Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership | Illinois

Janet Gaffney
Professor, Special Education, College of Education

Entrepreneurial project developed by Professor Gaffney

Entrepreneurial Leadership in STEM Teaching and Learning (in collaboration with Professor Ray Price)

Scholarship in social and entrepreneurial leadership and distributed leadership frame EnLiST's efforts to build and sustain a state-wide Illinois community of highly qualified science teacher leaders, transforming K-12 science teaching and learning through intensive professional development and innovative school projects. Teacher leaders gain cutting-edge scientific knowledge, research experiences in University laboratories, and effective pedagogical repertoires, as well as entrepreneurial leadership and transformative skills. They return to their districts empowered to energize and transform STEM teaching and learning. Core partners include Education, Physics, Chemistry, Business, Champaign Unit 4 District, Urbana School District #116, and Thornton High School District #205.

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About Professor Gaffney

• College of Education faculty profile

Read more:

• "Twenty at Illinois to be honored for excellence in teaching and advising", Inside Illinois (May 2007)