2015 Annual Report

intellect

integrity

imagination

inquiry

Back at our home base in Washington, DC, the Inspired Teaching Demonstration School served

as a site for learning about how to engage students of all backgrounds in powerful, joyful

instruction. Visitors across the city, country, and world – from the DC State Superintendent of

Education to an international conference of leaders in higher education – experienced the impact

of a school where Inspired Teaching is evident in every classroom.

Our thriving residency program for new teachers and changemakers continued its track record of

success: 92% of our Fellows trained through the residency model are still working in classrooms

as teachers, and more than 60% of program graduates have assumed leadership positions at their

schools within their first five years of teaching.

We also completed the first year of a new program, supported by a multi-year grant from the Toyota USA Foundation, to train K-12 science teachers district wide in inquiry-based, Next Generation Science Standards-aligned instruction. This program builds on our organization’s nearly 20 years of experience teaching teachers to elevate student voice and achievement through

innovative training that engages teachers intellectually, emotionally, and physically.

Inspired Teaching’s work won’t be finished until every child has an Inspired Teacher. By expanding our reach and connections with likeminded organizations around the world, we improve our ability to create meaningful, lasting change in the school experience. It’s an exciting time to be involved in education and an even more exciting time to be involved in Inspired

Teaching.

Aleta Margolis, Executive Director Shelley N. Fidley, Board Chair    

Dear Supporter of Inspired Teaching,

Over the past year, Inspired Teaching has created new programs, connections, and partnerships

both within the United States and around the world. The need to transform education isn’t limited by county, state, or national borders; students everywhere need school experiences that

prepare them to be creative and empathetic problem solvers, citizens, and leaders, and as Inspired Teaching approaches our 20th Anniversary, we’re better positioned than ever before to influence and lead this global conversation.

This year, Inspired Teaching’s instructional model and theory of change - to Prepare new

teachers for successful and sustainable careers; Shift the practice of inservice teachers; and

Model Inspired Teaching in action - received national and international recognition.

Inspired Teaching was selected as one of the LEGO Foundation and Ashoka Changemakers’ 10 Re-imagine Learning Champions; we were chosen from 632 entries submitted from 63 countries around the world.

Following that achievement, Inspired Teaching’s Real World History program - an innovative citywide course combining academic coursework with internships at historic sites across

Washington, DC - was one of 14 projects from across the United States to win the LRNG Innovation Challenge, sponsored by the National Writing Project in partnership with the MacArthur Foundation and John Legend’s Show Me Campaign.

Board Members

Bill Andresen

Shelley N. Fidler, ChairJane Dimyan-Ehrenfeld

Shanika HopeAleta Margolis

Jonathan Ng

Dion Rudnicki

Katherine Wolfe

“As both an Inspired Teacher and changemaker, it is important to embody

passion for learning, empathy, open mindedness, and community building.”

-2014 Inspired Teaching Fellow

Foundation for Success

100% of 2013 and 2014 Inspired Teaching Fellows met the end-of-year program benchmarks in both Emotional Support and Classroom Organization domains, as measured by the CLASS™ tool, which have been linked by research to student achievement and development.

“As a new teacher,

I can proudly say

that I am not

survival teaching.

I am serving my

third grade students

daily as an

Inspired Teacher.

Without the support

and training from

the Inspired Teacher

Certification Program, this would not have

been possible.”

-2013 Inspired Teaching Fellow

Learn more about Inspired Teaching’s work preparing new teachers for successful and sustainable careers as educators at www.inspiredteaching.org.

100% of the 2014 Inspired Teacher Leaders improved in Emotional Support, Classroom Organization, and Instructional Support, domains, as measured by the CLASS™ tool, which have been linked by research to student achievement and development.

“My students now crave even

more science instruction.”

-2014 Inspired Teacher Leader

Instigators of Thought

“This has been the most exhausting yet

amazing professional development I

have ever been a part of.

This professional development directly

pertains to issues that I deal with on

a daily basis in my career, making the

work we’ve done blend seamlessly with improving my teaching. Working with an

amazing group of teachers has directly

influenced my ability to open up and not be afraid to grow.

The level of comfort that was

established day one impacted my

ability to be present, and it has made

all the difference. I leave here feeling

more confident and ready to change teaching.”

-2014 Inspired Teacher Leader

100% of the 2014 Inspired Teacher Leaders reported that as a result of the instructional strategies they developed through Inspired Teaching, their students were more engaged in learning.

Learn more about Inspired Teaching’s programs to shift the practice of inser ice teachers at www.inspiredteaching.org.

“Re-imagining learning requires breaking out of traditional models and

institutions and venturing out on a journey filled with creativity and playfulness.

Inspired Teaching and the rest of the 10 Champions reflect some of the world’s most promising, high-impact, scalable solutions in the field. They are role models for equipping children with the right skills to become creative

problem solvers, team players and engaged, lifelong learners.”

-Mirjam Schöning, Global Head of Programmes and Partnerships, LEGO Foundation

“We are proud to support Center for Inspired Teaching

and the important work they are doing to bring

dynamic, 21st century science instruction to more

school districts and students.

Toyota is deeply committed to supporting the next

generation of America’s leaders in mathematics, science, engineering, and environmental science, and

we look forward to seeing Inspired Teaching – and

the students and teachers they serve – make an even

bigger impact in the years ahead.”

-Michael Rouse, Vice President of Diversity, Philanthropy & Community Affairs and President of the Toyota USA Foundation

Partnering for Progress

earn more about Inspired Teaching’s work modeling Inspired Teaching in action at www.inspiredteaching.org.

“The LRNG partners were impressed by Inspired Teaching

because of their teacher-led commitment to ensuring that

young people become the problem solvers of the future.

