The eMINTS National Center currently enjoys active partnerships with school districts and organizations in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, New Jersey, Utah and New South Wales, Australia (as of August 2011).
Springdale used local and ARRA funds to train an eMINTS instructional specialist and to equip classrooms beginning in 2009.
Corning was the first Arkansas district awarded a Title II.D Enhancing Education Through Technology competitive grant to implement eMINTS in their state, beginning in fall 2006.
Greenwich School District (The Arch School) joined eMINTS in fall 2010.
Anthony Mullen, 2009 National Teacher of the Year, provides eMINTS PD to high school classrooms as he works toward certification as an eMINTS instructional specialist.
The Delaware Center for Educational Technology and Delaware Department of Education first committed EETT Federal funds to support a Delaware implementation of eMINTS in 2007.
Participating districts and schools include Red Clay Consolidated SD, Capital SD and East Side Charter School
Dedicated educators have developed eMINTS, including a certified eMINTS instructional specialist, in eight classrooms at Wyvetter Younge Middle School in East St. Louis, IL.
The school received a Hewlett Packard Technology in Teaching grant award and were featured in a school leadership showcase at the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) in 2006.
In May 2003, Utah became the first state outside of Missouri to implement the eMINTS program.
Utah educators are learning and teaching the eMINTS way in Alpine, Duschene, Granite, Jordan, Logan, Ogden City, Park City, Provo, Salt Lake City, Tintic and Uintah school districts
eMINTS National Center staff visited Sydney and Dubbo, NSW, in February 2008 and in April 2009, providing PD for Australian educators. Nine Aussies are now certified eMINTS instructional specialists.
Australians have traveled to Missouri to participate in annual eMINTS conferences to share their other-side-of-the-world experiences.
"eMINTS makes my classroom a place where students feel comfortable enough to take risks. The inquiry-based model provides the incentive for them to go further in their learning without fear ...
"The greatest benefit of the program to my students is the opportunity to use technology as a primary source for instruction. Our class atmosphere has changed drastically."
"A good teacher imparts a lot of knowledge in fun and engaging ways ... [and helps] students develop the skills to guide their own learning as much as is needed. ...
"The highly effective eMINTS professional development program empowers teachers to utilize practical instructional strategies and technology within the classroom."
"Engaging and connecting students and teachers through the exciting and thought-provoking eMINTS program has demonstrated academic success over and over."
"The energy level in my classroom is higher than ever, students are more involved in shared decision making, and there is nowhere for the student who is just along for ...