School Systems Receives Grant to Make Videos that Capture Examples of Excellent Teaching in Social Studies

Dr. Adam Friedman, Wake Forest University

 

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools has received a $13,000 grant to work with Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to produce a series of videos capturing examples of high-quality teaching of social studies. 

“We believe these videos will be helpful for in-service and pre-service teachers throughout the county, state and nation,” said Andrew Kraft, the school system’s program manager for social studies. 

The grant - a Supporting Alignment for Student Success (SASS) Mini-Grant - was awarded through N.C. Ready for Success, a collaboration among the N.C. Community College System, the University of North Carolina, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, and N.C. Independent and Private Colleges and Universities.

The grants serve to “foster greater collaboration and alignment across all of North Carolina’s educational sectors” and “to award proposals that best promote student success through explicit partnership efforts between institutions of higher education (IHE) and one or more local K-12 school districts.” All of the suggested strategies were designed to develop a shared understanding of North Carolina’s new career and college readiness standards.

Seven projects were selected.