Nike awards $500,000 to PPS
1/15/2010
Portland Public Schools is one of three local districts to share in $1.1 million in grants from the Nike School Innovation Fund for the 2009-10 school year, Nike announced this week.
The NSIF grants, which began in 2007, also provided $600,000 earlier this school year for the popular early learner summer academy program.
The grants support programs at PPS and the Hillsboro and Beaverton school districts that explore innovations in school leadership.
Teams of NIKE leaders are working with a number of Portland schools as part of the Portland Leadership Collaborative, a two-year leadership development program designed to help teacher and administrator teams improve writing instruction.
Each school team receives intensive training and support in three areas: development and support of professional learning communities, use of data to lead school improvement and effective writing instruction.
The $500,000 Leadership Innovation Grant being awarded to Portland Public Schools this year will fund a third year of the PLC and support 30 schools. New schools entering the program this year are Abernethy, Beach, Beaumont, da Vinci Arts, Duniway, Glencoe, Hayhurst, Kelly, Marysville, Rigler, Sellwood and Vernon.
