In collaboration with CIIE, the Bureau has been awarded the evaluation of Toyota innovations in STEAM education in an exchange with Ann Arbor and Singapore educators. The multi-disciplinary team from KSU includes Deepa Shanadi, Program Evaluator, Pam Freeman,
Han Zhang, with consultation by Linda Robertson and ————.
Funded by Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., and administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE), this professional development program for US secondary school educators is designed to support efforts to prepare and inspire an increased number of US students to study and pursue careers in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and mathematics ) fields. Han Zhang will travel with the Ann Arbor educators to Singapore this summer as the on-site evaluator. The study will determine if this kind of teacher exchange is replicable and scalable
Early Childhood Program Montessori Hersey Foundation Curriculum in a Cupboard TM is a project of Marty Lash, Associate Professor, Teaching,
Learning, & Curriculum Studies and the Early
Childhood Education team. The vision for the Early Childhood Education classroom is to redesign it as a Global Early Childhood
Learning Classroom featuring world renowned early childhood curriculums within large, natural wood cabinets, a.k.a. Curriculum in a Cupboard TM . The doors will open
“ and the walls will become the world all around ” (Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak) opening up the world of Montessori, International Baccalaureate Primary
Years Program, Te Whariki (New Zealand’s national curriculum), Waldorf/Steiner, Reggio
Emilia, etc. inspired curriculum to pre-service and in-service teachers highlighting various cultural and philosophical aspects of each of
Career & Technical Education’s
Jennings Grant for Internationalizing CTE Programs in Ohio
CTE faculty member Davison Mupinga is leading a state-wide initiative to train the trainers for internationalization of CTE programs in Ohio. This international project includes study tours to Canada, small grant to school site based teams, and is working closely with Ohio Department of Education.
Schools .
Schools involved include Barberton
High School, Cuyahoga Valley Career Center,
Medina County Career Center, Brooklyn High
School, Bedford High School, Jackson High
School, North Akron High School, Cuyahoga
Falls High School, Euclid High School,
EHOVE Career Center, Mahony County Career
Center and Marlington High Schools.
This project is funded by the Martha
Holden Jennings Foundation.

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Visting Scholars and EHHS faculty continue to lead
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Special thanks to Yvonne Degaudo Foundation