In this video, WW Georgia Teaching Fellows share the results of their 2016-2017 WW + Goizueta Microgrant Projects. In 2015 the Goizueta Foundation made a three-year, $910,000 grant to provide professional enrichment for WW Georgia Teaching Fellows working in the metro Atlanta area. The funding aims to benefit not only the Fellows, but also the […]
WW Georgia Teaching Fellows who received WW-Goizueta enrichment microgrants for the 2016–2017 school year presented their projects to their peers in May. The symposium included poster presentations from each of the microgrant recipients, a keynote address from a local high school science administrator, and a panel discussion. This year’s grants allowed Fellows to purchase supplies […]
WW Georgia Teaching Fellow Leslie Dunham loved the research aspect of earning her Ph.D. in neuroscience. But her true passion emerged when she was teaching. Now, after completing her master’s in education at Piedmont College through the WW Teaching Fellowship in 2016, Dr. Dunham is getting to shape her high school student’s view on science. […]
In 2015 the Goizueta Foundation of Atlanta made a three-year, $910,000 grant to provide professional enrichment for WW Georgia Teaching Fellows working in the metro Atlanta area. Grant recipients can choose to attend or present at conferences, buy teaching materials for their classrooms, or complete community-based service learning projects. The funding aims to benefit not […]
During his first year of teaching physics, Matt Oney TF ’12, whose background was in biology and life science, had a lightbulb moment while watching the TV show MythBusters. “I need to get my kids to start thinking in the way the MythBusters are thinking,” he said. This epiphany led to the development of a […]
In preparing teachers, there’s nothing like real-world classroom experience… is there? In reimagining how teachers are taught, the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning is thoughtfully exploring simulated classrooms, and even virtual reality, as lower-stakes environments for future teachers to hone their skills. While these tools are promising, as WW Executive VP/COO Stephanie Hill […]
In an attempt to make a math lesson stick for his high schoolers, WW Georgia Teaching Fellow Marcus Stevens came up with a hands-on way for students to experience graphing. With a life-sized graph on the ceiling of the classroom, string stretched to represent asymptotes, students did the calculations and then walked the graphs. As […]
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship was the recent subject of an EdScoop article covering the success of the program. Highlighting data from the recent WW white paper, the article looks at the specific impact the program has had on the state: Recent findings in Michigan show that the teachers are highly […]
WW Georgia Teaching Fellow Yancey Miller was the recipient of a 2015 WWTF microgrant, supported by the Goizueta Foundation, which enabled her to purchase special sensor probes that she can connect to iPads (also purchased through the grant), allowing students to track data points like temperature in real time. “It gives them a whole other experience […]
WW Georgia Teaching Fellow Daron Martin is now in his first year of leading his own classroom at the Center for Design and Technology at Lanier High School in Buford, GA. After completing his Fellowship at Piedmont College, Mr. Martin felt more than prepared to take over his own freshman chemistry class. He says that the […]
