The Modern Classrooms Project Inc

“Kareem farah george farah ed director family - brother”

“The organization has established a finance committee which is composed of 5 members of the board of directors. The duties and responsibility of the finance committee include the independent audit report review function and the form 990 review. Specifically, the form 990 is provided electronically to all finance committee members, and to any other board members upon request. Board members forward any comments or questions directly to the organization's coo prior to filing.”

“Consistent with the organization's conflict of interest policy, the organization's chief operating officer will monitor proposed or ongoing conflicts of interest and disclose them to the finance committee. After consultation with the finance committee, the chief operating officer shall determine whether a material conflict exists, and in the case of a material conflict, whether the contemplated transaction may be authorized as being necessary for a compelling reason, just, fair, and reasonable to the organization. The chief operating officer will present his determination to the executive director, who will have final responsibility for making this decision, in the interests of the welfare of the organization and the advancement of its purpose. The chief operating officer will provide an annual update to the board of directors on conflict-of-interest disclosures.”

“The process of determining and approving the compensation of the organization's top management officials included 1) review and approval by the board of directors, 2) use of data as comparable comparison, and 3) contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping. 1)review and approval. The compensation of top management officials was reviewed and approved by the entire board of directors at the organization's annual meeting. Any persons with conflicts of interest left the room while compensation was reviewed and approved. 2)use of data as to comparable compensation. In making its decisions about compensation, the board of directors used data as to comparable compensation for similarly situated and qualified individuals in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. For the 2019 fiscal year, four distinct similarly situated organizations were considered. 3)contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping. There is contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping with respect to the deliberations and decisions regarding executive compensation, including but not limited to the meeting minutes for the board's annual meeting.”

“The organization's most recent financial statements and form 990 (with donors names omitted) are made available on the organization's website. All prior financial statements, governing documents, conflict of interest policy are made available to the public upon request.”

“The modern classrooms project: overview the modern classrooms project empowers educators to redesign their classrooms to support each student's learning. We offer in-person workshops and interactive online courses that help teachers implement our core, research-based practices: blended instruction: teachers create high-quality instructional videos to replace in-class lectures. This allows students to learn at their own paces, and frees up teachers to provide targeted individual and small-group support in class. Self-paced structures: teachers design self-paced classroom structures, which allow students to control their own learning while meeting essential learning objectives and deadlines. We focus in particular on strategies that teachers can use to motivate students and foster authentic student- student collaboration. Mastery-based grading: teachers build mastery-based assessments, which give students credit only when they've demonstrated full understanding of content and skills. In particular, we help teachers develop effective systems for revision, reassessment, and reflection on student work. All of our professional development is itself blended, self-paced, and mastery-based; this models the modern classroom environment and ensures that teachers' time is used efficiently and effectively. The modern classrooms project: program descriptions to equip and empower educators in washington, dc and beyond, we offer four programs: 1.the modern classroom fellowship: our flagship program, the modern classroom fellowship is a one-year fellowship program that equips and empowers educators in redesigning their classrooms to support every student's learning. We give fellows one week of intensive summer training, during which they create blended, self-paced, mastery-based coursework of their own, then support these fellows throughout the school year with individualized coaching and feedback. Fellows can teach any subject, at any grade level, in any school setting. In 2019, we trained 25 modern classroom fellows. 2.modern classroom workshops: upon request, we travel to interested schools and districts to provide on-site professional development to educators in those schools/districts. These workshops, which are fully customizable to meet the needs of each school partner, range from one to five days. All follow our blended, self-paced, mastery-based instructional model. In 2019, we gave workshops in north carolina and pennsylvania, and reached agreements to run workshops in new york and dc as well. 3.building modern classrooms online course: for teachers around the world, we've built an online training course that explains our models and gives educators the tools they need to implement it. The basic course is free; teachers who want additional support can pay for feedback or virtual coaching. In 2019, we trained over 200 teachers through this course. 4.consulting and curriculum design services: upon request, we also advise districts and schools on the planning and implementation of blended- learning initiatives.”

“Participant stipends 29,890 0 0 consultant research 17,334 0 0 total 47,224 0 0”