Book Club at the Moss Street Partnership School
Some 5th grade female students showed deficits in their social and vocabulary skills. This project involved creation of a book club to address both issues.
Closing the Homework Gap Among Residents of Cleveland Pike Area of Westminster, S.C.
This rural area lacks widespread Internet access and there is no Wi-Fi. 15% of the population is below 15K in annual income. Students without home Internet access have lower assessment scores in reading, math and science. To address these issues, this project aims provide Wi-Fi in this area’s local community center.
College: What’s the Best Fit For Me?
High school students who will graduate soon and do not have financial and travel resources to visit college campuses for on-site tours miss an opportunity to “see” the school and have experience of feeling whether they feel a fit with the school. It’s difficult to make a decision about attending a college you’ve never visited.
Increasing Health Literacy Through Public Library Programs
Health literacy is a person’s capacity to understand and utilize health information. This is both a national and local community issue. In Gwinnett County near Atlanta, Ga., heart disease and mental illness are the leading causes of death. This project involves developing a partnership with the local health department and hospitals to bring medical professionals into the library for heart health literacy workshops.
Interactive Student Conflict Resolution Mat
The Interactive Student Conflict Resolution Mat (ISCRM) is a conflict resolution tool intended for use by elementary school students. Many students experience disagreements with a peer, and these disagreements can cause classroom disruptions when students seek teacher assistance for conflict resolution.
Approved Clinical Supervisor Online Training
Practicing counselors face challenges when they seek access to educational materials that prepare them with all of the required knowledge components needed to apply for the Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACE) credential.
See the Triumph
See the Triumph is a social media campaign with a goal of ending the stigma surrounding intimate partner violence. See the Triumph is the result of research studies with survivors of past abusive intimate relationships who have been out of any abusive situations for at least two years. These studies were conducted by Dr. Christine Murray at UNC Greensboro and Dr. Allison Crowe at East Carolina University. See the Triumph is intended to address all forms of intimate partner violence, including intimate partner sexual assault, violence perpetrated by males and females in heterosexual relationships, and violence within same-sex relationships.
Early Mathematics Performance Diagnostic
Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students are unique learners who access the world differently than hearing children, many utilizing a visual language, and therefore may develop, order and organize concepts differently than hearing children. Yet, they are often taught as if they are hearing children who simply cannot hear. The result is gaps in foundational mathematics concepts as early as preschool, with many graduating high school at only a 5th or 6th grade level in mathematics. The Early Mathematics Performance Diagnostic (EMPD), created by Dr. Claudia Pagliaro and Dr. Karen Kritzer, addresses these gaps.
Let’s Move in Libraries
Dr. Noah Lenstra’s Let’s Move in Libraries initiative leverages libraries as important resources for healthy communities, nationwide and around the globe. The Let’s Move in Libraries Project receives its inspiration from former First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative, which from 2010 to 2017 focused on increasing physical activity and healthy living among Americans.
STEM Teacher-Leader Collaborative (TLC)
Elementary schools that serve large populations of minoritized youth often privilege literacy and mathematics instruction because those are the subjects included in high-stakes accountability testing. Teachers working in high-needs settings often feel isolated and need support to sustain innovative science and engineering instruction. We are committed to nurturing equity in science and engineering by empowering teacher leaders. The STEM Teacher Leader Collaborative (TLC) is a community of teachers, teacher candidates, university faculty, administrators, local business leaders, and community stakeholders that supports, celebrates, and sustains teachers’ efforts to include enriching, rigorous, equitable, and responsive science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instruction in high-needs elementary schools in the North Carolina Piedmont Triad.