Wells Fargo has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI), an innovative partnership among Davidson College, UNC Charlotte, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS). The purpose of this partnership is to empower classroom teachers through the cultivation of content knowledge, creativity, leadership and collaboration.
“Wells Fargo continues to demonstrate a strong commitment to CMS teachers through CTI. Focused on intensive, content-rich, and highly collaborative fellowships, CTI provides teachers with significant career development opportunities,” said CTI Executive Director Scott Gartlan. “We are proud to partner with Wells Fargo to promote high quality teaching.”
Since CTI’s creation in 2009, Wells Fargo continuously has offered support to the program.
“The Wells Fargo Foundation is pleased to continue to support the work of the Charlotte Teachers Institute,” said Jay Everette, Wells Fargo community affairs manager. “Our foundation has designated education as one of our primary focus areas. We believe that education is one of the most important investments we can make in our country’s future. Wells Fargo is responsible for promoting the long-term economic prosperity and quality of life for everyone in our communities. If they prosper, so do we.”
This Wells Fargo grant will support CTI’s general programming, including seminars that started in April and run through December; 104 classroom teachers are participating in these seminars held in collaboration with professors from UNC Charlotte and Davidson College. The goal is to create 15-25 page curriculum units that will reach more than 15,000 students in 2014-15.