We are pleased to support Inspired Teaching’s innovation and to share their Real World History story with schools

across the country.”

-Elyse Eidman-Aadah, Executive Director, National Writing Project

Investigating our World

“I learned how

to back up my

analysis with

primary and

secondary sources.

I also learned

how real world

historians think and

conduct historical

endeavors.”

-2014 Real World History student

The Inspired Teaching Demonstration School hosted President and First

Lady Obama on the National Day of

Service and Remembrance, in September 2014.

School of

Changemakers

School leaders from across Washington, DC joined Inspired Teaching and the f ce of the tate uperintendent of ducation for a

STEM Leadership Academy for Principals, in August 2015.

“This was the absolute

best professional

development I ever

experienced.

I would love to attend

any and all future PDs.” -Principal & 2015 STEM Leadership

Academy participant

Support and Revenue Contributions -- foundations $514,347Contributions -- individuals and corporations $118,191Government grants $89,103Program service fees $1,823,330Other income $191,716*

Total Revenue and Other Support $2,736,687

Expenses Program Services

Professional Development $729,231Teacher erti cation rogram

Total Program Services $1,951,910

Supporting Services

Development/fundraising $89,728Management and general $235,123

Total Supporting Services $324,851

Total Expenses $2,276,761

Net Assets - beginning of year $1,128,355Net Assets - end of year $1,588,281

Includes in earned income that had been deferred from scal ear

Statement of ActivitiesYear ending August 31, 2015

Support &

Revenue

Expenses

Program Service Fees

67%

Individual Contributions, Foundation, Corporate &

Government Grants

26%

Other Income

7%

Total Program Services

86%

Management & General10%

Development & Fundraising

4%

Barbara Adler

Jeff Adler

Eneida Alcade

Hugh AllenBill Andresen

Anonymous

Julia Baer-CooperKaren Barr & Andrew Engel

Karen Beardsley-Warner & James Warner

Kim & Brian Benjet

Jon E. Berg

Lois BerkowitzSasha Bloch

Monica & Adam Brady-MyerovAlyson Fendel Breier & Robert

Breier

Joan & William Brodsky

Carol E. Carmichael

Gail & David Clements

Ronald Cohen

Latisha Coleman

Paul CooperSusan Coti

Lucas Cox

Jeffrey Dobrinsky

William Dowling

David Elfin Charles Fay

Margot & David E. de Ferranti

Jane Dimyan-EhrenfeldBill Drayton

William Dowling

David ElfinLois & Richard England

Adam Evans

Zori G. Ferkin

Rhoda Fidler

Shelley Fidler

Amanda L. Fiteny

Frances Goldman

Aviva & Andrew Goldfarb

Miriam Gonzales & Michael Fitzpatrick

Merna & Joseph Guttentag

Susan & Jonathan HammondDotty & Lee HansonThomas B. & Dorothy G. HansonEllen Harris & David ZinnHeather HarrisonJeanne HarrisonBrittney L. HendersonJessica HiltabidelShanika HopeTerry HuangSarah HughesElizabeth Jenkins-Joffe & Paul JoffeLinda Jerrell

Lynnmarie Johnson

Matthew Kalan

Grita & Allen Kamin

Bina Karnani

Monisha Karnani

Sandy KatzCatherine Keplinger & Robert

HansonJean & Bill Keplinger

Sarah Khedouri

Amy Kossoff & Rob Enelow

Linda Lipsett & Jules Bernstein

Jodi Lis

Aleta Margolis & Michael Brodsky

Doris & Hon. Lawrence S. MargolisPaul & Jennifer MargolisDaris McInnis

Betsy McIntyre

Ruth & Hon. John MelcherMary Moncatch

Lorraine & Jacques NacsonJulie & Greg PetersmeyerSheryl PhillipsNancy Polikoff & Cheryl SwannackMarja Ponkka-CarpenterScott Rechler

Ruth Robbins

Alison Rodner & David E.

Goldberg

Frances R. Rothstein

John Salmond

Maria Schiff & Michael Cooperman

Allan Shedlin

Ethan Simon, in honor of Diana &

Rick England

Barbara A. StultzMary Catherine Thompson

Anne Urban & Peter YeoAlison Van Metre

Susan & Kenneth Weinstein

Diana Wells & Paul ZimmermanJudy & Chris White

Barbara & John Wing

Elizabeth Workman & Mark Williams

Mary & Michael Young

Corporate, Foundation, & Institutional Partners

Individual Supporters

Andrew & Julie

Klingenstein Family

Fund

AmeriCorps/Serve DC

Morton K. & Jane Blaustein

Foundation

William & Joan Brodsky

Foundation, Inc.

The Morris & Gwendolyn

Cafritz FoundationCapital One Foundation

Capitol Hill Community Foundation

Catalogue for PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation

for the National Capital Region (City Fund)

Clark Charitable Foundation

Clark-Winchcole Foundation

Corina Higginson TrustDiana Davis Spencer

Foundation

District of Columbia Public Schools

Editorial Associates

The Lois & Richard

England Family

Foundation

Ferris Family Foundation

Fidelity Charitable Fund

for Innovation & Public Service

GlobalGiving

Higher Achievement Horning Family FundHumanities Council of

Washington, DC

IBM

Jack Kent Cooke

Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Foundation

The LEGO Foundation

The J. Willard & Alice S.

Marriott Foundation

Richard E. & Nancy P. Marriott Foundation

Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer

Foundation

Microsoft Corporation

National Philanthropic TrustNational Writing ProjectNetwork for GoodOffice of the State

Superintendent of

Education, District of

Columbia

PNC FoundationShare Fund

Toyota USA Foundation

Trinity Washington

University

United Jewish Endowment

Fund

Van Ness FeldmanWalmart Foundation

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