2022 Fall/Winter Highlights of Hope

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EDUCATION Building the future of education Bringing science right to your community Our intrepid team of expert educators hit the road to bring inquiry-based science education right into your community with Curiosity on Wheels, a customizable program that gets students thinking and acting like scientists with hands-on, funfilled STEM investigations. We’ve welcomed thousands of students to our downtown Grand Rapids classrooms over the years, but Curiosity on Wheels lets us take our popular science explorations out to the greater West Michigan community and beyond. We have reached students as far out as Flint, with plans to return for more camps there in the future. VAI took Curiosity on Wheels on the road to partner with Newaygo County Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect for a series of summer camps in three West Michigan locations: Fremont, Newaygo and White Cloud. These summer camps were made possible through generous donors. Whether you’re a school administrator looking to inspire students, a camp director in need of innovative programs or just someone wanting to have fun, Curiosity on Wheels can deliver. Addressing today’s project-based content and professional development needs VAI’s project-based learning programs help teachers bring this proven instructional method to life in their own classrooms. Many educators seek professional development that will give them the tools and strategies to make effective problembased learning a reality for their students. In the first six months of 2022, we saw high demand for our extensive suite of professional development programs with Flex PD — a comprehensive, affordable model that promotes tangible shifts in instruction and is robustly supported by research and teachers. Our Blue Apple projects saw some of their most successful months since inception in 2019. Learning gaps caused by the COVID-19 pandemic also have been front and center, bringing additional emphasis on summer school. VAI rolled out Project-Based Summer School, a program to help summer school teachers accelerate learning. Helping teachers and administrators, wherever they are As the world returns more fully to in-person interaction, we haven’t lost sight of the power of the internet to close the distance between teachers far and wide in the name of networking and sharing best practices at a time when both are sorely needed. VAI works to meet teachers and administrators wherever they are through a range of online resources. Our Timely Topics are a series of free, 15-minute mini-lessons that have been downloaded more than 3,500 times by educators in over 30 countries. Our free webinars provide teachers strategies they can use from their classroom right away and attract on average STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN HANDS-ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES WITH VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION 18 | VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE HIGHLIGHTS OF HOPE
100 teachers from all over the U.S. every month. Our Better Together virtual networking events have brought together K–12 administrators to exchange ideas on how to increase engagement, accelerate learning and incorporate elements such as socialemotional and project-based learning in their schools. Similarly, VAI’s Admin Guides give administrators free, comprehensive research and recommendations on key topics such as school improvement planning and teacher morale. To access the resources listed here and learn more about VAI’s K–12 programs, visit vai.org/k-12-education. VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE HIGHLIGHTS OF HOPE | 19
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