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You have joined a network that is creating the next generation of innovators and problem solvers by training and retaining 100,000 new, excellent science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers in American classrooms over the next 10 years.

We’re united by a single ambitious goal:

To prepare all students with the high-quality

STEM knowledge and skills needed to address our

most pressing national and global challenges. We

recognize that, while we each already do excellent

work individually/separately, a unified effort can

do much more. It can exceed the sum of its parts.

So as a network, we resolve to learn together to

deepen our capacities and realize the best potential

of each partner organization, while innovating and

collaborating together to address complex problems

for the field.

welcome To 100Kin10

noW let’s get to Work seizing thispoWerful opportunity.

This booklet serves as a quick reference guide to

help you navigate and access the exclusive benefits

available to 100Kin10 partners (as the list grows,

you’ll always find the latest at 100Kin10.org). Current

benefits include access to funding, relationships

with 100+ best-in-class organizations, field-leading

learning infrastructure, and more as you fulfill your

ambitious commitment and collaborate toward

innovation with other partners. Take a moment

to explore, and participate actively to maximize

the Visibility, Access, Leadership, and Community

100Kin10 can provide. The more deeply you engage,

the more 100Kin10 as a whole will benefit.

“The really important thing for us about our membership in 100Kin10 is it allows us to be in partnership with corporations, research entities, non-profits, other cities, that we would not naturally be in partnership with.”- lisa guggenheim

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In January 2011, Carnegie Corporation of New York,

Opportunity Equation, and NewSchools Venture

Fund, in partnership with the design firm IDEO,

convened a group of 28 organizations to respond

to an urgent national call to action: train 100,000

excellent STEM teachers over the next 10 years to

keep America vibrant and prosperous. Inspired by a

vision of a future where all students have the basic

STEM literacy necessary to be full participants in our

economy and democracy, this group understood that

addressing the nation’s STEM teacher shortage and

So 100Kin10 is not a paper coalition or a top-down initiative. It is an experiment in a networked approach to making big social change happen with partners like you:

foundations corporations nonprofits universities museums

school districts states federal agencies & others

We are taking a page from bottom-up, networked crowd-sourcing and tapping into the expertise and passions of

individual organizations to build a collaborative network of leaders and innovators. Each new partner like you

that adds a commitment and collaborative spirit to 100Kin10 moves us ever closer to our shared goal.

hisTory

improving STEM learning for all students requires

mobilizing a wide array of stakeholders around these

challenges and developing new, creative approaches

to tackling them.

Early partners saw the need for a new kind of network

that could set a high bar for entry; foster continuous

learning and collaboration; and enable, empower, and

inspire individual organizations to take on a piece of

the solution based on their best sense of the problem

and their unique capacity to solve it.

100Kin10’s results in less than two years demonstrate the power of the network. But, thanks to partners like you, the best is yet to come.

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As of the summer of 2012, 118 partners have made commitments to train over 35,000 STEM teachers by 2015, and to support and retain tens of thousands more.

Diverse funders have agreed to direct $24M through the Funder Registry.

Former President Bill Clinton announced 100Kin10 onstage at the Clinton Global Initiative America in June 2011. Mr. Clinton also joined partners for inspirational remarks at April 2012 communications training

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan provided the keynote address for the 100Kin10 Partner Summit in March 2012. Former Senator – and sole engineer in the Senate – John Sununu thanked partners for their passion and hard word at a reception following the Summit.

We have assembled a group whose size, resources, expertise, and stature is equal to the enormous challenge and opportunity before us:

We’ve been recognized and supported by the country’s most influential policymakers, and play a role in America’s leading government-led STEM initiatives.

Inviting the best and brightest organizations

to join 100Kin10 benefits all partners through

greater knowledge-sharing and opportunities for

collaboration. In its first year, 100Kin10 completed

three rounds of partner expansion to reach the

100+ excellent partners and bold commitments.

Moving forward, annual nomination rounds will

seek to add fewer new partners and focus on priority

commitment areas so 100Kin10 grows smartly and

not at the expense of exclusive partner resources.

