Mizzen Education Inc

Strategic Innovation & Partnerships: The program focuses on cultivating alliances to expand the organization's high-quality digital learning resources available on the Mizzen platform and enhancing existing digital learning resources. It has expanded its STEM-focused content with an emphasis on SEL and durable skills. The program works in tandem with Mizzen's Engagement and Experiences program to design and deliver professional development resources for youth development professionals. In 2024, Mizzen Education expanded its learning resources library through two new partnerships and four existing partner organizations broadening our partnerships to 27 organizations. The partnership expansion grew the Mizzen library to over 1,800 innovative activities and Pro Tips with 120 new learning resources. The Strategic Innovation & Partnerships department is responsible for partnerships and strategic initiatives to cultivate learning resources and quality instructional practices. In addition to overseeing a comprehensive assessment system which includes the management of partnership lifecycles, the program is responsible for the enhancement of existing digital learning resources to maintain content quality and growth. Mizzen's virtual library and professional development supports impacted approximately 508,000 youth in 2024.

Platform development: At the center of Mizzen Education's program offering is the Mizzen platform, which serves a diverse community of educators throughout the country. Our community of users includes individual educator members as well as organizational accounts for administrators, staff and more-allowing organizations to collaborate and plan across multiple sites. The Mizzen Education platform/app runs on desktop computers, all tablets and mobile devices. The Organization hosts a rapidly growing library of 1,800+ individual activities for students of all ages and stages. The activities are searchable, and many are part of thematic collections. The Organization allows access to additional features including organizing their members into different groups, scheduling & sharing activities, sending messages within Mizzen, and more.