The New Tech Network, previously known as the New
Tech Foundation (NTF) is a leading school development
organization that seeks to replicate the success of New Tech High
School in Napa, Calif., which opened in 1996 and is regarded as one
of the most innovative and successful high schools in the United
States today. The foundation has a network of 37 schools.
New Tech is based in Napa, Calif., and is a grantee of the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation to encourage innovative approaches to education in
the United States. Tech Valley High School was awarded a grant of
$400,000 for professional development for teachers and start-up
costs for the school. Additionally, Tech Valley High School has
access to the NTH Learning System to help shape the program and
curriculum as well as New Tech’s existing data bank of curriculum and
best teaching practices. Tech Valley High School is the New
Technology Foundation’s first replication site in New York State and
the Northeast. The school is developing an inventory of rigorous
inter-disciplinary projects that reflect the New York State learning
standards.
What is the importance of the partnership between the New Technology
Foundation and Tech Valley High School?
The New Tech Network supports start-up and
implementation of 21st century schools across the United States. In
August 2006, the then New Tech Foundation announced that Tech Valley High School was the
recipient of a $400,000 grant – the first school in New York State,
and in the Northeast, to receive this funding from NTF, whose work
is supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Our partnership with NTF allows Tech Valley High School to tap into
the collective experience and wisdom of a leading-edge network of
schools, so it can use best practices – and help develop new best
practices, right here in Tech Valley.
The $400,000 NTF grant was used to:
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Transfer all best practices and knowledge from the New Technology High School model to Tech Valley High School.
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Help Tech Valley High School design its facility and technology infrastructure.
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Train all Tech Valley High School teachers in project-based learning and coach and support them for the start-up year and three years of implementation.
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Train the Tech Valley High School principal and coach and support him for the start-up year and three years of implementation.
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Install the NTH Learning System at Tech Valley High School.
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Provide technology support to Tech Valley High School for the start-up year and three years of implementation.
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Host a professional learning community of principals and teachers from all New Tech High schools across the country, including Tech Valley High School.
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