University of Chicago will continue to oversee

rigorous vetting but 100Kin10 needs your help to

ensure nomination rounds result in a stronger and

more powerful network. Keep your eyes out for

eXPAnDing 100Kin10peers you feel could make unique and valuable

contributions to the 100Kin10 goal and network.

Introduce them to the exclusive resources available to

100Kin10 partners. Nominate two for partnership and

fulfill your crucial role as a trusted advisor for your

nominees throughout the application process. Answer

your nominees’ questions and help them craft bold

commitments. Provide key peer references to the

University of Chicago to ensure a full understanding

of the organizations you nominate. If your nominees

complete the application process successfully, orient

them to the many exclusive benefits of partnership

and encourage them to connect with other partners

to learn and collaborate.

AccomPlishmenTs

(F) - FUNDING PARTNER * - THIS ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT IS COMPLETED ° - CURRENT LIST OF PARTNERS IS IN FORMATION

Academy for Urban School Leadership

The Achievement Network

The Algebra Project, Inc.

American Association of Physics Teachers

American Modeling Teachers Association

American Museum of Natural History

Ashoka Changemakers*

Aspire Teacher Residency

Baltimore City Public Schools

S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation (F)

Boston College

The Boston Foundation (F)

Boston Teacher Residency

The Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT

CA Technologies (F)

California State University

California STEM Learning Network

Capital Teaching Residency

Carnegie Corporation of New York (F)

Center For High Impact Philanthropy

Change the Equation

Chattanooga-Hamilton County Public Education Foundation

Citizen Schools

Intel Corporation

JP Morgan Chase Foundation (F)

Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development

KIPP Houston

Lawrence Hall of Science

Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh

Los Angeles Unified School District

Loyola Marymount University School of Education Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University

Maryland Business Roundtable for Education

Mass Insight Education & Research Institute

MATCH Teacher Residency

Memphis Teacher Residency

Merrimack College

Michigan State University

Montclair State University

Museum of Science and Industry

National Academy of Sciences

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

National Association for Research in Science Teaching

National Center for STEM Elementary Education at St. Catherine University

National Center for Technological Literacy at the Museum of Science, Boston

National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

National Math and Science Initiative

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Science Foundation

National Science Teachers Association

NewSchools Venture Fund (F)

New Teacher Center

New Visions for Public Schools

New York City Department of Education

New York Hall of Science

North Carolina New Schools Project

NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Office of Colorado State Senator Mike Johnston Opportunity Equation

Philadelphia Education Fund

PhysTEC (led by APS, in partnership with AAPT)

Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Public Impact

PArTner lisTClinton Global Initiative

DC Public Schools

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (F)

Denver School of Science and Technology

Denver Teacher Residency

DonorsChoose.org

The Dow Chemical Company (F)

Educate Texas

EnCorps

Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry

Florida International University

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Foundation (F)

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (F)

GOOD

GOOD/Corps

Google (F)

The Greater Texas Foundation (F)

Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Heising-Simons Foundation (F)

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (F)

High Tech High

IDEA Public Schools

Indiana Department of Education

Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education

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reAching oUr goAls TogeTher

together 100kin10 and its partners can achieve our ambitious goals.

We will connect with a trusting community of professionals.

We will learn from one another to realize our bold commitments.

We will ensure rigorous research quickly informs practice.

We will more closely align funding to impact.

We will collaborate and innovate to overcome obstacles.

We will contribute to the leadership of the network.

We will combine our voices, and enlist influential others, to raise the visibility of STEM teaching.

All of this - and more - will strengthen each of our

organizations individually, increase our collective impact,

and reveal new ways to take previously unimagined leaps

forward. We can look down the road to an education

landscape that truly supports both STEM teaching and

learning by training excellent teachers to prepare all

students with the necessary skills to become contributing

citizens to this democracy and economy.

But first we have work to do - above and beyond our busy

organizational to-do lists. 100Kin10 offers a wealth of

exclusive opportunities to engage more deeply; choose

one or more of these and go for it. Take a chance - make

a new connection with another partner, volunteer a

promising practice to share with the network, or pursue a

collaborative innovation with fellow partners. We have a

huge collection of talent, experience and passion on the

bus, so let’s dig in!

