We provide support for education projects that create authentic and relevant leadership opportunities that engage students on a global scale, creating experiences that inspire lifelong learners.
Educating 4 Leadership (E4L) works with students, schools, communities, and other groups in Alaska, the United States, and internationally to promote student leadership through contextual learning - we believe in teaching and learning by doing. As E4L matures and goes through the method of defining and implementing our goals, we actively seek input from other organizations to improve the process and practices of student leadership and engagement in communities. It is important to us that the students of today are ready to seize the opportunities and overcome the challenges of tomorrow. Alaskan students have a special place in our hearts, and we want to ensure they are capable of cooperating with others in the state and abroad, securing a stronger future through leadership and community building.
E4L has been busy supporting the T3 Alliance in Puerto Rico for a five-day workshop.
The training took place the week of April 1st, and consisted of working with 25 local Upward Bound students for one day and then a four day workshop with directors and teachers from Puerto Rico and around the US.
E4L currently provides training and support for two major educational projects in three locations. One is the Teaching through Technologies (T3) Alliance, an adaptable curriculum with a comprehensive instructor support system that can be widely adapted to increase the STEM interest of high school students. The other is "Gear Up", which has two branches - the Lower Kuskokwim Drone Project in the Lower Kuskokwim School District of Alaska, as well as at the Katherine A. Porter School (KAPS) in Texas.
A short video that explains the T3 Alliance from the perspectives of the students.
Teachers learning how to incorporate 3D printing into their curriculum.
The vision of the Teaching Through Technologies (T3) Alliance is to provide a replicable, adaptable, and scalable curriculum and a comprehensive support mechanism that can be widely adapted to increase the STEM interest and engagement of high school students from underrepresented minority groups.
T³ Alliance provides instructors and students online and in-person support to adopt a curriculum detailing the scientific background and hands-on use of Raspberry Pi programmable devices, 3D printing, and autonomous vehicles (air, land, and water).
E4L has partnered with T3 Alliance and gives educational support and training to students and instructors online and at face-to-face training. E4L believes that by engaging students in hands-on technical learning and enabling them to apply this knowledge in a service project of relevance to their communities, the T3 Alliance will encourage the students to further pursue STEM study and careers.
Registrations for these events also take place on the E4L website.
To sign-up for the upcoming T3 Alliance Training - UB Summer Intensive - in Las Vegas, Nevada from May 9-11, 2019, click “Register” below!
Students working with drones in Texas.
Dr. Mark Standley, E4L Education Specialist, is working with the Lower Kuskokwim School District on their “Gear Up” project; teaching students and staff how to fly drones, the ethics and safety, and then the process of getting their commercial drone license and forming their own businesses.
Dr. Standley is also doing work with this same structure with students in Texas, at the Katherine A. Porter school (KAPS).
Gear Up will support eligible students through researching and identifying business, non-profit, and government partners as potential internship places and/or contracted drone services provided by student-owned businesses.
E4L encourages you to stay up-to-date with our events and activities by subscribing to our quarterly newsletter below. We also have an educational bookstore in the works and podcasts that are available to listen to via Soundcloud.
we are very happy that you have come across our organization and are looking forward to your generous support. 100% of the donations we receive go to our programming and continuing to make leadership skills a necessity within the field of education.
We are in the process of putting together books that will be available for purchase in the near future. A preview of one of those books is shown to the right.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - Book of Questions identifies the various factors an educational institution needs to be aware of in order to develop a successful UAV program. It provides the necessary essential questions that the organization must ask of themselves and potential stakeholders.
We encourage you to listen to some of the various interviews that we have conducted. Check back often as we hope to have more!