Next Education Workforce - Joyce Family Foundation

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Grant will fund a virtual school site visit experience to support greater understanding of  strategic staffing models.

Official grant name

Next Education Workforce - Joyce Family Foundation

Award amount

$50000

Principal investigator

Brent Maddin

Direct sponsor

Joyce Family Foundation

Award start date

04/01/2024

Award end date

03/31/2025

The challenge

Schools and districts are seeking information on how to implement strategic staffing models. MLFTC's Next Education Workforce™ initiative provides site visits for visiting school staff to observe such models in practice in schools in the Phoenix area. However, demand exceeds space for these visits, and the site visits may not be logistically possible for many other schools and districts.


The approach

This grant will allow for the development of a web-based virtual site visit experience, as well as resources and tools that can be used by educators. The project is led by Brent Maddin, principal investigator, with Andrea LaRocca as co-principal. Maddin is executive director of MLFTC's Next Education Workforce initiative and professor of practice with ASU's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. LaRocca is assistant director, partnership success with MLFTC's Next Education Workforce.