Two University of Bridgeport students in the 教育领导教育学博士 混合项目 have written successful grant proposals as part of their 格兰特写作, Procurement, and Policy 2021 Summer Course.
The course, EDLD 805DL, “格兰特写作, Policy, and Procurement,” is taught by Assistant Professor of Education 帕特里夏·斯梅德利·巴克斯顿，教育学博士。 “The mission of 澳门新葡京博彩官网 includes applicable skills learned in the classroom and then applied in the real world,” says Buxton. 巴克斯顿自己为非营利组织撰写赠款，并教学生撰写获奖的赠款提案。 “教育领导者需要做的部分工作是为他们的学校争取资源，”她继续说。
One project was titled 面向SEL学生的合作游戏 and will benefit middle school students in Oxford, Connecticut. It was developed by doctoral student 史蒂文Tsaprazis and funded in full by the Connecticut Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance mini-grant. The second project was developed by doctoral student 娜塔莉Odierna and is titled 无线上网。 It benefits Bridgeport high school students attending the Better Chance Program at Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut, and was funded in part by the Kajeet Digital Inclusion grant.
在跟随巴克斯顿博士学习格兰特写作之前，我对它及其在教育领域的用途知之甚少，”奥迪耶娜说，她是斯台普斯高中的一名社会研究教师。 “然而，由于巴克斯顿博士的学术、耐心和支持性的教学风格，拨款写作对我来说是一种强大而具有变革性的东西，可以帮助支持学生、教师、管理人员和教育系统本身。”
Odierna的补助金直接用于布里奇波特的学生，这些学生在她的学校上学，晚上回家，使他们能够通过一个名为SmartBus的移动热点上网。 This school bus is wired with Wi-Fi and can be driven to neighborhoods that lack Wi-Fi or deal with Internet connectivity issues. “通过我的研究，我专注于让所有学生公平地获得技术，”奥迪耶娜说。 “每个学生都有学习的权利，即使是在不可预测的大流行背景下。”
The on-campus 教育领导博士课程 at 澳门新葡京博彩官网 was the first of its kind in Connecticut and has been operating since 1979. 经新英格兰学校和学院协会（NEASC）批准，该计划旨在加强和改善公共和私人组织领导人，学校管理人员和研究人员的效率。 Graduates and current students have held and currently hold significant positions in statewide school systems, for-profit, non-profit institutions, colleges, and universities. 巴克斯顿说：“我们一开始只有4名学生，网址是Ω，现在我们有100名学生参加了这个混合教育项目。” “他们夏天来学校两次，其余时间都在网上。”
Through its expert faculty and innovative courses, 澳门新葡京博彩官网 continues to inspire and lead the next generation of academic trailblazers. 巴克斯顿说：“帮助教师和管理人员获得必要的资源，以支持学校的愿景、使命和目标，从而帮助社区。” The skills learned in the 教育领导EdD混合课程 are designed to do just that.
Eric D. Lehman is the director of publications and associate professor of English at University of Bridgeport. He is the author or editor of 22 books, including “New England Nature, A History of Connecticut Food,” and “Bridgeport: Tales from the Park City.” His biography of Charles Stratton, “Becoming Tom Thumb,” won the Henry Russell Hitchcock Award from the Victorian Society of America and was chosen as one of the American Library Association’s outstanding university press books of the year. His novella “Shadows of Paris” and novel “9 Lupine Road” were finalists for the Connecticut Book Award. He has been consulted on diverse subjects and quoted by The Atlantic Monthly, USA Today, the BBC, the History Channel, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, and The Wall Street Journal.