
Eligibility: Eligible partnerships shall include the following:1) the division of a private or state institution of higher education (IHE) that prepares teachers and principals, 2) an IHE's a school of arts and sciences, and 3) a high-need local educational agency (LEA). An eligible partnership also may include another LEA, a public charter school, an elementary school or secondary school (including private schools), an educational service agency, a nonprofit educational organization, another IHE, a school of arts and sciences within that IHE, the division of that IHE that prepares teachers and principals, a nonprofit cultural organization, an entity carrying out a pre-kindergarten program, a teacher organization, a principal organization, or a business.
RFP/Grant Proposal Application for 2007-2010
Improving Teacher Quality
State Grant, August 17, 2006
Higher Education Partnership Grant Awards for 2006-2007
To read last year's RFP/Grant Proposal Application
Curriculum Development with Guided Inquiry-Based Integrated Science
(GIBIS)
High-Need Local Education Agency Partners: Central
Falls School District, Newport School District, Pawtucket School District,
Woonsocket School District
Other Partners: Salve Regina University
Department of Education, Salve Regina University Departments of Biology,
Chemistry, and Mathematical Sciences
Curriculum Development with Guided Inquiry Based Integrated Science addresses the need for a program that assists teachers in curriculum development aligned with Rhode Island’s Proficiency-Based Graduation Requirements (PBGRs). This hands-on, technology-rich program enables teams of teachers to draw upon the expertise of their peers while working to develop activity-based projects that address mathematics and science concepts that their classes are investigating. The program provides teachers with the opportunity to teach activity-based lessons to a class of high school students and witness the conceptual understanding that the students develop. The program also provides participants with useful methods, materials, lessons and activities that they can use in their own classrooms.
For more information, contact Dr. Sandor Kadar (401-341-3125; kadars@salve.edu).
Discovery of Rhode Island Coastal
Environments II
High-Need Local Education Agency Partner: Newport
School District
Other Partners: Middletown School District, Portsmouth
School District, Roger Williams University Department of Education, University
of Rhode Island Office of Marine Programs
The Discovery of Coastal Environments II (DOCE) is an integrated experience in classroom and field-based marine science and technology for elementary teachers. A priority of DOCE is to expand teacher knowledge and understanding of science, technology, and inquiry-based pedagogy in order to implement more fully the state and national science education standards. Pre-service and in-service teachers will collaborate to produce classroom activities that follow the RI Department of Education’s template for science instruction. DOCE assists teachers across the state to implement instruction that targets the Rhode Island grade-span expectations (GSEs). An updated and enhanced DOCE Web site will include an interactive atlas allowing for comparisons of ecosystem parameters and visualizations permitting the visitor to explore RI coastal environments as though they were there, choosing the direction they travel, the flora and fauna they examine, and images they wish to capture.
For more information, contact Christopher Knowlton (401-874-6481; cknowlto@gso.uri.edu)
Content Literacy & Communities of Practice: Creating
and Sustaining Literacy-Rich Cultures in 6-12 Schools
High-Need Local Education Agency Partner: Woonsocket School
District
Other Partners: North Providence School District,
Rhode Island College Feinstein School of Education, Rhode Island College
English Department, Rhode Island Writing Project
Content Literacy & Communities of Practice addresses content literacy and ways to help students approach texts, learn from them, and use them. The project also promotes writing as a means of inquiry and a tool for learning. The project is an intensive professional development experience for teachers at the high school and middle school levels that will build on the Rhode Island Writing Project (RIWP) model to develop sustainable networks of “teachers teaching teachers” in the schools. The project will directly address the goals of the grade-span expectations (GSEs) and operate under the vision that all students must have the opportunities and resources to develop the language skills needed to pursue life’s goals and to participate fully as informed, productive members of society. In addition, the project will address the specific content area standards that speak to fluency within each discipline: the ability to use the language of each discipline to communicate through reading, writing, speaking and listening. Finally, the project will address the range of population needs at the participating schools, including English language learners and students with special needs who participate in “mainstream” classrooms.
For more information, contact Dr. Marjorie Roemer (401-456-8040; marjorieroemer@comcast.net).
Using Modern Tools of Computational Chemistry to Teach High School
Science
High-Need Local Education Agency Partner: Providence
School District
Other Partners: Rhode Island College
Feinstein School of Education, Rhode Island College Physical Science Department
The purpose of this project is to enhance teachers’ and students’ content knowledge by engaging teachers and high-school students in the solution of unique scientific problems. As national science standards indicate, science is a practical endeavor that involves sophisticated and complex ideas and methods, which are best learned through experience – by doing. The project aims at helping chemistry teachers to use modern tools of computational chemistry to solve scientific problems and equipping them to use those tools for discovery experiments in high school classes. An additional goal of this project is to train teachers to mentor students as they work on scientific projects. A third goal is to inspire students, particularly women and underrepresented groups, to pursue an education and career in science by giving them a vision of what can be accomplished through science, exposing them to the excitement of scientific presentations and inquiry, and providing them with direct contact with the scientific community.
For more information, contact Dr. Glennison de Oliveira (401-456-8396; gdeoliveira@ric.edu).
Last updated September 14, 2007
