About Us

4empowerment®

Since 1999, 4empowerment has been empowering personal development in an increasingly connected world. 4empowerment creates e-learning programs that provide the means for educators, communities, organizations and companies to research, learn, collaborate and take action on the mosaic of issues affecting their world.

Our programs are unique in providing compelling, technology rich, industry specific applications designed to improve communication, collaboration and knowledge sharing across members of a community network. Our initial focus is K-12, which we believe is a natural platform to create engaged, life-long learners.

Our Programs and Partnerships

Our K-12 programs, designed with the active involvement of our customers: educators, teachers and students, are designed to:

• Align to federal "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) mandates and state standards
• Provide grade and subject specific lesson plans and classroom activities based on research-based, proven findings and best practices
• Provide fun, engaging, interdisciplinary learning activities
• Allow for project collaboration and knowledge sharing inter and intra schools
• Actively involve community leaders, higher education and businesses in the overall learning experience
• Incorporate teacher professional development tools and resources that can be used to develop customized teacher development plans

Cyberways and Waterways® Program

Our award-winning K- 12 program, Cyberways and Waterways®, delivers a new paradigm for teaching and learning - a bi-lingual supplemental science program that integrates technology into the classroom through an innovative set of inquiry-based, authentic learning activities and lesson plans facilitated through the 4empowerment website. The program includes customizable teacher training tools and resources for technology and professional development competency needs. Cyberways and Waterways is a showcase for effectively involving higher education, scientists, community and business leaders in local classroom activities. This award-winning program has been implemented in classrooms across 22 Texas school districts, serving over 150 teachers and 50,000 students while involving over 30 private/public sector partners. Click here to learn more about Cyberways and Waterways.

We continue to grow and enhance the Cyberways and Waterways program while introducing new innovative e-learning programs. Our vision is to engage students, teachers, and communities around the world through innovative, compelling, technology-rich programs.

Partnerships Making a Difference

4empowerment is pleased to partner with several national and local entities to create and implement unique programs that seamlessly integrate technology into education. Through the use of innovative interdisciplinary curricula, online collaboration, and project-based, hands-on activities, our partnership programs make a difference.

Learn more about our collaborative programs:

	Cataclysms and Catastrophes -- Through funding from the National Science Foundation, this program (administered by the University of Texas at Austin's Institute for Geophysics and in partnership with 4empowerment) creates inquiry-based learning activities for K-12 science education, providing opportunities for these teachers to integrate technology into science learning.
	Empowering Science Education through Technology (E-SET) -- With support from the Texas Education Agency, this comprehensive program conceived by 4empowerment serves a consortium of 16 school districts under the direction of San Felipe Del Rio CISD and integrates technology into science education for grades 6-12. The E-SET program has been awarded one of the prestigious Technology Applications Readiness Grants for Empowering Texas (TARGET) funded by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
	Making the Connections (MC) -- With support from the Texas Education Agency, this comprehensive program conceived by 4empowerment serves a consortium of 13 school districts under the direction of Birdville ISD and focuses on technology integration into English and Language Arts for grades 6-12. The MC program has also been awarded one of the prestigious TARGET grants funded by NCLB.
	Texas Accelerated Science Achievement (Texas ASAP) -- With support from the Texas Education Agency, this aims to aims to provide after school and summer school programs designed to increase student achievement as measured by the science portion of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills tests. In partnership with the UT Dana Center, 4empowerment’s Cyberways & Waterways® (CW) science program provides schools participating in Texas ASAP with innovative online and field study learning activities that engage all student groups and reinforce science knowledge and concepts

How to Get Involved

Are you interested in learning more about our programs and collaborative opportunities? Please contact us: staff@4empowerment.com