Posts by Chadwick Savage
LEAD: Leadership Education and Development Fellowship 2022-23
LEAD, acronym for Leadership: Education and Development, is a professional development program designed to foster, cultivate, and build school leadership in Bradley County and Cleveland City Schools. In collaboration with the Directors of Schools, BCPEF will oversee and host this year-long professional development program designed for emerging school leaders to develop skills and knowledge in…
Read MoreBradley Central High School Shakespeare Day
Though Covid-19 prevented teachers and students from a regular field trip to experience Shakespeare off campus, Bradley Central High School teachers and principals came to bat with creativity and excellence this November, bringing the experience to their students on BCHS’s campus. By splitting students into smaller groups and strategically scheduling each event, teachers were able…
Read MoreTeacher Grant Awards 2020-2021
2020-2021, fifteen TEAM and individual Teacher Grants were awarded to 12 Bradley County and Cleveland City schools supporting innovative classroom projects not funded by the schools’ yearly budgets. Forty-eight creative and committed teachers were recipients of $55,000 in needed support through funding from the generosity of donors to BCPEF. These projects deliver measurable academic success…
Read MoreThank you, Jim!
Jim Williams said yes when asked to serve as an Executive Committee Member of Bradley Cleveland Public Education Foundation. It was a pivotable event starting in 2009, providing BCPEF with the service of an individual who was committed, capable, and caring. Even during the most recent Zoom Executive Committee meeting, June 2020, Jim served…
Read MoreWVHS + BCHS = Stronger Together
Summer 2020, Charis Regan, BCHS Science Teacher, spearheaded a group of Bradley Central High School and Walker Valley High School teachers to design project-based experiences for their students to research, problem-solve, and create usable products for the local Bradley County and Cleveland, Tennessee community. This collaboration involved cross-curricular planning in Biology, Integrated Math, CTE Health…
Read MoreFriends of BCPEF Innovation Award
In 2019, The Fitzgerald Innovation Award (FIA), funded by the Fitzgerald Family Foundation, was created by Dr. Rodney and Margo Fitzgerald to empower and inspire teachers and administrators to pursue and implement significant positive change through strategic innovative instruction. The Fitzgeralds have been committed to excellence in local public education from the very formation of…
Read MoreDr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald Discuss the 2019-20 Award
Margo and Rodney Fitzgerald discuss their motivation for initiating the two $15,000 Fitzgerald Innovation Awards. Their humor and enthusiasm is conveyed very effectively and we are honored to hear from them.
Read MoreBCPEF, BCS & COVID-19
In April and May, in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, visionary teachers from Bradley County Schools collaborated to meet the needs of their greater community. This teaching team produced over 600 personal protective devices and distributed them to 35 local medical entities. Amazing, but let’s begin at the beginning of this remarkable story… Three…
Read MoreNests at Mayfield Elementary
Creating a positive school-wide culture and engaging students in the process is no easy task but Mayfield Elementary did exactly that. The Mayfield Team implemented the Positive Behavior Intervention Program to incentivize students to make positive behavior choices. A “nest system” was created where every student was assigned to either the blue, green, yellow or…
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