The Education Fund currently offers support for Miami- Dade County Public Schools in the following areas: Roadhouse Readers Teacher Training & With more than 675,000 reading forms requested by teachers, this contest challenges students’ Classroom Support reading comprehension skills in a fun and entertaining way. There are prizes for students Citibank Success Fund and a free guide for parents with tips on how to Awards mini-grants for teaching projects that encourage reading at home. encourage at-risk students to stay in school. More than 140,000 students have benefited from Success Fund grants, totaling more that $1/2 million. Community & Family Citigroup Team/Mentor Grants Grants that encourage collaboration between Engagement Initiatives veteran teachers (with more than 5 years of teaching experience) and beginning teachers Central EXPRESS (with less than 5 years of teaching experience). A large-scale school improvement initiative that This collaboration will center on student learning involves teachers, administrators and parents in projects that provide common ground for veteran raising student achievement in the Miami Central and beginning teachers to work together. The feeder pattern. Funded by The Ford Foundation goal is to encourage peer-to-peer learning and administered by The Ed Fund in collaboration opportunities and ongoing dialogue among with the University of Miami and Florida teachers. International University. IMPACT II Governor’s Mentoring Initiative/ The Education Fund (The Ed Gives teachers the resources and the network to Front Porch Florida Fund) is an independent share successful classroom-tested projects with This initiative promotes mentoring in the other teachers through the Ideas With IMPACT Riverside/Little Havana Front Porch neighborhood non-profit organization catalog, distributed to 20,000+ teachers and schools by engaging local individuals and administrators in Miami-Dade public schools, and organizations as mentors. established in 1985 with a at the Idea EXPO – The Teacher Conference, one of the largest local teacher conferences. REACH one-time seed grant from A new program that promotes family literacy and Ocean Bank Center for increases parental literacy through online The Ford Foundation. Its Educational Materials instruction and a book club; engages parents with mission is to design, shape Collects surplus inventory and supplies from the their children through school-based and at-home business community and makes them available for reading activities; and employs a strong incentive and implement initiatives free to public school teachers throughout Miami- based strategy that includes providing a Dade County. The Ocean Bank center has made refurbished, Internet-ready computer for that involve the private more than $3.6 million in donated goods participants’ homes. available to teachers, benefiting 324,730 students sector in improving our and almost 1,000 classrooms. Washington Mutual Parent Resource Centers schools and bringing Teachers Network Policy One of the cornerstone pieces of a large school excellence to public Institute (TNPI) improvement effort, this program creates and Enables the teacher’s voice to be a factor in supports family centers in the Miami Central education. The Ed Fund’s educational policy-making by training teachers to feeder pattern schools to encourage leadership in undertake school-based action research projects parents. The Ed Fund and the schools not only first program awarded mini- and then to disseminate the research implications teach parents and caregivers the ins and outs of to policy-makers. working with schools but they also provide grants to classroom teachers. strategies for getting others involved. Today, The Ed Fund’s 15 Teacher Mini-Grants Awards small cash grants to teachers who want to programs reach 300+ schools try something new in the classroom to stimulate learning. Almost 1,000 outstanding projects have Technology Initiatives and 19,000+ teachers in been developed with these grants. AT&T TeachNet Miami-Dade County and have Encourages teachers to become technology leaders through a peer-to-peer training network. This attracted the support of local Reading & Library Programs program is part of a national effort taking place in six cities. and national companies and AmeriCorps Dade READS! Places 25 AmeriCorps members as full-time one- Citibank FamilyTech foundations. on-one reading tutors in eight elementary schools Opens the world of computer technology to more to raise the reading levels of children in low- than 2,500 low-income students and their income families. families by placing donated Internet-ready computers in their homes and training parents For more information, Library Quest and teachers to use the computers and supervise An information literacy program that