PBLWorks
For Strengthening Financial Management Systems
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Amount$35,000
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Program
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Date Awarded2/23/2012
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Term6.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
The demand for high quality professional development in project based learning has risen dramatically in recent years. The Beryl Buck Institute for Education is one of the preeminent organizations to deliver this type of professional development. The Buck Institute has grown from a small, local organization to a nationally recognized group, and is a key member of the Deeper Learning Network. In 2010-2011, over 5,000 teachers and school leaders attended the Institute's professional development workshops or received school-based coaching by national faculty. The demand grew by approximately 50% from the 2009-2010 fiscal year, and that demand continues to grow. The Buck Institute received a Hewlett Foundation grant in November 2011 to create an online tool for delivery of professional development in order to greatly expand the number of teachers the Institute can reach. As such, this grant would allow The Buck Institute to evaluate their business and operations planning in order to increase the scale of their services.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.bie.org
Address
3 Hamilton Landing Suite 220, Novato, CA, 94949, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for an equity centered leadership development program
PBLWorks builds capacity among teachers, school leaders, and school system leaders to design, implement, and facilitate impactful and equitable project-based learning (PBL), a deeper learning instructional approach in which students work collaboratively to investigate rigorous, authentic, and complex challenges aligned to grade level and subject area standards. This grant is an organizational effectiveness grant that will support the development of a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) senior leadership development pathways program. (Sub-strategy: Content Tools and Services)
for designing a performance assessment system and content platform for OER PBL curricular units
PBLWorks builds capacity among teachers, school leaders, and school system leaders to design, implement, and facilitate project-based learning (PBL), an instructional approach in which students work collaboratively to investigate rigorous, authentic, and complex challenges aligned to grade level and subject area standards. To achieve this, PBLWorks is designing and delivering Open Educational Resource (OER) PBL units, paired with professional development and enabled by an online platform. This grant supports strategic planning and the generation of an aligned performance assessment system for these PBL units. (Substrategy: Content Tools and Services)
for business planning and organizational redesign
PBLWorks (Buck Institute for Education) builds capacity among teachers, school leaders, and school systems to design, implement, and facilitate project-based learning, an instructional approach in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate an authentic, complex challenge. This grant will support strategic planning and analyses of business, financial, and organizational implications to create and share project-based learning curricula.
