AGENTS for change: Humble ISD educator creates after-school program to inspire students to give back
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HUMBLE, Texas – We’re celebrating our local educators with an inspiring after-school program out of Humble ISD. Dr. Andrea Barela started the after-school program Student Council AGENTS to give students the tools they need to improve and give back to their communities.
Barela’s colleagues Kathryn Henson and Sherry Grimes, both fifth grade teachers at Lakeshore Elementary in Humble ISD, are proud to work with Barela on the AGENTS program and are inspired by Barela’s idea and work ethic regularly.
“I think that the word that best describes Dr. Barela is learner. She is always learning more and she loves to share the new things that’s she’s learned with me,” said Henson. “It’s exciting to see how passionate she is about learning.”
Fund for Teachers Announces 2021 Fellows and Innovation Grant Recipients
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HOUSTON, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, non-profit organization Fund for Teachers (FFT) announced the names of 191 public, private and charter school teachers to receive $325,000 in grants for self-designed summer fellowships and experiential learning opportunities.
Now in its 20th year, FFT encourages the self-directed professional development of pre-K to 12
th-grade educators across the country and has provided $33.5 million in grants to more than 9,000 teachers. In light of the pandemic, the national nonprofit specifically asked teachers applying for grants to focus their proposals on transformational learning experiences within the continental US that address equity, diversity, inclusion, climate change and civic engagement.