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Educator-Designed Projects Earn VEA Mini-Grants

Our members have fantastic ideas for how to best teach and reach Virginia’s young people, and one way VEA backs those efforts is our Mini-Grant program. Each year, educators from around the state apply for funding to launch innovative lessons in their classrooms and schools. Each year, members of VEA’s Instruction and Professional Development Committee face the tough task of going through those applications and selecting the winners.

Here are the winning projects and members for the 2019-20 school year:

Courtyard Composting
Katharine Lee Meadows, Page County

Creating Sensory Space with Limited Room
David Alan Bowman, Pulaski County

Cross Curricular Ties: Forsensic Science and In Cold Blood
Jenn H. Robinson-O’Brien, Stafford

“Dash”ing Into Computer Science
Jennifer Suzanne Roberts, Prince William

Digital Marketing Authentic Learning
Jennifer Stover, Frederick County

Horticulture Gardens
Sarah Jo Jones, Pulaski County

Interactive Musical Art: A STEAM Project
Rachel Grace Peters, Greene County

Jason Wright Discusses Civic Service
Dawn Grace Buehler, Frederick County

Learning to Read With Nonfiction
Amanda Lynn Ergenbright, Bedford County

Let’s Focus on Becoming Stronger Problem Solvers
Alisa Downey, Roanoke County

Makey-Makey in the K-5 Classroom
Nicole Loch, Fauquier

Math Centers for Everyone!
Amanda Sunshine Rossey, Prince William

Mock Caldecott Project
Marni Lynn Matyac, Fairfax

Sensory Exploration and Integration
Patricia M. Morgan, Mathews County

There’s A Game For That: Learning to Code Through Play
Sharon Carino, Gloucester

View Room Cafe
Christopher Aaron Robinson, Stafford

Did You Know?

According to the Economic Policy Institute, teachers in Virginia are paid 31% less than other college graduates. That is the third-worst showing of any state.

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