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Extensive partner input informed each of the exclusive

opportunities described briefly below and in more detail

in the following section. Future one-on-one calls, online

surveys, and partner Working Groups (launching soon) will

all ensure that this list continues to reflect priority areas

for partner growth and capacity-building as it evolves.

Thank you for the time you invest in helping maintain a

relevant and exciting set of partner resources, and please

continue to share your thoughts with us. Most importantly,

please take advantage of these opportunities!

Read the front-page news for the 100Kin10 network, and get the latest updates about available resources and other timely topics.

Use this online communication platform to pose questions, ask for help, share resources, learn about opportunities offered by other partners, post updates, publicize events, and more.

Join a 100Kin10 Webinar to hear the latest updates on network events and partner opportunities.

Send this team of journalism students at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill ideas for compelling stories on your work, the 100Kin10 network, or STEM teaching and learning.

Create new connections with fellow partners, learn more about exclusive resources available to the 100Kin10 network, and engage with new information to advance your work.

Visit a partner to learn about a promising innovation, or host partners to investigate an innovation of your own.

Spend a day with a group of partners working together to tackle shared problems of practice.

Request up to $4,000 to meet other partners in person to share best practices, jointly problem-solve, and learn together to better fulfill 100Kin10 commitments.

Ensure that each round of nominations results in a stronger and more powerful network.

Request up to $25,000 to support intensive planning for two or more partners to work across the 100Kin10 network in novel, collaborative ways that build on each other’s commitments.

Read these brief case studies showcasing specific aspects or components of a 100Kin10 partner program that respond to a particular obstacle or challenge of practice.

Contribute to cutting edge research led by the University of Chicago that will be rolling out over the course of 2012 and beyond.

Submit a proposal through this online portal and potentially secure resources to complete your commitment.

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Read the 100Kin10 Newsletter to learn about the latest updates on exclusive partner

resources, network events, and other developments from across 100Kin10. Find out how to

engage more deeply in upcoming activities and learn what’s coming up in the weeks and

months ahead. Be sure to keep an eye out on the second week of every other month, so

you know all you need to know to get the most out of 100Kin10. If you have any news or

information you’d like to contribute, please let us know at info@100Kin10.org!

Regular 100Kin10 Webinars offer an interactive opportunity to learn about the latest

updates on exclusive partner resources, network events and other developments from

across 100Kin10. Find out how to engage more deeply in upcoming activities and learn

what’s coming up in the months ahead. The Q&A portion of the Webinar is a great time

to receive quick answers to your questions from the 100Kin10 team. Is there a topic you

want to learn about or share with the group? Send your ideas to info@100Kin10.org.

Webinars take place every other month, so look out for calendar invitations in your inbox.

You can participate by phone or via computer, and access archived video [embed link] and

overview notes[ embed link] at your convenience.

What type of opportunity is this? News - stay informed on the latest 100Kin10 updates.

hoW does this benefit me?Visibility - connect your work to the national conversation on STEM teaching and learning.Community - benefit from the experience, expertise, and creativity of fellow partners.

hoW do i make the most of this opportunity?Participate! Make sure to open and read the Newsletter.

What type of opportunity is this? News - stay informed on the latest 100Kin10 updates.

hoW does this benefit me?Visibility - connect your work to the national conversation on STEM teaching and learning.Community - benefit from the experience, expertise, and creativity of fellow partners.

hoW do i make the most of this opportunity?Participate! Join the Webinar.

Send questions or suggestions for Webinar content to info@100Kin10.org.

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We’ve heard you loud and clear - for 100Kin10 to succeed, partners need to be able to find

one another, ask questions, share resources, build connections, and collaborate. Enter

Chatter, a listserv-like communication tool powered by Salesforce. Log in, create a profile,

pose questions, ask for help, share resources, learn about opportunities offered by other

partners, post updates, publicize events, and more. It’s easy and convenient. Chatter

will even deliver a digest of a day’s or week’s worth of conversation to your inbox. It’s

smartphone-enabled, too, so you can engage on the go. Get started [embed link] today!

