Grant

CTN awarded a grant to Wayne RESA for hosting a professional learning experience specifically designed for school library media professionals, addressing the unique needs of a group often underrepresented in professional development opportunities. The professional learning experience will prepare school library and media specials to tackle what is arguably the most important work of our […]

This project is a county wide initiative to address the critical need for Artificial Intelligence professional development for educators in Oakland County’s 28 school districts. The project is intended to provide professional development and AI resources to help educators across the county effectively integrate AI into their classrooms. By addressing the current gap in AI

Since the launch of the Michigan Learning Channel (MLC), educators have been asking for more Michigan aligned resources that have been vetted and are known and trusted to be high quality. In the past year, the MLC has been building project-based lesson plans with local educators that include media components with great success. The MLC

Oakland Schools, with the cooperation of numerous partners, established the STEM Check Out Program (STEMco) in 2021. Between the 21-22 and 22-23 school years, utilization of the STEMco program nearly tripled, creating a need for a more extensive check- out inventory to meet the needs of students and teachers in Oakland County. For many districts

Wayne RESA is a previous recipient of a multi-year CTN grant that enabled creation of three different Maker cohorts, comprised of educators throughout the county to collaborate and learn together. As result of the multi-year RESA initiative, 93 educators from 36 schools in 22 public school districts and two public school academies were provided with

The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum has a history of offering Distance Learning opportunities for K-12 students throughout southeast Michigan. When in-person learning halted for most students in 2020, the demand for its virtual programming increased. The Museum responded by establishing a second DL studio at the Leslie Science and Nature Center using equipment borrowed from

The Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) was awarded funding for technology to support drivers training for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. This population can request ADA accommodations when testing for a drivers license but must meet the same driver education requirements as every other new driver. CTN grant funds will be used to purchase a

The Michigan Learning Channel was established early in 2021 to bridge digital divides and provide standards-aligned supplemental educational resources for use by teachers, students, and parents all across Michigan. This first-of-its-kind statewide collaboration and broadcast provides a unique opportunity to expose students to locations and learning experiences all around the state of Michigan, utilizing the

Oakland Schools is engaged in a multi-year countywide initiative to expand STEM education and promote STEM careers. The primary audience is students in grades 4-7 with specific strategies to target schools and/or districts with students from underserved populations. The STEM education initiative is comprised of two components. 1) STEMi is a traveling mobile lab –

The goal of the summer camp scholarship project is to increase the number of historically underrepresented students who are motivated and prepared academically to pursue degrees leading to careers in STEM related field through K-12 supplemental educational programming during the summer.  For 2021, STEM summer camps have been transformed by WSU faculty and staff to