2008-09 DonorS - Partners in School Innovation
2008-09 DonorS - Partners in School Innovation
2008-09 DonorS - Partners in School Innovation
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our <strong>School</strong> anD DIStrIct PartnErS<br />
our teachers and their school and district leaders work with us to overturn the predictive power<br />
of demographics on student achievement. We all share the belief that each and every child deserves<br />
an equal opportunity to a high quality education. By support<strong>in</strong>g our partners’ ambitions and<br />
commitment to transform, we are ignit<strong>in</strong>g the change that will provide more and more<br />
students with a brighter future.<br />
What teachers say…<br />
“I thought the school <strong>Innovation</strong> partners had great skills<br />
as motivators and lead learners at our sites. they<br />
presented and helped us implement quality strategies<br />
that reached all students to achieve higher educational<br />
goals. they rema<strong>in</strong>ed on the cusp of the latest news and<br />
strategies <strong>in</strong> education and were a wealth of knowledge.”<br />
“I th<strong>in</strong>k I changed more last year and the year before with<br />
<strong>Partners</strong>SI than <strong>in</strong> all the 13 years I’ve been teach<strong>in</strong>g.”<br />
10 PartnErS In <strong>School</strong> InnoVatIon | annual report <strong>2008</strong>-<strong>09</strong><br />
“I am very thankful that partnerssI was at our school<br />
for the past two years… I have become a stronger<br />
teacher. I will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to use the tools and ideas they<br />
gave me to better my <strong>in</strong>struction. they have so much<br />
knowledge and so many resources to help support<br />
teachers and students.”<br />
“partnerssI really helped our school’s reform effort.<br />
they helped us create structures and look at data to<br />
help <strong>in</strong>form our <strong>in</strong>structional practice… partnerssI are<br />
an excellent resource for professional development…<br />
We loved the collaborative work we have done with<br />
them over the years.”