We’ve also put together a brief guide [embed link] with tips to help make Chatter work for

you.

What type of opportunity is this? Resource/Tool - to achieve your commitment and take on new innovations.

hoW does this benefit me?Visibility - connect your work to the national conversation on STEM teaching and learning.Community - benefit from the experience, expertise, and creativity of fellow partners.Capacity-Building -strengthen your organization to achieve our shared goal.

hoW do i make the most of this opportunity?Participate! Pose questions and post resources to get useful conversations going.Follow up with partners you “Chat” with about a MeetUp Grant or Joint Planning Grant.

“Do any fellow 100Kin10 partners have experience building online professional development tools? We could use some examples and maybe advice if you have a few minutes.”

“I just came across this great article on girls’ STEM initiatives. It’s worth a read! I’d love to hear others’ reactions.”

“I’m heading to Indianapolis for a conference next week. Would any partners in the area like to meet for lunch on Tuesday?”

“I want to organize a MeetUp on Common Core math implementation for 100Kin10 partners in the Chicago area. Please reach out if you’re interested.”

The 100Kin10 News Bureau helps spread the compelling stories and social impact of

100Kin10 and its partners. A team of journalism students led by John Clark at University

of North Carolina-Chapel Hill will report and publish stories based on ideas sent by

partners. This is great opportunity to share your organization’s work with a wider

audience. You can also learn more about other 100Kin10 partners and their work through

the articles the News Bureau will produce. If you have ideas for an article, please send

them to johnclark@unc.edu.

Open Labs occur when 100Kin10 partners open up their laboratories, boardrooms or

classrooms for STEM-specific guided tours to share best practices from their organizations

and inspire new connections. The goal of each Open Lab is to provide partners a behind-

the-scenes, real world example that helps them better understand the complex needs

of the STEM fields, spark new ideas, and take an inside look at the work of pioneers of

our movement. To leverage the presence of multiple 100Kin10 partners, Open Labs occur

alongside other events where 100Kin10 is present like the Partner Summit, Solutions

Sessions, or Clinton Global Initiative America.

What type of opportunity is this? Resource/Tool - to achieve your commitment and take on new innovations.

hoW does this benefit me?Visibility - connect your work to the national conversation on STEM teaching and learning.

hoW do i make the most of this opportunity?Send story leads about your work, 100Kin10, or other STEM topics or innovations.

What type of opportunity is this? Event - learn, share, and collaborate in person.

hoW does this benefit me?Visibility - connect your work to the national conversation on STEM teaching and learning.Community - benefit from the experience, expertise, and creativity of fellow partners.Learning -ensure you are utilizing the latest research insights.

hoW do i make the most of this opportunity?Submit a promising practice you have developed to highlight at an OpenLab.Reach out to a profiled partner to explore collaboration or deeper mutual learning.

NASA, NSF, and NAS all held Open Labs for partners to learn more about their work.

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The annual 100Kin10 Partner Summit is the one day each year when we all come together

to create new connections with fellow partners, learn more about exclusive network

resources, and engage with new insights and information to advance our work. According

to participants, the inaugural 2012 Partner Summit fostered a unique exchange of

expertise and evoked a special enthusiasm for collaboration toward our ambitious goals.

The day’s agenda seeks to leverage the unique skills and knowledge of 100Kin10 partners

and expert guests to create a valuable experience for all participants. The tangible feeling

of momentum and community from the day helps ensure we all stay engaged the other

364 days of the year by email, Chatter, webinar, phone, or smaller in-person groups.

Summits typically occur in the Spring, so look out for an invitation during the Fall.

What type of opportunity is this? Event - learn, share, and collaborate in person.

hoW does this benefit me?Visibility - connect your work to the national conversation on STEM teaching and learning.Community - benefit from the experience, expertise, and creativity of fellow partners.Capacity-Building - strengthen your organization to achieve our shared goal.

hoW do i make the most of this opportunity?Help shape the agenda.Attend, present on a panel, meet five new people.Reconnect with partners you met at the Summit to develop collaboration opportunities or learn more about synergies among your work. Share your suggestions for next year’s Summit.

