PARTNERS
Institutions of Higher Education Grantees
I Educate Montgomery County includes an array of community partners, including institutions of higher education, nonprofits, and school districts working together to increase the diversity of educators, address teacher shortages, and improve resources for the school districts. These institutional partners may be part of one or more grants, Including the Ohio Dean's Compact, Teacher Shortage grant from the Ohio Department of Higher Education and the a new planned grant to provide high dosage tutoring.
Click on the names to see more information on the specific grantees.
The institutions of higher education and key staff members include:
Wright State University (Principal Investigator--Dr. Christa Agiro; also, Dr. Romena Holbert, Dr. Dusty Columbia Embury, Tracey Kramer, and Dr. Brian Boyd)
Central State University (Dr. Rajeev Swami and Dr. Sandra Sumerfield)
Sinclair Community College (Trey Clements, Phyllis Adams, and Michael Carter)
The University of Dayton (Dr. Connie Bowman, Dr. Rochonda Nenonene, Dr. Novea McIntosh, and Dr. Corinne Brion)
Miami University (Dr. Tammy Schwartz, Dr. Ganiva Reyes, and Dr. Jason Abbit)
Non Profit Grantees
I Educate Montgomery County includes Montgomery County Educational Service Center and the Learn to Earn Dayton as nonprofit partners providing technical assistance and support to the institutions of higher education and the school districts regarding growing, recruiting, retaining, and sustaining diverse educators.
Montgomery County Educational Service Center (Shannon Cox, Amy Anyanwu)
Learn to Earn Dayton (Dr. Tom Lasley, Maya Dorsey, and Amy Jomantas)
Partner Districts received Diversifying Educator Grants through the Ohio Department of Education
The information below shows those partners.
Mad River, West Carrollton, Jefferson Township, and Oakwood school districts
This group of four districts has moved forward with their grant. Mad River is implementing a Teacher Academy. To review the curriculum for the project, see this link. Mad River is the fiscal agent for the grant and Necia Nichols is the lead. The group is actively working on collaborative recruiting and is basing their work on an initiative from the Cleveland area. Further grant initiatives include work on mentoring, onboarding/induction, para professional pathways, loan forgiveness. Maya Dorsey is Learn to Earn Dayton contact for this group. Web page is here.
Dayton Public Schools
Dayton Public Schools is the recipient of a Diversifying Educators grant and has a Teacher Academy as part of Career Technology offerings at Meadowdale High School. In their Diversifying Educators grant, Dayton Public Schools is partnering with several institutions of higher education (Sinclair Community College, University of Dayton, and Wright State University) along with Learn to Earn Dayton and Montgomery County ESC to implement their “Teach for Dayton” project. This project will focus on recruiting, onboarding, and retaining teachers of color by offering loan forgiveness to new teachers of color that successfully complete program requirements. The district will also be providing mentoring and support for new teachers of color during their first three years of teaching. David Harmon is the Chief of Human Resources.
Centerville City Schools
Centerville City Schools intends to increase the pool of applicants of color seeking employment with the district and improve the culture and climate for all staff. The district will be partnering with Wright State University, University of Dayton, and Central State University to implement a mentoring partnership between Centerville City teachers and education majors to support students as they complete their undergraduate program and increase their interest in the district. The district will also be partnering with Inclusive Engagement LLC to offer professional development training in diversity, equity, and inclusion. See page for work. Key staff include Cedric Tolbert and Georgeanna Wright.