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List of Colorado's MSP Funded Partnerships Partnership Partners Funding Cohort 1 Northern Colorado High Plains Math and Science Partnership for Teachers and Students Year 1 (2003-2004): $226,395 Centennial BOCES Northeast Colorado BOCES Lead Partner: University of Northern Colorado Year 2 (2004-2005): $230,809 Colorado State University Weld County SD 6 Year 3 (2005-2006): $239,275 Program Director: Dr. Jodie Novak ([email protected]) Bayfield Silverton Norwood West End No Teacher Left Behind: A Southwest Colorado Math Durango Southwest BOCES Year 1 (2003-2004): $228,276 Initiative Ouray Fort Lewis College Year 2 (2004-2005): $310,370 Lead Partner: San Juan Board of Cooperative Services Ignacio Dolores County Year 3 (2005-2006): $310,370 Program Director: Amy Getz ([email protected]) Ridgeway Dolores Pagosa Springs Mancos Telluride Montezuma-Cortez Physical Science and Mathematics in the Middle School Classroom Byers School District Strasburg School District Year 1 (2003-2004): $172,570 Mapleton School District Westminster Lead Partner: Colorado School of Mines Year 2 (2004-2005): $198,117 Deer Trail School District Haxtun School District Year 3 (2005-2006): $206,117 Program Director: Dr. Catherine K. Skokan Adams 14 Bennett School District ([email protected]) Colorado School of Mines University of Colorado Denver Museum of Nature Denver Northeast Front Range Mathematics/Science and Science University of Denver Partnership to Increase Teacher Competence in Content Red Rocks Community Year 1 (2003-2004): $265,233 Platte Canyon School Lead Partner: Jefferson County School District College Year 2 (2004-2005): $317,100 District Adams 12 Year 3 (2005-2006): $338,246 Program Directors: Linda Morris and Marsha Barber University of Northern University of Colorado ([email protected]; [email protected]) Colorado Boulder (CIRES) St. Vrain Ft. Lupton (Weld RE-8) Partnership Partners Funding Cohort 2 Increasing Teacher and Student Science Content Knowledge in the Denver Metro Area Denver Public Schools Year 1 (2004- 2005): $176,683 Lead Partner: Colorado School of Mines Adams 12 Schools Year 2 (2005-2006): $177,636 Program Director: Michael Mooney University of Colorado - Denver Year 3 (2006-2007): $177,636 ([email protected]) Academy-20 Pikes Peak Area Leadership Colorado Springs D-11 in Science Educational Pikes Peak Regional Initiative for Science and Math Falcon Outreach Center (PRISM) Fremont Re-1 UCCS-College of Year 1 (2004- 2005): $137,664 Edison Engineering and Science Lead Partner: Harrison School District 2 Year 2 (2005-2006): $201,737 Fremont Re-2 UCCS-School of Education Year 3 (2006-2007): $201,737 Program Director: Helen O’Connor Lewis-Palmer UCCS-College of Letters, ([email protected]) Manitou Springs Arts, and Sciences Woodland Park National Renewable Energy Widefield Lab Cohort 3 Bridging the Gap: Boulder Partnership for Excellence Boulder Valley School Department of Applied Year 1 (2005-2006): $180,315 Mathematics Education District Mathematics, University of Year 2 (2006-2007): $206,738 Lead Partner: Boulder Valley School District Freudenthal Institute Colorado Boulder Year 3 (2007-2008): $206,738 Rocky Mountain Math and Science Partnership Moffat Western State College Year 1 (2005-2006): $180,315 Gunnison Mountain Valley Year 2 (2006-2007): $206,738 Lead Partner: Western State College of Colorado Hindsdale Ouray Year 3 (2007-2008): $206,738 Partnership Partners Funding Cohort 4 Year 1 (2007-2008): $165,933 Montrose (MS)3--Mesa State x Math & Science x Middle School Garfield 2 Year 2 (2008-2009): $168,585 Roaring Fork Lead Partner: Mesa State College West End Year 3 (2009-2010):$171,370 Western Colorado Science Program Director: Dr. Richard Ott ([email protected]) Mesa 51 Year 4 - additional competitive Center award (2010-2011): $164,106 Weld County School District 6 MSP Grant Year 1 (2007-2008): $200,051 Year 2 (2008-2009): $206,538 Lead Partner: Weld County School District 6 Weld County School District-6 Greeley Year 3 (2009-2010): $194,750 University of Northern Colorado, MAST Institute Program Director: Deagan Andrews Year 4 - additional competitive ([email protected]) award (2010-2011): $166,444 Montezuma-Cortez Silverton* Mancos* Fort Lewis College Advancing Math Education (AME) Year 1 (2007-2008): $199,955 Archuleta* Dolores* Lead Partner: Fort Lewis College Year 2 (2008-2009): $221,380 Ignacio* Year 3 (2009-2010): $221,528 Program Director: Amy Getz ([email protected]) Durango* * Secondary Partners Bayfield* Northeast Front Range Mathematics/Science Adams 12 Brighton Partnership to Increase Teacher Competence in Mapleton Elizabeth Year 1 (2007-2008): $199,538 Content, II Adams 14 University of Colorado Year 2 (2008-2009): $204,292 Platte Canyon Boulder (CIRES) Year 3 (2009-2010): $206,321 Lead Partner: Jefferson County Public Schools Weld 8 Metro State College Year 4 - additional competitive Program Director: Gwen Stroup St. Vrain University of Colorado award (2010-2011): $150,750 ([email protected]) Englewood Denver SKILL--Scholars for Knowledge in Learning and Leadership Denver Public Schools Year 1 (2007-2008): $86,728 Lead Partner: Denver Public Schools University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Year 2 (2008-2009): $72,046 Program Director: Catherine Martin Center Year 3 (2009-2010): $88,752 ([email protected]) Partnership Partners Funding Fort Morgan Math and Science Partnership Program Wiggins Year 1 (2007-2008): $211,183 Leprino Foods Lead Partner: Morgan County School District Year 2 (2008-2009): $214,848 University of Northern Colorado Year 3 (2009-2010): $219,160 Program Director: Joy Perry ([email protected]) Metrica Shortgrass Steppe MSP: Science on the Front Range Greeley Dept. of Forest, Rangeland, Lead Partner: CSU - Natural Resource Ecology Lab Poudre & Watershed Stewardship, Year 1 (2007-2008): $150,187 (NREL) School of Chemistry, Earth CSU Year 2 (2008-2009): $143,986 Program Director: Dr. John Moore Sciences, & Physics, UNC NSF K-12 Education Grant, Year 3 (2009-2010): $118,133 ([email protected]) Metrica CSU Science Teachers Educational Partnership of Pikes Peak Fountain-Fort Carson Widefield Year 1 (2007-2008): $163,804 (STEP3) Colorado Springs 11 Manitou Springs Year 2 (2008-2009): $170,116 Lead Partner: Colorado College Harrison Academy 20 Year 3 (2009-2010):$186,068 Woodland Park Cheyenne Mountain Year 4 - additional competitive Program Director: Dr. Paul J Kuerbis ([email protected]) Canon City Lewis-Palmer award (2010-2011): $191,700 Cohort 5 Southern Colorado Math Partnership Pueblo 70 Year 1 (2008-2009): $197,925 Lead Partner: Pueblo County Rural 70 Colorado State University – Pueblo Year 2 (2009-2010): $203,700 Program Director: Ginger Andenucio Southern Colorado Teacher Alliance Year 3 (2010-2011): $179,246 ([email protected]) Partnership Partners Funding Cohort 6 ECS' Math Science Partnership Eagle County 50 Eagle County Schools Year 1 (2009-2010): $350,000 Lead Partner: Eagle County Schools University of Denver Year 2 (2010-2011): $350,000 Program Director: Traci Wodlinger Math Solutions Year 3 (2011-2012): $280,000 ([email protected]) Urban Partnership for Improving Elementary Science Year 1 (2009-2010): $273,889 Lead Partner: Denver Public Schools Denver Public Schools Year 2 (2010-2011): $291,342 University of Denver Program Director: Linda Morris Year 3 (2011-2012): $233,074 ([email protected] ) Cohort 7 Energizing K-5 Instruction: A Partnership to Improve Elementary Mathematics and Science Instruction Westminster/Adams 50 School District Year 1 (2010-2011): $333,033 Colorado School of Mines Year 2 (2011-2012): $266,400 Lead Partner: Westminster Adams County 50 National Renewable Energy Center Year 3 (2012-2013): $99, 219 Program Director: Art Drotar ([email protected]) Partnership Partners Funding Cohort 8 Adams 14 Learning Together MSP Year 1 (2011-2012): $277,074 Adams County School District 14 Lead Partner: Adams County School District 14 Year 2 (2012-2013): $341,140 Colorado State University Year 3 (2013-2014): $276,732 Program Director: Sophia Masewicz University of Northern Colorado ([email protected]) Physics First Math Partnership Year 1 (2011-2012): $151,207 Lead Partner: Aurora Public School District Aurora Public School District Year 2 (2012-2013): $242,634 University of Colorado Denver Program Director: D. Miles Pimentel Year 3 (2013-2014): $242,634 ([email protected]) Reaching All Our Math Potential (RAMP) Year 1 (2011-2012): $274,030 Lead Partner: Weld County School District 6 Weld County School District 6 Year 2 (2012-2013): $352,246 University of Northern Colorado Program Director: Stacie Datteri Year 3 (2013-2014): $351,101 ([email protected]) Elementary Math-Science Integration Program Year 1 (2011-2012): $227,714 Lead Partner: Colorado Springs School District 11 Colorado Springs School District 11 Year 2 (2012-2013): $348,221 Colorado College Program Director: Jessica Sharp Year 3 (2013-2014): $346,062 ([email protected]) Partnership Partners Funding Cohort 9 Eagle County Schools Silverton School District Eagle County Schools’ MSP Integration Project Centennial School District Brigham Young University Year 1 (2013-2014): $750,000 Lead Partner: Eagle County Schools Archuleta School District University of Denver Year 2 (2014-2015): $500,000 Ignacio School District Program Director: Andrej Birjulin Math Solutions Year 3 (2015-2016: $468,596 Montezuma Cortez School ([email protected]) RMC Research Corporation District Mesa County Valley, CMU, and
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