2011 Corporate Responsibility Report - JPMorgan Chase

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“Miami Northwestern High
School is the heart of the
Liberty City community, and
it is there that we can make
a real difference. Along
with our partners JPMorgan
Chase and Miami-Dade
County Public Schools,
we’re making an investment
in this community, this
school and its students
because we believe they
deserve an opportunity to
realize their dreams.”
Mark B. Rosenberg, President,
Florida International University
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
Ministry of Education to enhance the
quality of museum education at the primary
school level. The program aims to support
STAR’s goal by equipping art teachers with
instructional techniques and innovative
strategies to engage students in learning art.
Florida International University (FIU) and
Miami Dade Public Schools
We pledged $1 million to an innovative
education partnership with FIU and
Miami Dade Public Schools to improve
learning and college readiness at Miami
Northwestern High School. Working
hand-in-hand with FIU students and
faculty, Miami Northwestern will use the
three-year grant to increase the number
of college classes available for its high
school students, as well as fund a variety of
academic projects, including the creation
of an aquaponics science lab and a 14-week
financial literacy program with a financial
investment club.
University of Johannesburg,
The Education Leadership Initiative
We donated $160,000 to the Education
Leadership Initiative, a collaboration
between the University of Johannesburg
Faculty of Education and Harvard
Graduate School of Education. This
innovative program is designed to raise
professional standards of South African
school principals, national and provincial
education officials, and other education
stakeholders. The goal is to increase the
capacity of South African school leaders
to improve student achievement and
opportunities. The program is a three-year
initiative and is the first of its kind aiming
to bring about systemic change in the
education sector in South Africa.
Teaching Leaders
We donated £100,000 to the Teaching
Leaders program in the United Kingdom,
which provides an opportunity for school
leaders in disadvantaged areas to undertake
an impact-focused project with the
aim of raising standards, grades and life
chances of their pupils. The program is
expanding to reach 400 schools across the
U.K. by 2014 and will impact over 100,000
children. Our donation provides funding
for Phase One of this expansion program,
enabling Teaching Leaders to reach
underserved rural and coastal areas as
well as additional core inner-city areas.
The Turkish Education Foundation, Teacher
Leadership Programme
We donated $100,000 to the Turkish
Education Foundation to support the
Teacher Leadership Programme in the
Istanbul district of Maltepe. The program
seeks to empower teachers in the art of
leadership so they may become change
agents, assisting in school reform and
learning development. The year-long
program, which is being implemented in
eight schools in Maltepe, will be sustained
in partnership with the local government
and promoted as a model of best practice
to other regions in Turkey.