Practices Worthy of Attention - PWOAs for short - are brief case studies showcasing

specific structures, strategies, and practices that a 100Kin10 partner has

implemented successfully to address a particular barrier or challenge of practice

other partners may also face. The emphasis is on providing a quick read for busy

partners, profiling an early stage innovation, and suggesting ways for partners to

adopt the practice into their own work. In this way, 100Kin10 hopes to speed up the

pace with which we can learn about successful practices to help reach our ambitious

commitments. Each PWOA also includes specific artifacts, tools, or resources used in

the highlighted practice. Seven PWOAs will be released during the Fall, so please look

out for announcements in the Newsletter

The University of Chicago leads the 100Kin10 Learning Infrastructure, a robust set of

research and technical assistance initiatives that aim to provide tools and capacity to

partners with the aim of advancing their commitments. This includes a field scan of

promising practices, facilitated conversations between partners to leverage the expertise

of the network, and a series of academic studies to determine which practices are most

effective in which contexts. Stay tuned for updates on the Learning Infrastructure on the

Learning Infrastructure page [embed link] of www.100Kin10.org.

One key initiative within the R&D infrastructure is Shared Measures, which will engage

all partners in first defining what we hold ourselves accountable for as a movement,

and then tracking our progress towards those goals over time, both individually and

collectively. Partners will help design the process and, once it is established, all will

regularly contribute data and benefit from the insights that emerge.

What type of opportunity is this? News - stay informed on the latest 100Kin10 updates.

hoW does this benefit me?Visibility - connect your work to the national conversation on STEM teaching and learning.Learning - ensure you are utilizing the latest research insights.

hoW do i make the most of this opportunity?Submit a promising practice you have developed for possible inclusion in a PWOA.Reach out to a profiled partner to explore collaboration or deeper mutual learning, or to get more information on a practice relevant to your work.

What type of opportunity is this? Resource/Tool - to achieve your commitment and take on new innovations.

hoW does this benefit me?Learning - ensure you are utilizing the latest research insights.

hoW do i make the most of this opportunity?Help shape research by participating in working groups and steering committees.Contribute your data to enable a full picture of effective practices.

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Solution Sessions bring partners together with STEM experts and researchers for a full-

day event to apply their experience to shared problems of practice and develop individual

or collective action plans. The University of Chicago coordinates the engaging events with

ongoing input from an ad hoc committee of 100Kin10 partners.

If you are seeking an opportunity to expose more of your staff members to fellow

100Kin10 partners from around the country as well as non-partner STEM experts and

researchers, Solutions Sessions are the ideal resource. For those unable to attend, a

Solution Session Digest will capture key discussion points, proposed solutions, and

insights from the day, and will link readers to a continuing conversation on Chatter.

Registration and event information will appear in the Newsletter and we welcome your

ideas for future topics. Partner organizations may attend as many Solution Sessions as

they wish. These events are free of charge but participants cover their own travel and

accommodation costs. Participants will receive agendas, additional logistical information,

brief pre-readings and an organizational profile questionnaire by email before the event.

What type of opportunity is this? Event -learn, share, and collaborate in person.

hoW does this benefit me?Community - benefit from the experience, expertise, and creativity of fellow partners.Learning - ensure you are utilizing the latest research insights.Collaborative Action - take on a shared challenge together.

hoW do i make the most of this opportunity?Join a Solution Session Steering Committee.Attend, even if it’s in a different city.Keep the discussion going on Chatter.Consider a Meet-Up or Joint Planning Grant to take action on potential solutions.

What type of opportunity is this? Event - earn, share, and collaborate in person.

hoW does this benefit me?Community - benefit from the experience, expertise, and creativity of fellow partners.Capacity-Building - strengthen your organization to achieve our shared goal.Financial Support - fuel your commitment or new collaborations.Collaborative Action - take on a shared challenge together.

hoW do i make the most of this opportunity?Apply for and hold a MeetUp with fellow partners.Consider a Joint Planning Grant to continue collaboration.

