Organizations Filed Purposes:
EMPOWERING YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES TO THRIVE IN LEARNING AND IN LIFE.
THE ORGANIZATION HAS THREE PRIMARY AREAS OF WORK, ALL FOCUSED ON HARNESSING THE POWER OF EMOTION IN LEARNING:1) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF EMOTION IN LEARNING AND THE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES OF YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES.2) EVIDENCE-BASED INNOVATION TO HARNESS THE POWER OF EMOTION IN LEARNING AND TRANSFORM EDUCATION.3) CO-DESIGN WITH YOUTH TO PERSONALIZE LEARNING, FOSTER EMPATHY, AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS.THE 3 LARGEST PROJECTS THE ORGANIZATION IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON ARE:1) DEVELOPING ACCESSIBLE, CHALLENGING, AND REWARDING INTERACTIVE SCIENCE EXHIBITS - IN THIS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FUNDED 3-YEAR RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO PRACTICE PROJECT, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE BOSTON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE DESIGN OF INFORMAL SCIENCE LEARNING (ISL) ENVIRONMENTS CAN SUPPORT VISITORS TO ENGAGE IN "PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE" - RICHLY CHALLENGING AND IMPACTFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES. THROUGH AN ITERATIVE RESEARCH PROCESS INVOLVING QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, DESIGN-BASED RESEARCH, AND DESCRIPTIVE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS, WE ARE WORKING TO SYSTEMATICALLY CREATE (1) AN EMPIRICALLY TESTED THEORETICAL MODEL FOR PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE IN ISL ENVIRONMENTS; (2) A REFINED SET OF 3 EXHIBITS DESIGNED TO ELICIT AND SUPPORT PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE, AND (3) A REFINED AND TESTED SET OF GUIDELINES AND STRATEGIES FOR ELICITING AND SUPPORTING PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE IN ISL ENVIRONMENTS. THIS PROJECT IS THE MOST RECENT EXTENSION OF A LINE OF WORK FOCUSED ON TRANSFORMING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT AND DESIGN FOR ENGAGEMENT.OUR WORK IN 2019 INVOLVED DESIGNING AND TESTING A THIRD AND FINAL EXHIBIT THAT IS NOW INSTALLED ON THE FLOOR OF THE BLUE WING FOR PUBLIC USE, AS WELL AS, RESEARCH INTO THE IMPACTS OF DESIGN COMPONENTS ON VISITOR EXPERIENCE OF PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE. WE ALSO DISSEMINATED ASPECTS OF THE WORK AT SEVERAL CONFERENCES AND ARE DEVELOPING A BOOK FOR THE MUSEUM COMMUNITY ABOUT THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THESE KINDS OF EXHIBITS IN ACCESSIBLE WAYS.2) DESIGNING ENGAGING SCIENCE EXHIBITS - IN THIS ARGOSY FOUNDATION FUNDED PROJECT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE BOSTON TO EXPLORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXHIBITS THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO VISITOR EMOTION STATE. THE GOAL IS TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION BY CREATING EXHIBITS THAT ARE EMOTIONALLY ACCESSIBLE TO VISITORS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE AVERSE TO SCIENCE OR STEM EXPERIENCES MORE BROADLY. 3) THE UDL SCIENCE NOTEBOOK - FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND THE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES, THIS PROJECT IS FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT, SCALING AND RESEARCH OF A UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED FOR LEARNING SCIENCE NOTEBOOK. WE ARE WORKING WITH CAST TO CREATE A SUITE OF COLLABORATIVE TOOLS THAT SUPPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO MAKE SENSE OF THEIR SCIENCE EXPERIENCES THROUGH DISCOURSE AND WRITING. OUR DESIGN APPROACH IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING SELF-DETERMINATION IN LEARNING, THEREBY SHIFTING STUDENT'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE CURRICULUM.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Gabrielle Schlichtmann | PRES/TREAS/CLERK/DIR/EXEC DIRECTOR | 30 | $94,544 |
| Miriam Evans | DIR(FULL YEAR)/DIR-RESEARCH(TIL MAY) | 2 | $24,092 |
| Ashley Lawrie | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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