From the Office of Research and Graduate Education: Congratulations to recent grant recipients
Athens Community Collaborative for Equitable Student Support (ACCESS)
- PI: Sycarah Fisher, associate professor, Department of Educational Psychology
- Co-PI: Ashley Johnson Harrison, associate professor, Department of Educational Psychology
- Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program
- Amount: $1,898,996
Congratulations to Sycarah Fisher and Ashley Johnson Harrison on receiving an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program. The goals of this project are to increase the number of individuals in Clarke County School District (CCSD) providing student mental health services, promote inclusive practices among trainees and current CCSD staff while diversifying the student support work force, and increase the capacity for trainees and current CCSD staff to provide empirically supported mental health therapies.
Examining the Role of District Science Coordinator Professional Learning in Supporting and Retaining Science Teachers
- PI: Brooke Whitworth, associate professor, Clemson University
- Co-PIs: Julie Luft, Athletic Association Professor of Science Education and Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education
Karen High, Professor, Clemson University - Sponsor: National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Scholarship Program
- Amount: $999,995
Congratulations to Julie Luft and her colleagues from Clemson University on receiving an award from the National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Scholarship Program. This project aims to serve the national need of supporting and retaining science teachers by exploring how the professional learning of district science coordinators impacts, if at all, the effectiveness and retention of new science teachers in high-need schools.