MeetUp Grants make available up to $4,000 to cover travel or other costs so partners

can literally “meet up” in person to learn from one another to advance 100Kin10

commitments, hatch a new idea for solving a shared challenge, or explore early stage

collaboration. If you have started a conversation with one or more fellow partners at an

event or over Chatter and see real value in bringing your teams together to share best

practices, jointly problem solve, and collaborate to better fulfill 100Kin10 commitments,

here’s your chance!

Please review the streamlined application [embed link] and get started. MeetUp Grants

will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis until the exhaustion of available

annual funding, and each partner is eligible for up to three MeetUp Grants per fiscal year.

Remember that including more than one other partner will increase both the likelihood

of a successful application and the size of the potential award. All partners involved with

a MeetUp share their experiences and the outputs from the gathering with the broader

100Kin10 network by producing a brief report.

AUSL and University of Washington applied and received funding for a MeetUp in Seattle to enable mutual learning.

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Joint Planning Grants provide up to $25,000 for two or more partners to work

across the 100Kin10 network in novel, collaborative ways that build on each other’s

commitments. These grants differ from Meet-Up Grants in that applicants must

explain up-front how they plan to collaborate on a concrete piece of work that will

further the goals of 100Kin10. Where Meet-Up grants support partner-to-partner

networking to advance individual goals, Joint Planning Grants support the design of

shared plans for work among several partners.

For example, a Meet-Up Grant could cover travel and meeting expenses for all of

the Colorado 100Kin10 partners to discuss policies and practices that are barriers to

systemic coherence in STEM education. If the participating partners then decided

they wanted to develop a coherent statewide approach to STEM education utilizing

the strengths of all the partners, they could apply for a Joint Planning Grant to

support dedicated time from leaders of each organization to create such a plan

together. If the plan resulted in a promising ongoing collaboration, they could apply

for additional, larger amounts of funding for the project from the 100Kin10 Registry.

A Joint Planning Grant is not a prerequisite to applying for funds from the Registry;

partners have asked for support to develop their ideas for joint projects within the

network, and the Joint Planning Grants provide capacity to do that.

Please review the streamlined application [embed link] and get started. Joint Planning

Grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis until the exhaustion of

available annual funding, and each partner is eligible for up to two Joint Planning

Grants per fiscal year. Remember that including more than one other partner will

increase both the likelihood of a successful application and the potential size of the

award. Applications should detail the product or program that will result from the

Joint Planning Grant, and how it will solve problems and accelerate progress toward

100Kin10’s overarching goals. We also ask that partners commit to sharing their

experience with the Joint Planning Grant process with the broader 100Kin10 network.

What type of opportunity is this? Resource/Tool - to achieve your commitment and take on new innovations.

hoW does this benefit me?Community - benefit from the experience, expertise, and creativity of fellow partners.Financial Support - fuel your commitment or new collaborations.Collaborative Action - take on a shared challenge together.

hoW do i make the most of this opportunity?Identify potential partners and topics, and submit an application.Share the product of your collaboration with the 100Kin10 community.

What type of opportunity is this? Resource/Tool -to achieve your commitment and take on new innovations.

hoW does this benefit me?Visibility - connect your work to the national conversation on STEM teaching and learning.Financial Support - fuel your commitment or new collaborations.

hoW do i make the most of this opportunity?Learn more about participating funders’ priorities to craft a proposal. Post your narrative and budget on the registry.

100Kin10 partners have the exclusive opportunity to submit funding proposals to the

100Kin10 Registry, one of several potential public and private funding sources to support

the fulfillment of ambitious commitments. The first fund launched in early 2012 with

15 funders committed to distribute a total of $24 million through the Registry. 100Kin10

will continue to pursue additional funds in the years ahead to expand resources for the

network.

It is important to note that participating funders maintain total independence of decision-

making in choosing which partner applications to fund, so partners should carefully

review the funding guidelines of participating funders. Please visit 100Kin10registry.org,

consult the FAQs, or contact registry@100Kin10.org with any questions.

