WakeEd Partnership, in collaboration with Wake County Public School System, has awarded just over $50,000 in Teacher Innovation Grants to WCPSS teachers for the 2016-17 school year.

WakeEd Teacher Innovation GrantsTeachers could apply for up to $1,000 individually or $3,000 for a team to spend or materials and resources in the Arts, STEM, Entrepreneurship, Literacy, and Exceptional Children With Autism.

Teachers and instructional assistants started the application process in February and submitted their applications in late spring. They were notified of their awards in June, just as school was letting out for the summer. Teacher Innovation Grant winners are honored annually at the WakeEd Partnership Stars of Education Gala.

The Arts 

Sound Garden

Michael Sharpe
Morrsville Elementary

Entrepreneurship 

Innovation and Entrepreneurship for All: Bringing Their Visions to Life

Linnea Gibson
Conn Active Learning and Technology Magnet Elementary

Entrepreneurship: Digital Portfolios

Christopher Zirkle
Fuquay-Varina Middle

Literacy 

Reaching Reading Goals Online

Valerie LaVersa
East Wake Middle

Learning English with Imagine Learning 

Henrietta Vazquez
East Wake Middle

iCan Collaborate, Create, Think Critically, and Communicate in Kindergarten

Cullen Pitler
Hunter Elementary

Cultural Recipe Book

Elizabeth Propp
Lincoln Heights Elementary

Comprehension for Literacy

Erin Goldsmith
Oak Grove Elementary


Exceptional Children With Autism 

Sensory Breaks

Michelle Moore
Fuquay-Varina Middle

Unique Apparel

Suzy McCabe
Heritage High

Weather and Me

Elizabeth Propp
Lincoln Heights Elementary


STEM

Cool Chemistry: Exploring Matter Under Extreme Conditions

Nancy Cattrell
Apex Friendship High School
Tara Wojciechowski, Collaborator
Wake Forest High

A Natural Disaster or a Disaster in Engineering?

Erin Lawrence
Apex Friendship High

Butterflies and Bugs

Heidi Bledsoe
Douglas Elementary

Lights! Camera! Action!

Deanna Harris
East Cary Middle

Making Math Meaningful

Katherine Sokolwoski
East Garner Middle

Creating A Mobile Sound Garden

Tricia Seymour
Green Leadership and World Languages Magnet Elementary

Save Our Estuaries

Tricia Seymour
Green Leadership and World Languages Magnet Elementary

The PBL Adventure 2.0

Kim Davis
Heritage Elementary

Global Peas in a PODCast

Cassandra Mannes
Knightdale High

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