Intermediate Unit 1 Archive

To award mini-grants designed to encourage, facilitate, and recognize innovative instructional programs in schools in southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia

To improve cross-generational STEAM access, engagement, and identity for rural families in West Virginia through the facilitation of co-designed, sociocultural STEAM-based experiences

For continued expansion of the Portals program, a computer modeling curriculum program, across West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania

To develop learning resources and an intensive multi-day professional development program to accompany a traveling exhibit designed to assist West Virginia organizations in creating authentic and culturally relevant, hands-on learning experiences (/2 yrs)

For continued expansion of the Teen Screen program in southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia, holding both virtual and in-person events for elementary, middle, and high school students

For the expansion of Startable, a community- and school-based program that teaches the building blocks of entrepreneurship to secondary students, into Fayette, Greene, and Washington Counties

To provide real-world application of core skills through the development of data fluency and artificial intelligence literacy for teachers and students

To support the growth of a playful learning ecosystem through transformational innovations, including capstone projects and new educational technologies

To strengthen West Virginia’s manufacturing career pipeline by advancing manufacturing education and engaging industry professionals in high-level programming

To create inclusive STEM opportunities through VEX Robotics, empowering educators with training needed to foster a sense of collaboration, innovation, and belonging among students