College of Education

West Chester University

302 Recitation Hall
West Chester, PA 19383
Call: (610) 436-2321
Fax : (610) 436-3102
Email: kcrouse@wcupa.edu


Institute for Educational Excellence & Entrepreneurship



College of Education at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Strategically located at the center of the mid-Atlantic business and education corridor in southeastern Pennsylvania, West Chester University is a comprehensive institution of 12,000 students with one-third of them inteacher preparation programs. West Chester University is the flagship university among the 14 institutions that comprise the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and graduates more teachers each year than any other university in Pennsylvania.

3E Institute Vision

Andy Clark

The Institute for Educational Excellence and Entrepreneurship (3E Institute) is an outreach initiative of the College of Education that works collaboratively with WCU faculty and students, K-12 educators and schools, business and industry, organizations and the community. The Institute identifies, supports, and mentors entrepreneurial educators who collaborate with colleagues, parents, businesses, and the community to meet the educational needs of all students.

Entrepreneurial Educators:

  • Inspire, innovate, collaborate, and connect to the world
  • Are positive change agents, oriented to opportunity and to the future
  • Model and teach 21st century skills - critical thinking, communication, teamwork and continuous assessment of learning
  • Use experiential, problem-based and project-based learning, as well as lessons richly infused with technology
  • Grow in their profession as lifelong learners and leaders
  • Inspire students to be entrepreneurial thinkers and doers

3E Institute Initiatives

Teacher Education Curriculum Reform – This initiative, developed under a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), prepares educators to change systems, build coalitions, organize resources and use opportunities to improve teaching and learning.

Educator 500 – identifies, rewards, and supports entrepreneurial educators who develop innovative projects and programs that incorporate collaboration, business partnerships, and parent/community involvement.

President Weisenstein Award

WCU Student Teacher Educator 500 – WCU students demonstrate the rudiments of Educator 500 as creator or participating instructor of a school learning project completed during their student teaching semester. They compete for a prize to the project judged the winner by a WCU faculty panel.

3E Institute Website – portal to the 3E learning community. The Educator 500 database of 300 projects is accessed through the website. Also, look for posts of the latest 3E news, articles, archives, resources and other information. The website is the platform for launching 3E Ignition e-newsletters and other 3E messaging.

Professional Development

  • College of Education Graduate Certificate Program in Entrepreneurial Education
    The core courses of this unique 18 credit graduate certificate program were piloted and refined under the scope of the 3E Institute and continue to be coordinated through the 3E Institute. For information on this very contemporary and engaging course of study, click on this link, or visit the 3E website.
  • 3E Institute Seminars and Events
    New curricula pilots such as project management for K-12 educators, international visitors, workshop in cyber teaming, seminar on open source tools and resources, etc.
  • 3E Institute Educator 500 Project Recognition
    Business and Education Leadership Forum 2003-2010
    School presentations of Educator 500 awards
  • 3E Community and Ambassadors Activities
    Externship debriefings
    Ambassador focus groups
    Speaking and presentation opportunities

Business and Community Involvement

  • 3E Advisory Council
  • Volunteer Guest Speakers and Panels for Certificate in Entrepreneurial Education
  • Educator Externship Hosts
  • Distinguished Educator 500
  • Partnership Opportunities

To learn more about the 3E Institute and become part of the community, visit the 3E website or contact:

3e Institute  Patricia Beneลก
  Executive Director
  610-738-0583
                                pbenes@wcupa.edu

 

The Institute for Educational Excellence and Entrepreneurship,
703 South High Street, West Chester University, West CHester, PA 19383
Telephone, 610-738-0582