NW BOCES Receives Grant

Northwest Colorado Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) has won a $2,914,997 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation (i3) grant program to provide teachers with strong professional development assistance through its innovative System for Educator Effectiveness Development (SEED) project. The SEED project provides K-12 teachers in Northwest Colorado with dynamic, blended learning professional development that is linked to its teacher evaluation system. Teachers gain access to an interactive online bank of resources and Teacher Learning Communities to aid in their continued development. The i3 program is aimed at developing innovative approaches to improve student achievement and replicating effective strategies across the country.