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The Consortium is again seeking professionals of color to serve as volunteers in the mentoring program we offer to districts participating in EdLeaders Pittsburgh. Scheduled once a month in each participating school, the mentoring sessions are aimed at helping students of color practice professional communications skills while building relationships with adults willing to serve as […]

The Consortium’s Human-Centered Design (HCD) team is heading into 2022-2023 with educators scheduling customized trainings in record numbers. More than 200 are already slated for sessions beginning in October. The record enrollment comes following summer trainings when our team worked primarily with administrators focused on finding new strategies for engaging their district’s families, communities, and […]

Our Future Ready Alliance kicks off in October, again taking a two-part approach to supporting educators with resources for helping students prepare for post-secondary success. As they did last year, educators will participate both in workshops and Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to explore and discuss one of three topics. The program will run this year […]

The Consortium’s Future Ready Leaders (FRL) program kicks off in early fall with goals and structure similar to last year’s, along with a few changes designed to give teams a chance to exchange ideas with peers from other districts and give students several opportunities to explore post-secondary pathways. With district enrollment currently underway, educators in […]

Engaging students who struggle with behavioral issues or giving honors students the challenges they need may be opposite sides of a coin. But educators who trained in Project-Based Learning under our Remake Tomorrow grant found PBL a powerful tool for reaching both. Amy Goetzman, an 8th grade English teacher in Baldwin-Whitehall School District, and Christopher […]

Getting families engaged with their kids’ schoolwork and activities might seem easier in a tiny school district than in a sprawling one. But, small or not, when a district’s ESL (English as a Second Language) population swells from less than 2 percent to 11 percent in five years, family engagement becomes more of a challenge. […]

As the Consortium wound up its MAPs (My Action Plan for Success) initiative, we realized many schools in our network needed support providing opportunities for students to explore and prepare for careers. At the same time, it was becoming clear that employers had good reason to help them. In 2016, the Allegheny Conference on Community […]

On the heels of our leadership role in Carnegie Mellon University’s Hear Me project, the Consortium, in 2013, began what would become one of its largest multi-district initiatives, My Action Plan for Success (MAPs). Launched in partnership with 13 participating districts, the pathbreaking pilot both followed naturally from the Consortium’s involvement in Hear Me! and […]

Educators who’d like to get a feel for Human-Centered Design principles and methods should sign up for Introduction to Design Thinking for Education. The series of four half-day workshops begins June 21. Participants will gain the knowledge and skills needed to implement strategies for defining challenges, brainstorming, facilitating feedback, building empathy into their processes, and […]

At the end of last month, two years following the launch of our video library, the 127 Career Journeys interviews we recorded have logged an astounding 30,323 views!  Students, educators, and others drawn to learning how different professionals charted their career courses have collectively put in nearly 1,200 hours watching our interviewees tell their stories. […]