Innovative teachers. Motivating lessons. Inspired students. 2010 Teacher: Carolyn Solano School: Christa McAuliffe School Business Partner: Blois Construction Grant: California Here We Come A Classroom Museum Teacher: Erik Amerikaner School: Oak Park High School Business Partner: Amgen Foundation Grant: The Global Impact of Proper and Improper Disposal of Computers Teacher: Paul White and Barry Shiffman School: Fremont Intermediate School Business Partner: UC Hansen Trust Grant: Communities For Growth and Change Teachers: Nancy Tracy and Megan Jones School: Lang Ranch Elementary School Business Partner: Southern California Edison Grant: Ugh...Another Museum! Teacher: Ginger Brandenburg School: Moorpark High School Business Partner: Amgen Foundation Grant: Lord of the Flies Characters Create a Challenging, Cross-Curricular Business Venture Teacher: Peter Daland School: Moorpark High School Business Partner: SAGE Publications Grant: The Road to the White House Teacher: Julie Roland School: S t. Paschal Baylon School Business Partner: Amgen Foundation Grant: Algebra on Fire Teacher: Maryann Horak School: St. Paschal Baylon School Business Partner: Venoco, Inc. Grant: Egypt through the Eyes of a Pharoah Teacher: Heather Farrell School: Thousand Oaks High School Business Partner: Amgen Foundation Grant: Climate Change Teacher: Ashley Cooper School: Thousand Oaks High School Business Partner: Amgen Foundation Grant: My California Teachers: Jennifer Todd and Dana Lomax School: University Charter Middle School Business Partner: Venoco, Inc. Grant: Reading Writing and Resistance: Resisting Oppression from Hitler to our Hallways Teacher: Jessica Murphy School: V entura Charter School Business Partner: Amgen Foundation Grant: The Key to the Universe Teacher: Terri Hooson School: Ventura Charter School Business Partner: The Limoneira Company Grant: Cultivating Empathy Teachers: Ashley Johnson, Terri Hoosen and Jessica Murphy School: Ventura Charter School Business Partner: State Farm Insurance Grant: Ancestral Country Travels Teacher: Ashley Johnson School: V entura Charter School Business Partner: Ventura Commerce in Education Grant: African Trickster Tales WHAT IS IMPACT II? • IMPACT II is part of a national curriculum-sharing and recognition program for teachers in kindergarten through grade 12, in all subject areas and specializations. Teachers: Shannon Alexander, Diana Mareno, Kristin Nordstrom and Suzy Moore (not shown) School: Lang Ranch Elementary School Business Partner: State Farm Insurance Grant: Masters of Art • More than 30 cities throughout the United States have IMPACT II business-school partnerships. The program now has several thousand selectively chosen teacher members. • The Ventura County IMPACT II program is a partnership of the Ventura County Economic Development Association (VCEDA), Ventura County Office of Education, the Ventura County Star and the Star In Education Foundation. HOW DOES IT WORK? • Teachers submit grant proposals about classroom-tested curriculum they have developed. Individual teachers whose proposals are selected receive up to $500. Collaborative efforts receive up to $750. • A committee of teachers, school administrators and business partners, select the most ready-to-share ideas for the grants. • Business leaders award the grants at a spring teacher recognition program. • 100% of your tax-deductible contribution goes directly to Ventura County teachers. • FOR INFORMATION, contact John E. Tarkany at Ventura County Office of Education, 5189 Verdugo Way, Camarillo, CA 93012 (805) 437-1501 Teacher: Donna Fulgham School: M oorpark High School Business Partner: Star in Education Foundation Grant: Slaying the Beast of Academia starineducationfoundation • FOR AWARD-WINNING CURRICULUM IDEAS, www.vcoe.org TITLE SPONSORS: Teachers: Kathy Wadley, Tiffany Armas, Karen Davis, Christine Elliott, and Jeanette Huntting School: La Mariposa School Business Partner: Venoco, Inc. Grant: Something as Precious as Gold Teachers: Don Hawkins, Laure Benson, Kathleen Setka, Teresa Crowe, Jennifer Wilson, and Sarah Galloway School: Douglas Penfield School Business Partner: Amgen Foundation Grant: Sports Spectatorship Teacher: Carol Short School: E.O. Green Junior High School Business Partner: Aera Energy LLC Grant: Invention Convention Teachers: Jodi Atkinson and Tiffany Berkovich School: Camarillo Heights School Business Partner: State Farm Insurance Grant: It's a Small World Teacher: Jennifer Dobbie School: Thelma Bedell Elementary School Business Partner: Star in Education Foundation Grant: Weather ChasersBeginnings of Meteorologists of the Future Teacher: Kathy Menzie School: Thelma Bedell Elementary School Business Partner: Amgen Foundation Grant: Growing with Georgia O'Keeffe starineducationfoundation Teachers: Rebecca Friday and Karen Allen School: Camarillo Heights School Business Partner: Amgen Foundation Grant: All A'Buzz About Bees Teacher: Lorna Gonzalez School: Oxnard High School Business Partner: SAGE Publications Grant: Choice Reading Unit Teacher: Deborah Maulhardt School: Christa McAuliffe School Business Partner: The Limoneira Company Grant: A Picture Paints a Thousand Words starineducationfoundation