MINNESOTA CENTER FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

MINNESOTA ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION

Program Services: Awards and School performance

Awards

Administering programs that recognize student and educator achievements.

• Student awards: Gathering of Champions
• Educator: Includes WEM Foundation Outstanding Educator Awards for Teacher Achievement, Academic Coach of the Year, and Ethics in Education.

School performance

The Classroom Quality Program provides classroom teachers with tools, materials and methods to help students manage their own learning.

IBM's Reinventing Education Change Toolkit

IBM, working with a team of education supporters, has developed an on-line tool to support educators who are helping manage change in their organizations or schools.

The Reinventing Education Change Toolkit is based on the work of Harvard Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, in partnership with Goodmeasure, Inc., IBM's Reinventing Education project, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), and National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP).

The free Change Toolkit is available at:

http://www.reinventingeducation.org/RE3Web/ .