Outstanding teachers from across the U.S. who are at the cutting edge of integrating technology to support problem-based and/or inquiry learning classrooms are encouraged to apply for this award. Recipients will connect with researchers at the IU School of Education to create short reports that will provide useable research for busy teachers to help them understand best practices.

Who should apply?

Current pre-K to 12 teachers in any content area with at least 5 years of teaching experience who use technology to support guided inquiry and problem-based learning.

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Each selected Jacobs Educator will receive:

• $1,500 stipend at the end of their one-year appointment,
• $1,000 to be used to purchase technology resources for use in their teaching,
• Additional funds to support travel to Indiana University Bloomington, if necessary.

Each Jacobs Educator will be asked to provide their expertise to the Indiana University School of Education during the year they are selected as an award recipient. This expertise will involve:

• Participation in preparing research-to-practice brief with Indiana University faculty member by working with a selected faculty member translate their research findings into a two-page summary by teachers for teachers.
• Help edit video of researcher-teacher conversation to be a companion to the research-to-practice brief.

The Jacobs Educator Award program is sponsored by the Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology at the IU School of Education in partnership with the Center for Research on Learning and Technology.