The Teaching and Learning Center
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Improving student learning for all students is a central part of the LAE's mission. Ensuring great schools through supporting great teaching is crucial to the success of our schools. LAE members build, own, and lead in a number of areas to improve the quality of teaching and learning through our Teaching and Learning Center.
*Note to Districts: All pricing questions should be directed to Dr. Suzanne T. Harris, Director, The Teaching and Learning Center.
Customized Learning: The professional development you need and want. Check out our areas of focus below:
COVID-19 Resources
COVID-19 Response Grants
In response to educators’ immediate and emerging needs, the NEA Foundation is offering three new grant opportunities to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on teaching and learning:
1. COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants (to be awarded during the Spring and Summer, 2020):
- The NEA Foundation’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants will support educator-led initiatives to adapt to the unique circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, these $1,500 to $5,000 six-month grant opportunities will help educators to address contributors to educational inequity and educational opportunity gaps. Applicants requesting this funding should be prepared to begin their projects during the Summer 2020.
2. COVID-19 Response - Learning & Leadership Grants (to be awarded in September 2020):
- NEAF COVID-19 Response - Learning & Leadership Grants will support educators’ professional development focused on adapting to the unique challenges of the 2020-2021 school year. Applications submitted for one-year grants of either $2,000 or $5,000 should particularly address how the applicant(s) would use grant funds to prepare themselves, their colleagues, their students, or school community to respond to the increased educational equity and opportunity challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. COVID-19 Response - Student Success Grants (to be awarded in September 2020):
- COVID-19 Response - Student Success Grants will support educator-led initiatives that increase educational equity and opportunity, responding to student needs that emerged or intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants in amounts of either $2,000 or $5,000 will be awarded for a one-year period, beginning in September-October 2020. Applicants requesting this funding should be prepared to implement their projects during the 2020-2021 school year.
A full description of these grant opportunities, including related criteria, guidelines, and timelines, can be found at www.neafoundation.org/for-educators/covid-rapid-response-grants.
Responding to the Great Unknown and Dealing with Stress Brought on by Unexpected Crises
Research shows that people -- both adults and kids, alike -- react differently to uncertainty, and that those with a higher intolerance for uncertainty may be less resilient and more prone to low mood, negative or down feelings and anxiety. No one can avoid the unexpected. Click on the flyers provided below for a few tips on how do deal with the stress that comes with uncertainty:
The Great Unknown: Dealing with the Stress of Anxiety |
The Great Unknown: Dealing with the Stress of Anxiety in Kids & Teens |
Stress Management for Kids and Teens |
