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Innovation Zones 2024-07-18T15:00:16-06:00

The College and Career Readiness Bureau (CCRB) administers competitive funding to support schools in their efforts to transform the high school experience. This involves creating a distinctive graduate profile that reflects the needs of the local community, the implementation of work-based learning, career technical education (CTE), capstone projects, social and emotional learning (SEL), and other programs aligned with core academics aimed at preparing students for future success in innovative and impactful ways.

Applications for funding open in the spring, and are evaluated and selected by members of the CCRB team along with other representatives of the NMPED.

Applications for 2024-25 are currently closed. Check back for future application information and deadlines.

Get Involved: Contact Judy Cruz at Judith.Cruz@ped.nm.gov or (505) 629-8120

Partners

This pilot program, entering its third year as of the summer of 2024, is supported by several partners statewide:

NMPED

Future Focused Education (FFE)

LANL Foundation

SEL4NM

NMSU CCA

Ocotillo Strategies

Parents Reaching Out (PRO)

REC9.

Innovation Zone organization flow chart

 

Innovation Zone Schools

2024-25 Cohort

Academy of Tech and Classics ACE Leadership High School Alamogordo Public Schools Albuquerque Public Schools District Albuquerque Sign Language Academy Alma d’arte High School Arrowhead High Schools Aztec High Schools
Carlsbad High School Centennial High School Cliff High School Cloudcroft High School Cobre CSD Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School Cuba ISD DEAP (Dził Ditł’ooí School of Empowerment Action and Perseverance)
Des Moines High School Early College Academy-Career Enrichment Center Gallup Central High School Goddard High School Hatch Valley High School Health Leadership High School CTECH/Hobbs High School Las Cruces High School
Las Montañas Charter School Los Lunas Schools Lovington High School Mark Armijo Academy Mayfield High School Mescalero Apache Schools Monte del Sol Charter School Native American Community Academy
Navajo Preparatory School New America School-Las Cruces Organ Mountain High School Ramah High School Rio Grande Preparatory Schools Rio Rancho Public Schools Robert F Kennedy High School Roswell High School
Santa Rosa High School School of Dreams Academy Siembra Leadership High School Silver High School Socorro High School South Valley Academy Technology Leadership High School Tularosa High School
Vista Grande Charter School Vista Nueva High School Zuni High School

 

2023-24 Cohort

Academy of Tech and Classics Albuquerque Sign Language Academy Alma d’arte High School Carlsbad High School Cloudcroft High School Cobre High School
Cottonwood Classical School APS CTE Department Cuba High School DEAP Des Moines School Early College/Enrich Center
Explore Academy LC Gallup High School Goddard High School Grants High School Las Montañas High School Los Lunas High School
Lovington High School Mark Armijo Academy Mescalero High School Monte Del Sol Native American Community Academy Navajo Prep
New America School Ramah High School Robert F Kennedy High School Roswell High School Santa Fe Indian School Santa Rosa High School
School of Dreams Academy Siembra Leadership High School Soccorro High School South Valley Academy Technology Leadership School Tularosa High School
Vista Grande High School

 

2022-23 Cohort

ACE Leadership High School Alamogordo High School Aztec Schools Hatch High School Health Leadership High School
Hobbs High School Las Cruces Public Schools Rio Rancho Public Schools Silver Consolidated Schools Zuni High School

Resources

 

For more information, contact Judy Cruz at Judith.Cruz@ped.nm.gov or (505) 629-8120.

Page last updated July 18, 2024