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Refined Vision:  What do you think?                                                             

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Refined Vision:  What do you think?                                                             

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1. "What would you like to get in place to improve learning opportunities within your system?"

2. Who are you? If you’re applying as an individual or group of educators, briefly describe your professional history and credentials. If you’re applying as a district, union, or state entity, describe your organization’s mission, staff, and work.

3. Why is this project important? What will the work done with this grant funding accomplish? What are your project goals? Will the work be replicable in other sites? Who will benefit?

4. Who might fund this project? What type of organization might be interested in investing in your project? How do the organization’s funding priorities align with yours?

5. What changes do you expect to see from this work? What are your desired outcomes? If you don’t reach your goals, how will you adjust?

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1. "What would you like to get in place to improve learning opportunities within your system?"

As an ELA teacher, I would like to find a grant funding to expand literacy programs, purchase equipment, and technology to support literacy. This could include purchasing books and materials for any literacy programs within the district.

2. Who are you?

We would apply as a group of educators (ELA teachers and librarians) within the district. We could provide data insight into the deficiencies within our district. Our mission would be to acquire books and technology means to assist in increasing reading proficiency level scores.

3. Why is this project important?

This grant funding would allow teachers to acquire certain technology that could aide and assist our own teaching as well as our students learning as they progress through different literacy foundation levels. This could cover contents across grammar, reading and even writing.

4. Who might fund this project?

We would look specifically at literacy grants that incorporate technology. Some I have researched include: Dollar General Youth Literacy Grant, Dollar General Summer Reading Grant, AASL Innovative Reading Grant, and Snapdragon Book Foundation just to name a few. We would consider applying to multiple grants at once with the same interest and goal in mind.

5. What changes do you expect to see from this work?

We would hope to see an increase and individual and grade group reading proficiency levels. We would also like to have teachers more involved and incorporating technology as it is a great part of our student's futures. If our goals are not reached, we would continue to research and discover new and innovative ways to keep our students interested in reading. This may include looking at other grants. We could also consider getting other content areas involved and building a more cross-curricular content revolving around literacy.

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1. "What would you like to get in place to improve learning opportunities within your system?"

It is crucial to stay up with technology as this helps students’ overall learning and ability to reach their goals. In the STEM world, it can be helpful to have VR technology to help students visualize the lessons that you are going over. VR can help improve learning opportunities by allowing multiple means of representation and various means of engagement for students in the classroom. Allowing this technology into the system can allow students to work with technology that they might need to know in the future, whether that be healthcare or architecture.

2. Who are you? If you’re applying as an individual or group of educators, briefly describe your professional history and credentials. If you’re applying as a district, union, or state entity, describe your organization’s mission, staff, and work.

We are applying as individuals with my credentials being a bachelor’s in 4-8 Education with a minor in Mathematics, with a master’s in STEM Education. I have observed and taught multiple schools around the Wilkes-Barre area and have an extensive history with working with students whether that be one on one or in a group. I have tutored students in all age groups and have been a camp counselor for six years.

3. Why is this project important? What will the work done with this grant funding accomplish? What are your project goals? Will the work be replicable in other sites? Who will benefit?

The grant will provide new technology to be properly implemented in STEM classrooms. It will allow teachers to learn the technology and how to engage students in class. The goals from this grant are to have higher student engagement and allow a different way of differentiation for students who may be struggling in the class. The work will first be observed and tested in one site before it is replicated in other sites. This way, we can test the new technology to see if it works properly in the classroom. This will benefit both the students and teachers as it allows both to engage together in interactive lessons led by the teacher.

4. Who might fund this project? What type of organization might be interested in investing in your project? How do the organization’s funding priorities align with yours?

We would be looking for grants that help support technological advancements in STEM and that foundation would be asmfoudnation, Smartlab Learning, NextWaveSTEM, and PLTW. These foundations would be considered when applying for the grant. Applying to multiple grants would help with increasing technological advancement into the classroom.

5. What changes do you expect to see from this work? What are your desired outcomes? If you don’t reach your goals, how will you adjust?

The desired outcomes from this grant are to implement technology that will help improve student engagement and learning opportunities while they are in the classroom. Bringing a new way of differentiation that allows students from all backgrounds to understand the material and stay with the lesson. If the goals are not met, teachers will have additional training on student engagement and how to properly use VR in the classroom. Teachers will also be observing the classroom to see what issues or concerns they can bring up to help improve lessons in the future.

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What would you like to get in place to improve learning opportunities within your system?

