Shark Tank 2023
For 6 years, the generosity of Shark Tank donors has provided 54 grants to 25 countries. Here is a quick overview on our current class’s projects.
For over 100 years, participants in the Perkins International Educational Leadership Program (ELP) have traveled from across the globe to take part in an immersive education experience on our campus.
Perkins Shark Tank is part of the ELP experience: an opportunity to design an innovative project, work with a mentor to develop a pitch, and present to investors with the power to turn a big dream into a big change for children.
Perkins Shark Tank matches innovative ideas to help children with disabilities learn with investment capital to make these ideas a reality. These leaders return home with world class training and a supportive global network, ready to teach children, change policy, and help build inclusive education for all children.
For 6 years, the generosity of Shark Tank donors has provided 54 grants to 25 countries. Here is a quick overview on our current class’s projects.
Beula (India)
Beula will develop a resource center at LVPEI to provide training, intervention, and advocacy for children and families with Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment.
Dimitra (Greece)
Dimitra plans to adapt a preschool classroom to make it accessible to to children with DB and MDVI while providing the tools, strategies, teaching materials, and trainings to students and staff for better inclusion in Greece.
Mary Grace (Philippines)
Grace is planning a 2-day nature camp in a rural area of the Philippines to children and families with visual impairments and other disabilities to help bond as a family, empower parents, and share resources.
Mihir (India)
Mihir’s plans to provide skill development programs focused on vocational training for individuals with MDVI in rural areas in India.
Josely (Guatemala)
Josely will develop a mentoring program for teachers and therapists to improve teaching methodology and to provide hands-on training to improve best practices for students with MDVI.
Susan (China)
Susan will create training material for parents and teachers in the areas of person centered planning, functional assessment, and total communication for students with MDVI and DB.
Pema (Bhutan)
Pema will create an accessible learning environment for learners with disabilities in Bhutan through a collaborative approach. She’ll identify needs, fabricate assistive products, and train staff and families on how to use these products.
Dr. Vijay (India)
Vijay plans to gather parents, education professionals, government officials, health professionals, and community workers for a conference to meet and discuss the education and rehab of individuals with MDVI and DB.
Leory (Philippines)
Leory will bring the Perkins philosophy of “every child can communicate” to her school by providing support, training, and materials to promote communication skills for students with DB and MDVI.
Saul (Mexico)
Saul will create a model school in Mexico focused on adapting classrooms, total communication, and classroom routines by bringing the idea that all children can learn and all children can communicate.
Srdan (Serbia)
Srdan will provide training to special educators at his school in the areas of person centered planning, total communication, and functional assessment to provide better education for students with MDVI.