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.
Teachers 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
