Santa Rosa County Schools is a medium size, rural/suburban school district in the panhandle of Florida with 35 schools, serving over 26,000 students.
With a rapidly growing Title I student population, Santa Rosa County Schools partnered with Discovery Education to achieve these goals:
- Accelerating student engagement and achievement
- Fueling economic development and community engagement
- Transforming the culture of teaching and learning
- Maximizing investment in technology and human capital
- Driving personalized learning within a student-centered learning environment
The District partnered with Discovery Education to build and execute a 5-year strategic initiative branded STEAM INNOVATE, resulting in these outcomes:
- 25 schools serving as the district’s STEAM models of innovation
- 100+ STEAM Innovators receiving intensive professional development and job-embedded coaching
- 100+ STEAM Innovators redelivering 21st-Century STEAM modules to their school-based peers
- 25+ administrators receiving customized administrative leadership professional development
- 4,000+ students using digital Techbooks in Math, Science and Social Studies
- Ongoing community and business engagement opportunities
