American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation
Project Title
For a cross-site process evaluation on the Promising Pathways program
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) was founded in 1916 and represents 1.7 million members nationwide. In 2016 the AFT implemented Promising Pathways, a multi-city initiative on Career and Technical Education (CTE)and workforce development. Corporation support will allow the AFT do conduct a site-based evaluation to include two to three sites: Peoria, Pittsburgh, and/or San Francisco. AFT staff will work with an external evaluator to develop the process evaluation. AFT will share learnings, both at the local level and across sites to reveal promising practices in terms how to fund, support, and implement varied workforce efforts in local labor and community-based contexts. Dissemination will be multi-channeled, with the AFT relying on its networks of local affiliate leaders and partners (districts, community-based partnerships, area labor councils, etc.), to share the evaluation and equip local communities in making the case for CTE and Career Pathways to be more broadly incorporated into their school systems
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Project Title
For project support of a tele-townhall to provide families and educators support in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
5 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education for children around the worldand for many families in the U.S the overnight shift into virtual learning has been a struggle. Both parents and teachers are having to play different roles in their children’s learning process, often unprepared and with limited resources, many need support and actionable advice from reputable experts in the field. Students are facing isolation from their peers and teachers while also experiencing a new learning environment that may not fully address their learning needs. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), founded in 1916, represents 1.7 million members in more than 3,000 local affiliates nationwide. With support from the Corporation, AFT will conduct a tele-townhall in partnership with the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. The tele-townhall will support dissemination of information and resources, focusing on research and strategies that are grounded in the best socio-emotional practices to support learning in this new environment that everyone – students, parents and teachers – can access. The AFT and PTA will target approximately 400,000 individuals to participate in this tele-townhall.
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Project Title
Toward the development of an Innovation Fund and a Teacher Evaluation Framework
Date
Sep. 10, 2009
Duration
12 months