2009 3E Forum Honors Innovators, Partners, Champions of Education

We hope you didn’t miss the 7th Annual Business and Leadership Forum at the Union League of Philadelphia on April 16th. The Forum rolled out “better than ever” this year and enthusiastic comments prevailed. With a crowd of over 260, we honored 65 Educator 500 from 22 school districts and other schools: Academy in Manayunk, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Chester County Intermediate Unit, Chichester School District, Colonial School District, Delaware Valley Friends School, Downingtown Area School District, Garnet Valley School District, Great Valley School District, Kennett Consolidated School District, Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, Montgomery School, Phoenixville Area School District, Public Cyber School, , The School District of Philadelphia, Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, West Chester Area School District, West Chester University. Read more...

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2009 Incubator Seed Grants Sponsored by Lockheed Martin

Educator 500’s and educators who complete 3E Summer Institutes are eligible to apply for 3E Incubator Seed Grants. The grants range from $250-$2,000 each. Their purpose is to help to start, expand or replicate best practice learning projects, such as those found in the Educator 500 project resource database at www.3einstitute.org. In the past, seed grants helped develop projects in areas such as robotics, local history, cultural diversity, schoolyard habitat and biography. Funds for the seed grants come from private foundations, individuals, companies and the 3e Institute. Recipients and donors are acknowledged at the Forum.  Read more...

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What Are You Doing This Summer? Ignite with 3E Institute

This summer 3E Institute of the WCU College of Education is offering its exciting, challenging teacher professional development courses. The courses are very RELEVANT and very NOW, with an entrepreneurial perspective. They lead to a West Chester University graduate certificate in Entrepreneurial Education that can be a focus of inquiry of a Masters’ Degree. Join the more than 300 educators of the region who have taken our courses and are applying what they learned to work for their students’ learning, as they INSPIRE, INNOVATE, COLLABORATE and CONNECT to the world beyond the classroom. Read more...

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Graduate Certificate In Entrepreneurial Education

In April 2009 Patric Parris received the first ever –anywhere – Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurial Education. Congratulations, Pat! The graduate certificate incorporates much of the entrepreneurial skill sets, outlook and knowledge base of a practicing Entrepreneurial Educator. To join Pat and the other educators who will soon earn this contemporary and future oriented professional credential, contact 3E Institute to learn more. Read more...

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What’s HOT???

If you are a high school life science educator, you can learn all about cyber teaming to work collaboratively solving problems with others. Learn process and cyber tools. Thanks to a partnering grant with Delaware Valley Innovation Network, the price for this two day seminar is right…… FREE!! Sign up today to learn these important skills. Read more...

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