I want an EDRACK!!! As the STEAM program coordinator and science teacher, this would be amazing for my entire building! I would like to find a grant that would fund this amazing piece of technology.

EdRack is an educational hydroponic system that brings interactive STEM learning into classrooms, offering hands-on experiences, NGSS alignment, career readiness, and customizable labs to inspire the next generation of innovators.

Who are you?

I would apply on behalf of the school and as the STEAM program coordinator.

Why is this project important?

If grant funding were obtained for this particular item, it could be used by numerous classes to assist teachers in offering hands-on experiences, career readiness, as well as aligning to many of the new STEEL standards in both environmental sustainability and technology and engineering.

Who might fund this project?

Finding entities/companies/programs that are offering grants to K-8 schools for STEM equipment.

What changes do you expect to see from this work?

I truly feel that a piece of equipment such as the EDRack could bring changes not only to the science department, but could also be an opportunity to engage students on a different level. Seeing how things that we eat every day can grow hydroponically would be fantastic for our students on all levels. The teamwork, collaboration, and troubleshooting that could go along with an item like this would be incredible.

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1. 3D PRINTERS

2. Ken Bryden - Learning Support K-1 - A part of the STEM team at PASD primary center. Our team does not have any equipment at our school so this would be highly beneficial and hands on.

3. Increase student participation in STEM. Create a different style of learning. Advance our mathematics and science class as well as incorporate engineering and technology.

4. Teacher grants and or STEM related grants.

5. Investing in 3D printers will provide our students with transformative learning experiences that prepare them for future academic and career success. With support, PASD  will become a hub for innovation, creativity, and 21st-century learning.

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1. would like to improve learning opportunities for students in science classes to add hands on components to our science learning. Modern students spend so much time on screens and using technology that they often do not get to engage in phenomena in the real world. I would like grant funding to create a plant science maker space to allow students to discover various biological phenomena. I would need mini greenhouses, grow lights, seeds, various soils and fertilizers.

2. I am a science teacher and in my first year of teaching! I am applying on the behalf of my Biology content area.

3. This project is important because it would allow students to take some time to think for themselves and connect to the natural world. The goal is to produce young adults able to produce and conduct their own unique studies. All science students in my district would benefit.

4. This might be funded by the USDA as they have a vested interest in increasing student understanding of agriculture.

5. The changes that I anticipate are an increase in student interest, engagement, and understanding of material.

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1. I would like to develop a hands-on space where students can explore math concepts through building, coding, puzzles, and games.

2. We are applying as a group of teachers in the STEM departments at Pittston Area.

3. Our goals are to spread STEM awareness to more students in the district. Another goal is to be able to create a separate STEM school, like some districts in our area do.

4. An organization that might be interested in funding this is the NCTM’s Mathematics Education Trust. This organization supports the improvement of mathematics teaching and learning.

5. The change I would expect to see is an increase in student interest in STEM. There will be more students wanting to take STEM courses/clubs offered by the school.

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1. "What would you like to get in place to improve learning opportunities within your system?

As a second-grade teacher I would like to have a Makerspace in the back of my classroom. I believe this would be wonderful for all the teachers in the Primary Center. It would consist of storage and basic supplies that aren't that expensive (i.e., craft sticks, paperclips, copy paper, cardboard, rubberbands, seeds, plastic bags, etc.)

2. Who are you?

We would apply as a group of educators. There are at least 2 teachers other than me, that have a STEM endorsement. We have a dedicated STEM room; however, I believe if supplies are available in individual rooms, it would mean more frequent opportunities for STEM learning. It would also give the students that complete their work early an opportunity to create and learn.

3. Why is this project important?

I believe it is important to start students in STEM learning as early and as frequently as possible. Right now, I feel like we don't provide enough STEM learning.

4. Who might fund this project?

I would look for companies like PAWC, PPL, and UGI that have assisted us with STEM programs before, as well as others that are found in the grant websites that you have provided to us. My sister is a designer so I will also ask her if she knows of any companies that offer grants for STEM education. Engineering is a big part of building and redesigning, and these companies will need STEM educated employees in the years ahead.

5. What changes do you expect to see from this work?

I expect to see an expansion of STEM learning in our Primary Center because the supplies would be readily available in the classroom. I believe that if I don't reach my goals, I will keep looking for more grants and keep applying. I will also ask the other teachers that I work with to network with me to find grants and to assist me to apply for grants. This would help us to incorporate more STEM into our lessons.

All students would benefit from this grant because they would be exposed to STEM at an young age.