Business and Education Partnerships assist schools, youth organizations and community groups in making critical connections with the business community in Pima County through career shadowing, career expos, and internships.

Director: Andrew Bevington, andrew.bevington@pima.gov

EDvance is an educational support program designed to empower staff to advance the achievement of students with disabilities. Through professional development, professional learning communities, and/or coaching, your teams will strengthen their skill sets to ultimately strengthen those of their students.

Director: Diane Kent, diane.kent@pima.gov

Frameworks and Foundations supports educators who work with students and professionals in K-12 education through effective professional development and coaching.

Director: Marianne Landrith, marianne.landrith@pima.gov

GiftED supports educators of gifted students in their work with gifted individuals to develop their intellectual and academic potential through professional development, professional learning communities, coaching, and regional gifted institutes.

Director: Marianne Landrith, marianne.landrith@pima.gov

Healthy & Safe Schools is an initiative designed to assist learning communities in creating, maintaining, and growing safe and supportive school cultures.

Director: TBD

LEADNow! Leadership Institute recognizes that the most important change agents in education are school leaders! This Institute was created to support new and aspiring educational leaders in Southern Arizona.

Director: Deborah Bryson, deborah.bryson@pima.gov
Coordinator: Susan Rosenthal, susan.rosenthal@pima.gov

The STEMAZing Project was established in 2013 to fill a need for STEM education in Southern Arizona and beyond. The mission of The STEMAZing Project is to provide high quality professional development for educators to engage and empower their students with authentic, relevant, and developmentally appropriate learning opportunities.

Director: DaNel Hogan, danel.hogan@pima.gov

The Waters Center for Systems Thinking is an internationally recognized leader in system thinking capacity building.

Director: Sheri Marlin, Sheri.Marlin@pima.gov