One Community's Crusade to Help Boys Find Success in Education
This session was presented at the Imaging the Future Forum as part of international celebrations of World Creativity and Innovation Week (wciw.org) sponsored by Haggerty & Haggerty Digital and My Favorite Art Place.
Educational practices and policies regarding curriculum, behavior management, and classroom structures have created gender disparities in achievement. Boys’ underachievement in literacy is an international cause for concern and can be seen across all race and socio-economic subgroups. When boys’ interests, experiences and inherent tendencies are not considered, these systemic disadvantages create gender achievement gaps. Changing instruction and learning environment practices is crucial to closing gender achievement gaps and eliminating gender disparities.
The Pinellas Education Foundation recognized this disparity years ago and in partnership with Pinellas County Schools has stepped in to create a stronger awareness of the problem and tools and strategies to elevate academic achievement among boys.
Dr. Stacy Baier has more than 20 years of experience in foundation development and capacity building, including identifying partnership opportunities and strategic investment goals implementation. As CEO of the nationally recognized Pinellas Education Foundation, Stacy leads all development, program and administrative activities at the Foundation while cultivating a strong working relationship between the business and school communities. Her proven leadership and extensive policy background was most recently utilized at the Florida Philanthropic Network where she served as president and CEO. Prior to that, Stacy was vice president and program director of College and Career Readiness for Helios Education Foundation. She has also served as executive director of the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations. She has held numerous leadership positions at state and national levels, including serving as chair of the Florida Education Foundation Board, chair of FPN’s Education Funders Affinity Group, co-chair of the National Collaborative for Student Success and co-chair of the Grantmakers for Education Annual National Conference. Stacy received her doctorate in Educational Leadership at the University of Florida and holds a Master of Education from Harvard University. She is a past president of The Junior League of Tampa. A graduate of Leadership Florida, Class XXXII, Stacy is also a founding board member of the National Schools Foundation Association and author of “From Better to Best: Practical Strategies to Boost Efficiency in Your Education Foundation,” a strategy guide to enhance the effectiveness of education foundations and improve financial return. Most recently, Stacy was recognized on the Florida Trend 500 Most Influential Leaders in the category of nonprofits/philanthropy.
The World Creativity & Innovation Week Opening Presentation and Imagining the Future Forum were sponsored by:
My Favorite Art Place
Clearwater, FL
727-726-7411
https://myfavoriteartplace.com/
Haggerty & Haggerty Digital Services
Clearwater, FL
727-755-0888
https://haggertydigital.com/
For more information about World Creativity & Innovation Week and Day visit: https://wciw.org/
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