EAST COMMUNITY
WHAT IS EAST?
EAST is an educational model that emphasizes opportunity. All learners, when presented with the right tools, can achieve. The nature of those tools and subsequent achievement may be unique to the individual, but the opportunity of EAST remains the same: empowerment.
WHAT IS THE EAST INITIATIVE?
The EAST Initiative is an educational nonprofit organization that provides all learners the opportunity to have relevant, individualized, life-changing educational experiences. In the classroom, EAST supplies students with the latest in sophisticated hardware and software tools and challenges them to apply this cutting-edge technology in identifying and solving problems and improving the communities in which they live. Students engage with community partners and master the tools of tomorrow’s tech-driven workforce, all while pursuing their own interests as they develop and complete service projects. Meanwhile, they also develop collaborative, team-oriented skills of project management and delivery. In addition to establishing these unique classrooms and offering technical support, the EAST Initiative also offers powerful technology training both to students and educators, including providing professional development focusing on integrating technology into any classroom, regardless of subject.
HOW CAN I CONNECT WITH EAST?
Classroom teachers can learn about technology integration through Education Unleashed, a professional development series offered by the EAST Initiative in which best practices developed over the course of 20 years are applied to traditional classrooms, regardless of location or subject. To learn more, visit www.eastinitiative.org/EducationUnleashed Administrators interested in establishing an EAST classroom should contact Tami@eaststaff.org to begin the recruitment process. Arkansas schools may be eligible for a grant through the Arkansas Department of Education. This process requires attending a Vision Building workshop. The next opportunity to do so is Dec. 13, 2016, at the EAST Initiative offices in Little Rock. To learn more and see EAST in action, visit www.eastinitiative.org.
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