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Funded
in 1998 for approximately $10 million by the U.S. Department
of Education, this 5-year grant builds on the experience of a
prior Department of Ed grant, Challenge 95. Challenge 98: El
Paso Partnership for Technology Integration brings together twelve
school districts (3 urban and 9 rural), Region 19 Education Service
Center and the University of Texas at El Paso to integrate technology
with challenging instructional content in order to accelerate
student achievement.
The project has three unique characteristics:
- it is delivered by a partnership made up of urban and rural
LEAs, a Regional Education Service Center and a University;
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it targets all constituencies within each participating school
(teachers, administrators, technology coordinators, parent educators,
teacher preparation faculty and future teachers) in a systemic
reform effort; and
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it provides a structured approach to learn and integrate technology
with high quality instructional content in literacy, mathematics
and science.
In the course
of the 5-year grant, Challenge 98 has provided intensive professional
development for more than 500
Technology Teacher Leaders
and tuition support for 200 Master Teachers who have earned Master’s
degrees in instructional technology. It has also provided training
for 100 school administrators and 200 parent educators in 100 participating
schools. In its final year, 2003-04, the grant supported research
on the overall impact of the systemic reform effort.
In addition to the tuition support for 200 teachers who received
master’s degrees, the grant also supported five doctoral
students with employment while they were pursuing their doctoral
degrees.
For more information, see web page at challenge.utep.edu |
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