Three sets of partners - North Carolina New Schools and the Kenan Fellows; Google and Broad Institute; and Woodrow Wilson and the University of Indianapolis - have submitted joint proposals to the Funder Registry.

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100Kin10 designed the network’s engagement opportunities with extensive partner input to support a rich partner

experience – to learn together, to work together, and to move forward together toward our shared goal. These opportunities

offer you the flexibility to engage at a variety of depths based on what grabs your interest, meets your needs, and matches

the bandwidth you have available. There is no limit to how many of these you can engage in – or how creatively you can flow

from one to another.

Here are a few examples that show how a partner might combine various opportunities and resources. These are purely

illustrative; we encourage you to find your own pathways of engagement and to think of these resources like Legos: a finite

set of pieces that you can combine creatively to build a practically limitless array of creative, sound structures.comBining PArTner resoUrces

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deepening engagement

getting acQuainted

partner-to-partner collaboration

Because of a scheduling conflict,

you’re unable to attend the Solution

Session; but after the event you

read the Solution Session Digest to

catch up on the day’s discussions.

In the Digest you are invited to join

many of the attendees in an ongoing

conversation on Chatter about

statewide curriculum coherence.

You attend the Webinar mentioned

in the Newsletter and learn about

new opportunities through 100Kin10,

including an R&D Solution Session

focused on statewide STEM strategies.

You ask a question to determine if this

session will help your organization

establish local/state partnerships

across the 100Kin10 network, and you

decide to try to attend.

You find the conversation continuing

on Chatter and join in with a dozen

other partners, including three from

your state.

Soon after becoming a 100Kin10

partner, you receive the bi-monthly

Partner Newsletter in your inbox.

A notice about upcoming R&D

events piques your interest. You

mark the date of the next Partner

Webinar, listed in the newsletter, and

decide to join to learn more about

the R&D events. You reach out to

info@100Kin10.org and see how you

can get involved in planning the

webinar.

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1 2 3 4

The five of you collaborate to

complete a short, online application

for a $3,500 Meet-Up Grant to

convene as a small group at your

office to. After learning your request

was accepted, you hold the meeting

and [more to come from Becky].

One of the other Meet-Up attendees

works in your state, and you decide

it would be valuable to develop a

joint recruitment program you could

both use. You apply to 100Kin10 for a

$17,500 Joint Planning Grant to cover

the staff time needed for program

development. [talk to Becky to get

additional outcomes here].

You and these four fellow partners

continue the conversation from the

Summit as a thread on Chatter. One

of the partners brings up the idea of a

Meet-Up Grant.

While attending the annual Summit,

you meet four other partners working

on teacher recruitment for high-need,

inner-city school districts – three in

a session focused on a related topic

and one at the evening networking

reception.

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1 2 3 4

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As part of the Learning

Infrastructure, you receive

and respond to a Survey

probing for detail and context

on your teacher professional

development program.

Based on your survey response,

it’s clear you do a great job of

using video in your program. You

are contacted to be the subject of

a Practices Worthy of Attention

(PWOA) caselet. You agree to

describe your practice in a one-

hour interview with the 100Kin10

team and review a draft of the

PWOA before publication.

The PWOA is published, and

a link to it is included in the

Newsletter and on the public-

facing 100Kin10 website. Both

the Newsletter and the PWOA

link to a Chatter conversation

on your video practice. Eight

partners contribute to the thread

prior to the PWOA release; an

additional 17 join during the two

weeks following release.

On Chatter, five partners express

interest in learning more about

your use of rubrics for assessing

in-classroom video. You apply

to 100Kin10 to run an Open

Lab, which covers the cost of

hosting an in-person workshop

to walk through the development

and demonstrate the use of

rubrics. After the Open Lab, the

conversation is continued offline

and you are asked to speak at

another partner’s event. You

receive valuable input on how to

expand your set of offerings.

At the following year’s annual

Summit, you join a panel

with two fellow partners on

innovative uses of technology for

STEM teacher training.

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