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About Us

Overall Audience
·          2.6 million viewers
·          11,000 teachers
           150,000+ students

Programs/Services
View, Do and Read Together!
·          3-part literacy program for parents and children
·          5,000+ free books distributed last year
·          37 six-part series (222 workshops)
·          1200+ participants
·          75% completed all three nights
·          68% read more as a result of VDR
·          98% would attend future workshops
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·          93% rated the program very good or excellent

E-Learning for Educators
·          Online professional development for teachers
·          9,000 hours of educator Act 48 hours provided
·          343 teachers trained

E-Media (E-Media Library)
·          Career Gates/Career Clips
·          Stop, Drop, Roll, Cool and Call with Brian Dawkins, Philadelphia Eagles
·          The Great Escape
·          Write Now!
·          Oh No, Not Shakespeare!
·          Job Skills 101 (3-part series)
·          Scholastic Scrimmage
·          Tempo in the Classroom

Student Artist of the Week            

Communication
·          News for Teachers - 88,000 copies distributed - elementary and secondary
·          Email blasts sent to educators about events, programs, etc.
·          Teacher Survey - 11,000 teachers surveyed - need assessment
·          Lunch & Learn - 8, 3-hour sessions held with educators to highlight PBS 39   
           education services and determine additional needs/interests of local educators

Digital Learning Channel
·          Channel specifically dedicated to educators
·          Digital Learning Channel Teachers’ Guide - programming booklet distributed to teachers
·          Edge with IU21 -  1-hour professional development program created by PBS 39 and IU21
           - aired weekly on the Digital Learning Channel

Contests (Grades K-12)
·          Reading Rainbow & Gala (K-3 write/illustrate own book)
·          Digital Innovations & Awards Luncheon    (PSA contest for grades 6-8)
·          Digital Story Telling & Awards Luncheon(designing a digital story for grades 9-11)
·          Educational Visionary Awards (EVA’s) & Awards Dinner   (high school seniors create            essay about an educator that made a significant impact. Winners receive $1,000            scholarship for college

Additional Projects:
·          Roadtrip Nation
·          Data Casting
·          Living History 8 - DVD Series


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