East Noble Wins Grant!

New Grant Recognizes and Rewards Excellent Teachers
“Excellence in Performance” Awards $6 Million to 28 School Corporations

School corporations across Indiana will receive a total of $6 million to recognize and award their best teachers. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett today announced the 28 recipients of Indiana’s “Excellence in Performance for Teachers” grant at a Statehouse ceremony featuring more than 100 school leaders and teachers from participating school corporations.

“Great teachers change lives,” Dr. Bennett said. “This grant program lets us support schools in their efforts to identify, develop, recruit and retain highly effective teachers. There is a dramatic culture shift happening in our schools. Teachers and school leaders are working together to build evaluation and compensation systems that reflect our unwavering commitment to excellent instruction for Indiana’s students. This program lets us highlight those who are leading this charge.”

The “Excellence in Performance for Teachers” grant was established by the Indiana General Assembly during the 2011 legislative session in an effort help school corporations and charter schools recruit and retain effective educators. Applications featured performance and compensation systems aligned to new state laws requiring schools to differentiate teacher performance, provide meaningful feedback to help all teachers improve, and financially reward their best teachers.

For the 2011-12 school year students will use laptops as tools to enhance their classroom learning experiences and to become responsible 21st Century Digital Citizens. Students in grades 5-12 are using Lenovo laptops and K-4 students are using iPads and iPod Touches housed in their classrooms.