The Modern Classrooms Project Inc

“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 president prior to filing.”

“Consistent with the organization's conflict of interest policy, the organization's president will monitor proposed or ongoing conflicts of interest and disclose them to the finance committee. After consultation with the finance committee, the president 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 president 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 president 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 the guidestar nonprofit compensation report 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 the guidestar nonprofit compensation report 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.”

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“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.”

“Volunteers consist of board members and pro bono lawyers who donated their time and services.”

“Program development the modern classrooms project continuously evaluates the effectiveness of its programs and products to ensure it delivers its intended results through an ongoing process of collecting and analyzing data. The organization has been driven by data from the start and collects data from a variety of sources across the year both for evaluative and continuous improvement purposes and by integrating action-oriented data review into its team's standard activities. Through our program development and evaluation work, we assess teacher growth through our virtual mentorship program and free course and use the data to continuously improve the training experience. We seek to understand educator implementation practices and use the data to continuously improve our implementation support services. And we measure the impact of our model on teachers, students, and schools.”

“Implementation support we work with partner schools and districts to provide: site visits (in person): upon request, we will travel to schools/districts to conduct classroom observations, lead in-person implementer discussions, and meet with educators. Implementer discussions (virtual): we run one-hour webinars to discuss trends in implementation and methods to build more equitable and differentiated classrooms. Expert consultation: educators may sign up for on-demand coaching calls with our teacher mentors. Educators may pay for this service individually, or partners may provide this for their educators.”

“Modern classrooms university: mcpu is a collection of educator-created courses intended for graduates of our virtual mentorship program. These courses push educators to refine their practice with content-specific guidance, deep dives into core practices, and more. Free online course: our free course is a self-paced and self-guided online course that gives any teacher, anywhere, the materials and best practices to launch a modern classroom. Our free course contains every resource, guide, template, and exemplar we've ever created for our teachers. Educator recruitment: we recruit educators to participate in our teacher training programs. Research and evaluation: we conduct ongoing research and evaluation of our teacher-training efforts. Data management: we collect and manage data on the progress of participants in our teacher training programs. Program innovation: we engage in ongoing continuous improvement efforts to improve existing programs and design new programs.”

“Content creation 83,526 0 0 mentee stipends 578,500 0 0 mentoring services 717,175 0 0 community engagement 26,397 0 0 translation and communication 79,678 0 0 research 71,345 0 0 business ambassadors 111,750 0 0 program facilitation 62,131 0 0 consulting & honorarium 113,569 5,705 92,924 total 1,844,071 5,705 92,924”