culminates their children’s work. logon to our Web site: in a fun and exciting contest that appears each www.educationfund.org year in The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald. In the 2002 contest, students sent in nearly 86,000 entries. The Education Fund Board of Directors How you can help Anita Meyer How you can help Officers Meinbach, Ed.D. Susan Yarosz, Chair Teacher of the Year Washington Mutual 2002, M-DCPS Barbara Romani, Lucy W. Petrey Vice Chair Miami-Dade TheThe EducationEducation FundFund Citibank F.S.B. Community College Barbara Ehrich Hector J. Ponte Locke, First Union National 1. Buy an Education 3. Honor a loved one by Call The Education Fund Vice Chair Bank (305-892-5099, x21) to Holland & Knight Randi Rapp License Plate! The making a donation in LLP Help U Sell Choice Real Estate Services Education Fund receives their name. find out how you can Gary M. Pappas, Treasurer Jorge I. Salgueiro $15 from make charitable giving Carlton, Fields, Arthur Andersen 4. Designate The Education Ward, Emmanuel, LLP the sale of each part of your portfolio. Smith & Cutler Fund as a beneficiary Anthony X. Silva education license Barbara F. Menendez, Corporate Systems in your will. Secretary Group To contact us. Humana Inc. plate sold in Miami- Lisa Sloat Joanna D. Wragg, Public Relations/ Dade County – and from 5. Give donations of stock APR, Immediate Marketing Past Chair renewals each year! or property. Wragg & Casas Merrett Stierheim Public Relations Superintendent, (See page 15 M-DCPS 6. Make a cash donation The Education Fund Linda Lecht, of the yellow insert President Pat L. Tornillo, Jr. or use your credit card The Education Fund United Teachers of pages in this catalog.) 900 NE 125th St., Suite 10 Dade Directors on our Web site: Janis Klein Young 2. Designate The www.educationfund.org Brenda Bassett Teacher of the Year North Miami, FL 33161 Johnson & Wales 2001, Education Fund as and click “Donate now!” University M-DCPS 305-892-5099 (phone) Pilar L. Bosch Past Chairs the recipient of your Office Depot, Inc. Benigno F. Aguirre United Way Ocean Bank 305-892-5096 (fax) Susan Carole contribution (see page Coldwell Banker Luis Ajamil Bermello, Ajamil & Jeri B. Cohen Partners, Inc.Albert 2 of the yellow insert www.educationfund.org Circuit Judge A. del Castillo in this catalog). Opal Comfort Squire, Sanders & The Miami Herald Dempsey Ted A. Fernandez Luis de la Aguilera AnswerThink TotalBank Consulting Group Roland B. Garcia Seth Gordon Original GDB + Partners Impressions, Inc. Dennis M. Klinger Perla Tabares FPL Hantman The School Board of David Patrick Nixon Miami-Dade County The Nixon Group Dawn R. Hurns R. Benjamine Reid The Ed Fund Calendar* Principal of the Year Carlton, Fields, 2002, Ward, Emmanuel, M-DCPS Smith & Cutler, P.A. AUGUST/SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER FEBRUARY MAY Dr. Shirley B. Dale Webb Ideas With IMPACT is sent to all IMPACT II Idea EXPO – The Ocean Bank Center Art Library Quest ends Johnson Florida International teachers; Teacher Mini-Grant Teacher Conference held – Exhibition submissions due; United Teachers of University applications available in November 9, 2002; Teacher Citibank Success Fund JUNE/JULY Dade Pro Bono schools; Ocean Bank Center re- Mini-Grants judging held applications available; Citigroup Citibank Success Fund Betsy H. Kaplan Consultants opens; Citibank Success Fund Team Mentor Grant applications applications due June 2, 2003; The School Board of Miami-Dade County Karen D. Godfrey, applicants notified; Impact II DECEMBER available Library Quest Awards Ceremony Partner Publishing Party held IMPACT II Adapter Grant held; Citibank Success Fund Jessica Marleau Cynthia L. Busher, Knopf Manager applications due December MARCH/APRIL Grant Judging held; Citigroup Disney Publishing Deloitte & Touche LLP 6, 2002 IMPACT II Disseminator Grant Team Mentor Grant applications Worldwide, Inc. OCTOBER Henry H. Raattama, Citibank Success Fund Awards applications due March 1, 2002; due June 20, 2003 Carmen B. Marinelli Jr., Partner Ceremony held; Teacher JANUARY Ocean Bank Center Art Principal of the Year Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A. Mini-Grants applications due Teacher Mini-Grants applicants Exhibition opens; Ocean Bank 2001, M-DCPS October 28, 2002 notified; IMPACT II Adapter Center Silent Art Auction held; Grant applicants notified; Library Quest contest begins; Teacher Mini-Grants and Adapter IMPACT II Disseminator Grant Grant Awards Ceremony held applicants notified *Dates are subject to change IMPACTIMPACT IIII AA NetworkNetwork ofof IdeasIdeas IMPACT II is a program of The IMPACT II Disseminator The IMPACT II Idea Education Fund that focuses & Adapter Grants – EXPO – The Teacher Teachers Sharing Conference on strengthening curriculum, Proven Practices