Educators and students interested in “on demand” career learning resources will find them on our website and our YouTube channel. We’re continuing to expand the Snack & Learn series that we launched last fall with videos that educators and students can access whenever they have time. Additionally, we’re still offering our hugely popular Career Journeys […]
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Register now for an introductory webinar on Human-Centered Design
This fall, the Consortium is offering two introductory webinars on Human-Centered Design (HCD)–one for school administrators and one for classroom teachers–to provide the basics for understanding how this powerful set of tools can be applied in classrooms, schools, or entire districts. Educators can register now for a session on at noon on Thursday, October 21. […]
Building on our HBCU pilot
Building on a pilot from last spring, the Consortium will work this fall with districts participating in EdLeaders Pittsburgh to give middle and high school students exposure to Historically Black Colleges & Universities. This fall’s program also will provide mentoring sessions with Black and Brown professionals so that they can share their experiences in a range of occupations to give students of color opportunities […]
Laying a foundation for better schools
“The Mon Valley Education Consortium (now the Consortium for Public Education) began with a dream — that a level playing field could be created for all children, even if their school districts and communities were struggling to overcome financial setbacks and dwindling tax bases.” Linda L. Croushore, Ed.D., former Executive Director To continue celebrating the [...]
Let the celebration begin!
Starting this month, we’re taking a yearlong trip down memory lane and we’re hoping you’ll come along! It’s the 35th anniversary of the Consortium’s founding as a catalyst to strengthen our region’s public schools and convene the stakeholders they need in their corner. The Heinz Endowments and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development helped launch […]
Leadership Cohort kicks off discussions
This school year, we are excited to launch a new project with support from the Richard King Mellon Foundation that will bring together six districts in a leadership and learning cohort. In partnership with the Consortium, the districts – Burrell, Cornell, Deer Lakes, Greensburg Salem, Jeanette City and Woodland Hills – will undertake work in […]
Professional Development in Human-Centered Design
Educators interested in learning Human-Centered Design (HCD) can sign up for notification of our next training session or follow our website and social media posts for upcoming dates and details. HCD is a set of problem-solving methods that grew out of “design thinking,” the detailed process architects and planners use to make sure all of […]
Consortium welcomes new staffer
The Consortium will go into the new school year welcoming a new staff member, Aaron E. Johnson, Ed.D. An educational leader with 23 years of experience in multiple school districts across our region, Dr. Johnson is joining us as Chief Strategy Officer. He’ll be working across all Consortium programs as well as on data and […]
Future Readiness Lab provided structure students needed
In different words and different ways, students finishing the year in our Future Readiness Lab invariably suggested the greatest value of the program was giving them the structure they needed to imagine their post-secondary lives. To one young woman at Hampton High School, for example, “it’s been like a guided way to explore my future.” […]
Equipping new teachers with new tools
School may be out for the summer, but a group of teachers will get a jump on professional development for the coming year when we kick off a course in Project-Based Learning under a grant from The Grable Foundation. In partnership with Intermediate Unit 1, the Consortium will train early career educators in PBL. The [...]
