Catalyst Connection Archive

To sustain and expand STEM education programs that provide experiential learning opportunities for students and teachers

For the development of a statewide youth entrepreneurship workgroup and delivery of entrepreneurship programming to youth in targeted West Virginia counties

To support catalytic grantmaking that enables schools and out-of-school programs to test innovative ideas around redesigning school systems, reengineering instruction, and co-authoring personalized learning for all students

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

To integrate student-designed, immersive theater productions into cross-curricular classes across Intermediate Unit 1 Alternative Schools in Washington, Fayette, and Greene Counties

To share public education materials about cloth, culture, and community exploring 1,000 years of the history of Black residents of Pittsburgh

For the new Creative Learning Program pilot, which will establish a professional learning and residency model for Greene County schools based on transferable kinesthetic learning strategies (over 18 months)

For the Grow Your Own West Virginia Pathway to Teaching program, an innovative approach to recruiting and retaining West Virginia high school students interested in pursuing a career in teaching (over two years)

To expand the Rural Arts Collaborative project in Greene County schools, Pennsylvania, and the Black Men Read project in Jefferson and Morgan County schools, West Virginia (over 18 months)

For expansion of a network of county school systems that will develop, grow, and strengthen outdoor learning opportunities for West Virginia students and teachers (over 18 months)