Instruction and Learning - Grants
Cases of Reasoning and Proving in Secondary Mathematics (CORP)
Dates: 9/1/2011 - 8/31/2013
Funding Amount: $1172480.00
Funder: National Science Foundation
Investigator: Margaret Smith
Developing Highly Qualified Middle Grades Teachers with Expertise in STEM Disciplines
This grant is intended to (1) develop a program (SUSTAINS, STEM Undergraduate Students Teaching Adolescents Innovation and Sustainability) that will provide opportunities for undergraduate STEM majors at the University of Pittsburgh; (2) build upon and expand our capacity for faculty in the Schools of Education, Arts & Sciences, and Engineering; (3) develop a state-approved one-year Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program; (4) integrate problems and issues related to sustainability across the undergraduate and teacher preparation programs.
Dates: 12/1/2012 - 11/30/2013
Funding Amount: $403278.00
Funder: National Science Foundation
Investigator: Jennifer Cartier
Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Autism Specialization
The purpose of this project is to address state and national needs for more, appropriately trained early interventionists and early childhood special educators to work with children with autism under the age of 5 years, primarily in urban and suburban settings. The prevalence of autism has increased dramatically over the last 20 years. Specialized, intensive intervention approaches have been found to greatly improve the outcomes of these young children, particularly if intervention begins when they are under 5 years of age and the interventions are implemented with fidelity. One of the barriers to effective treatment is the limited availability of quality services due in part to a lack of approriately trained personnel. This pre-service program will prepare 40 early interventionists and early childhood special educators who will also receive specialized training in intervention strategies for young children with autism.
Dates: 1/1/2012 - 12/31/2012
Funding Amount: $282407.00
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Investigator: Louise Kaczmarek
Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Autism Specialization
The purpose of this project is to address state and national needs for more, appropriately training early interventionists and early childhood special educators to work with children with autism under the age of 5 years, primarily in urban and suburban settings. The prevalence of autism has increased dramatically over the last 20 years. Specialized, intensive intervention approaches have been found to greatly improve the outcomes of these children, particularly if intervention begins when they are under 5 years of age and the interventions are implemented with fidelity.
Dates: 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013
Funding Amount: $256006.00
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Investigator: Louise Kaczmarek
Intelligent Scaffoding for Peer Review of Writing
This project addresses three core problems in peer review of writing: reviews are often stated in ineffective ways, reviews and papers do not focus on important paper aspects, and authors do not have a process for organizing and planning paper revisions. These problems are addressed through the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques to support the development of new intelligent scaffolding components for both reviewers and authors, and the addition of these components to an existing peer review system. The scaffolding interventions are designed to improve both the nature of the feedback that reviewers provide to authors, as well as the implementation of reviewer feedback by the authors, thus improving student writing quality overall. The project will devleop and evaluate the feasibility and promise of intelligent scaffolding in authentic peer review settings.
Dates: 9/1/2012 - 8/31/2013
Funding Amount: $30319.00
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Investigator: Amanda Godley
Linking Teacher Preparation to Student Learning in Mathematics and Science Education
Dates: 6/1/2010 - 8/31/2012
Funding Amount: $243847.00
Funder: Vanderbilt University
Investigator: Jennifer Cartier
National Afterschool Matters Initiative Practitioner Fellowship in Pittsburgh
This project will help to implement the National Afterschool Matters Initiative Practitioner Fellowship in the Pittsburgh area by: 1) Assisting in the identification of a facilitator with youth development experience; 2) Assist in the recruitment and selection of fellows; 3) Lead the local fundraising efforts; and 4) Help identify a location with local Writing Project for, assist in outreach for and attend Research Roundtable.
Dates: 7/1/2011 - 10/31/2012
Funding Amount: $15000.00
Funder: Wellesley College
Investigator: Matthew Luskey
Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment - PASA FY 11-12
The objective of this project is to:
1) Develop, produce, distribute and score the PASA, the statewide alternate accountability assessment for students with the most severe cognitive disabilities.
2) Train test administrators to improve the quality of the assessment for the target population.
3) Train scorers and convene "scoring conferences" at which scoring will take place.
4) Generate reports to school districts, service providers and parents on the results of the assessment and a report summarizing the performance of all students who were assessed on the PASA.
5) Provide DRC (or other contractor) a file of student scores, in a timely fashion, so that scores on the PASA can be included in the annual calculation of AYP.
6) Complete validity and reliability studies to improve the technical quality of the assessment and generate an annual Technical Report on the PASA.
