The Joint Education Research Group (JERG) represents three school boards (the Eastern School District, the French School Board, and the Western School Board), the PEI Teachers' Federation, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD), and the UPEI Faculty of Education.

Mandate: facilitate and promote collaborative research initiatives that are designed to increase understanding of teaching and learning effectiveness in the PEI school system and early childhood sector.

Working through and in conjunction with the UPEI Centre for Education Research, JERG will:

• administer research funding from DEECD and allocate grants to approved projects;
• review applications for approval according to an agreed set of criteria;
• monitor education research undertaken under the auspices of JERG and make recommendations to the research community;
• initiate research based on provincial educational priorities as agreed to by the membership; and,
• facilitate and encourage the dissemination of research findings to appropriate audiences.

Criteria for Collaborative Research Initiatives Funded by the PEI Department of Education

Current and Past JERG Projects