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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