Name: Kelly Lo and Amanda Bierhorst (co-recipient)
Project Category: Conference Attendance
Project Description: Attending the PLTW Summit in Anaheim, CA
Teaching Subject: Project Lead the Way Biomedical Science and Engineering

Issues addressed: Project Lead the Way Biomedical Science and Engineering
Topic: Attended PLTW Summit which featured sessions on topics such as: grant writing; recruitment and retention; lesson ideas and techniques; demonstrations of latest technologies; classroom resources. The Summit provided networking opportunities with peers and those committed to empowering students to thrive in our evolving world.
Rationale: PLTW Summit presented a professional development opportunity for us to enhance our skills while strengthening contacts in the PLTW program. Our attendance at this conference was a professional investment that supported streamlined practices, real-world solutions, and a network of peers to call upon.

• Students taught: 160
• Student demographics: 87% white
• Demographics: 39% Black, 29% Hispanic, 27% white

• Medium-sized school
• Rural/Suburban
• Traditional public school
• Enrolled students: 1,572
• Free/Reduced lunch eligible: 35%
• Demographics: 87% white

Name: Abby Kozerski Houck
Project Category: Conference Attendance
Project Description: Attending the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
Teaching Subject: Chemistry

Issues addressed: Student engagement, differentiation, modeling, best practices in chemistry classes

Topic: Incorporating the use of particulate diagrams and modeling in representing chemical phenomena

Rationale: I planned to attend the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education because I follow a large number of inspiring chemistry educators on Twitter and several of these educators were slated to attend and present at the conference. My goal was to attend workshops, learn methods, and glean ideas to improve my fledgling teaching practices. My students struggle with explaining macroscopic phenomena that occur on microscopic levels and my hope was to focus on attending seminars that focused on using particulate diagrams to better describe such events. This conference was cancelled due to COVID-19, so the appropriated funds are currently being held with the hopes of being applied towards another chemistry education conference, ChemEd 2021 at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario.

• Students taught: 101
• Student demographics: 50% White, 24% African American, 16% Hispanic, 5.5% Asian, 5% Multiracial, 0.5% Native American

• Small school (< 550 students)
• Urban
• Traditional public school
• Enrolled Students: 539
• Free/Reduced lunch eligible: 57.3%
• Demographics: 50% White, 24% African American, 16% Hispanic, 5.5% Asian, 5% Multiracial, 0.5% Native American

Name: Alyce Myers
Project Category: Conference Attendance
Project Description: To attend the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in Anaheim, CA in June 2020 for technology integration
Teaching Subject: Biology

Issues addressed: Biology and Integrations of Technology
Topic: The goal of my grant was to attend the International Society for Technology (ISTE) conference to learn more about technology integration into my STEM curriculum.
Rationale: I want to develop increased science literacy using technologies and also want to start a Science Buddies program where I will match high school students with elementary students. learning about technology and integration during this conference will help achieve those goals.

• Students taught: 150
• Student Demographics: 50 % white, 20% African American 25% Latino, 5% other

• Large school
• Urban
• Traditional public school
• Enrolled students: 2,059
• Free/Reduced lunch eligible: 62%
• Demographics: 20% African American, 25% Latino, 5% other, 50 % White

Name: Ashley Owen
Project Category: Conference Attendance
Project Description: National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) Conference
Teaching Subject: Chemistry

Issues addressed: Teaching chemistry and physics
Topic:Attended NSTA Conference for chemistry and physics topics.
Rationale: I was able to attend different sessions to get new, engaging ideas for how to teach chemistry and physics topics. I was also able to gain new knowledge about different chemistry topics.

• Students taught: ~150 per semester
• Student demographics: 37.2% African American, 30.1% Hispanic, 26.6% Caucasian

• Large school
• Urban
• Traditional public school
• Enrolled students: 3,284
• Free/Reduced lunch eligible: 64.1%
• Demographics: 37.2% African American, 30.1% Hispanic, 26.6% Caucasian

Name: Jarred Corwin & Ashlee Scherwinski (co-recipient)
Project Category: Conference Attendance
Project Description: Participants will attend the NSTA National Conference next spring, bring back strategies for literacy in the science classroom and support other educators in the district with implementation.
Teaching Subject: Biology, Chemistry, ICP

Issues addressed: Literacy, ESL, Science Classroom
Topic: ESL and literacy in Science
Rationale: ESL students make up a large percentage of students at Perry Township Schools. Our educators have prioritized improving support for these students with a particular focus on science classrooms and improving strategies for deeper comprehension.

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• Large school
• Urban
• Traditional public school
• Enrolled students: 2,298
• Free/Reduced lunch eligible: 58.2%
• Demographics: 46% White, 20% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 8% Black, 5% Multiracial