Recent News from Project Renaissance
Project Renaissance's team is proud to announce its
most recent grantees.
Valor’s innovative model of intentional diversity, social
emotional learning and college prep academics have
led to outstanding results and is helping to redefine
excellence in Nashville schools. As Valor continues to
grow out its middle and high schools, it will enroll an
additional 1,000 students over the next five years,
towards Project Renaissance's goal of providing
access to high­quality schools for 15,000 more
students. We are proud to support their work with a
grant of $100,000. Project Renaissance is proud to support the work of
Teach For America Greater Nashville with a $100,000
grant. Teach For America is consistently rated one of
the highest performing teacher preparation programs
in the state and is a critical part of the teacher talent
pipeline in Nashville, recruiting and training more than
70 teachers for our city each year. Upcoming Events
Nashville Rise
High­Quailty Choices
Training ­ How can parents
collaborate to create more
high­quality schools in
Nashville?
Date: Saturday, 12/03/2016
Time: 9 am ­ 1 pm
Location: TBD
CLICK HERE TO RSVP
Discover Great Schools Tour IV
On October 18, Project Renaissance and two Metro
Nashville schools partnered for a Discover Great
Schools tour. Among the more than 40 tour
participants were a school board member, a state
representative, legislative assistants, nonprofit
leaders, faith leaders and community advocates.
Discover Great Schools
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Walking through the halls of STEM Preparatory
Academy and Rose Park Magnet Math and Science
Middle School, participants heard engaged students
chattering in their classrooms, saw community
partnerships that are enhancing the school
curriculums, and spoke to teachers that refer to the
various student backgrounds as assets instead of
challenges. We hope that by sharing these insights,
administrators, teachers and families will work
together to implement these best practices in schools
across the district. Full blog here.
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Updates from Nashville Rise
Three Steps to Finding the Right High­Quality
School for your Child Metro Nashville Public Schools recently released
helpful information about school choice in Davidson
County. As open enrollment for school choice starts
today, Monday, October 31, Nashville Rise presents
three easy steps to finding the right high­quality public
school for your child. Step 1: Understand the options Step 2: Tour schools and understand their
performance Step 3: Apply by the deadline
Check out additional details on each step in our recent
blog post: Three Steps to Finding the Right High­
Quality School for your Child
Updates from Nashville Teacher Residency
As always, it was a busy month for NTR staff and
residents. Each resident is taking on more teaching
responsibilities in his or her mentor teacher's
classroom, and the residents continue to attend
biweekly classes in which they are practicing,
receiving feedback and implementing feedback to
sharpen their teaching skills. Residents have also
been introduced to their first classes in differentiation
for students with special needs and English Language
Learners.
This month, NTR Director Randall Lahann participated
on a panel during SCORE's reveal of its newest
report: Prepared for Day One: Improving the
Effectiveness of Early­Career Teaching. The reporting
on the event by The Tennessean and Chalkbeat
included quotes from Randall Lahann.
Last, but not least, NTR is recruiting for its second
cohort of teacher residents. Interviews of current
residents are posted weekly to our blog. Share them
with your networks and encourage potential applicants
to check out NTR's program at
nashvilleteacherresidency.org.
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