Dates: 7/1/2011 - 6/30/2012
Funding Amount: $4789435.00
Funder: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Investigator: Naomi Zigmond
Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA) FY 12-13
The objective of this project is to 1) develop, produce, distribute and score the PASA, the statewide alternate accountability assessment for students with the most severe cognitive disabilities; 2) train test administrators to improve the quality of the assessment for the target population; 3) train scorers and convene "scoring conferences" at which scoring will take place; 4) generate reports to school districts, service providers, and parents on the results of the assessment and a report summarizing the performance of all students who were assessed on the PASA.
Dates: 7/1/2012 - 6/30/2013
Funding Amount: $4763168.00
Funder: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Investigator: Naomi Zigmond
Pittsburgh Public Schools Family Consultants
University of Pittsburgh, Family Centered preschool will provide two (2) family consultants to work with families, the Early Intervention staff, and agencies surrounding issues involved with preschool children with mild to severe developmental delays. The family consultants will support the following: activities for improved liaisons between classroom staff and families; staff orientation; numerous staff development activities; and other duties as needed by the PPS Early Intervention Program.
Dates: 7/1/2011 - 6/30/2012
Funding Amount: $75000.00
Funder: Pittsburgh Public Schools
Investigator: Louise Kaczmarek
Pittsburgh Public Schools Family Consultants
University of Pittsburgh Family Centered preschool will provide two (2) family consultants through the Family Centered Preschool Project to work within the Pittsburgh Public Schools Early Intervention Program. Pittsburgh Public Schools agrees to provide the salaries, benefits and mileage for two (2) Family Consultants. Pittsburgh Public Schools will provide a separate desk and telephone for each family consultant. The services of the Family Consultant will be provided to families whose children are enrolled in or are thought-to-be eligible young children for the Early Intervention Program of the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
Dates: 7/1/2012 - 6/30/2013
Funding Amount: $75000.00
Funder: Pittsburgh Public Schools
Investigator: Louise Kaczmarek
SEED Teacher Leadership Development Grant - Natioal Writing Project
The Western Pennsylvania Writing Project is prepared to use a Teacher Leadership Development Grant to expand its work in two vital areas: Digital Literacy and Learning and Literacy in Common Core State Standards. For both areas, the WPWP wil engage its veteran leardership base (1982-2009), recent fellows (2010-2012) and other Writing Project sites in the Pennsylvania Writing Project Network.
Dates: 7/1/2012 - 6/30/2013
Funding Amount: $21818.00
Funder: National Writing Project
Investigator: Matthew Luskey
The Iterative Design of Modules to Support Reading Comprehension Instruction
Dates: 4/1/2011 - 12/31/2012
Funding Amount: $1097060.00
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Investigator: Linda Kucan
The LEND Center of Pittsburgh
Program Goal: Provide intensive interdisciplinary leadership education for health care and education professionals regarding children and adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities including autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Dates: 7/1/2012 - 6/30/2013
Funding Amount: $28432.00
Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Investigator: Louise Kaczmarek
The Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium
The PA NASA ERC conducts professional development programs for K-12 teachers in western Pennsylvania as part of the NASA projects at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education - the site for the PA NASA ERC. These programs work within the NASA Education Framework to link the student pipeline through teachers, as the agents of change, to address the education outcomes. As a thread in all ourprograms, the focus on STEM careers and workforce development are embedded to some degree in the program designs.
Dates: 5/19/2012 - 5/18/2013
Funding Amount: $5000.00
Funder: Pennsylvania State University
Investigator: Jennifer Cartier
University Community Leaders and Individuals with Disabilities (UCLID)
This project will support interdisciplinary leadership education for health professionals who care for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Dates: 7/1/2011 - 6/30/2012
Funding Amount: $27207.00
Funder: HRSA
Investigator: Louise Kaczmarek
Western Pennsylvania Writing Project 2010-2011
This project will provide a Summer Institute which will continue with a variety of writing opportunities with creative writers and journalists that have been offered in previous years, conduct workshops on professional writing and coach teacher demos.
Dates: 7/1/2011 - 6/30/2013
Funding Amount: $35000.00
Funder: National Writing Project
Investigator: Matthew Luskey
Western Pennsylvania Writing Project Partnership with Hear Me: Hear Me Project 101
The Western Pennsylvania Writing Project will provide the technical and creative writing expertise to the Hear Me project for the pilot of Hear Me 101. Support will be in three pases, aligning with the tracitional phases of youth video production work with the goal to guide the non-traditional writing in a path to advocate for a cause or change.
Dates: 8/22/2011 - 7/31/2012
Funding Amount: $2853.00
Funder: Carnegie Mellon University
Investigator: Matthew Luskey