S.I.N.E. Southwest Indiana Network For Education

SINE encourages and assists in the development of Learning Networks at the county level to address the full range of adult learning issues.

All funds for the 2011-12 school year have been awarded. Thank you for your participation.

The SINE Learning Exchange is a school-to-work program designed to foster relationships between businesses, educators and students.  While demonstrating the applicability of education to the business world, youth are exposed to real-life workplace experience.

The Learning Exchange is open to teachers of grades 6th-12th.

Please note: Starting Fall 2010, all Learning Exchange projects applying for funding from SINE must include at least one S.T.E.M. component (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math). This can be anything from designing and constructing a new mechanical device to using math to measure dimensions or plan a budget. If any teacher has questions about how to incorporate S.T.E.M. components into their Learning Exchange project, contact SINE.

The Learning Exchange is a minimum three-day process:

1. The teacher visits the workplace,
2. The business representative visits the classroom, and
3. The class goes on a field trip to see the worksite.

Over 200 educators and business partners have joined the Learning Exchange and several have taken advantage of mini-grants for projects that will take student awareness of the relationship between classroom learning and the demands of the workplace to a higher level.

Interested in participating The Learning Exchange? Download the 4-page Application Packet today!

Finished with your project? Be sure to complete the Learning Exchange Wrap-Up Packet and return it to SINE.

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Several successful, mutually beneficial partnerships between southwest Indiana schools and businesses have been formed through The Learning Exchange. To learn about past participants (school and business partners) and their projects, click here.