ASSET has partnered with the Qwest Foundation to create an online educator self-assessment tool designed to improve Early Childhood instruction throughout Arizona. ASSET will also create a free, online kindergarten readiness assessment tool for use by parents and care providers. These assessments, 360° Early Childhood provided by Qwest and Qwest KIP (Kindergartener In-Progress), form the core of a program with the overarching goal of increasing kindergarten readiness levels of Arizona children.

To learn more about the QWEST Foundation, please go to http://www.qwest.com/about/company/community/foundation/index.html

To learn more about the Early Childhood project, go to http://www.asset.asu.edu/neighborhood/az/ .

The ASSET-Eight Classroom Innovators project is designed to meet the professional development needs of Pre K through Grade 12 educators within Title I and high poverty public and charter schools, as well as non-profit private schools. The project will support new online learners through the assistance of onsite experienced online learners known as Classroom Innovators. The ASSET-Eight Classroom Innovators project is also designed to meet the multimedia curricular integration needs of AZ classrooms by raising awareness of on-air recordable programs from Eight, online interactives from PBS Kids and PBS Kids Go!, online lesson plans from PBS Teachers, and additional materials from PBS Parents.

The ASSET-Eight Professional Development team will work with Innovators to design and deliver hands-on workshops for their site staffs by customizing these PBS resources to the site goals and academic needs. ASSET-Eight Classroom Innovators will also receive membership to Eight and ASSET. This will further promote the programming on air, and the educational connections to that programming. Additionally, a subscription to Generation-Eight PBS Kids Play will allow Classroom Innovators to integrate these resources in the classroom.

To learn more about applying to be an ASSET-Eight Classroom Innovator, please go to ASSET-Eight Classroom Innovators.

ASSET and Eight/KAET are a mirror site for Annenberg Media video services. Annenberg Media at Learner.org offers workshops, courses and almost 1,000 videos designed for educator professional development. If is free to create an account.

Annenberg Media uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers. It is part of The Annenberg Foundation and advances the Foundation's goal of encouraging the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge.

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