Teacher Innovation Grants Award Winners 2016-2017

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

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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

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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

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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

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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