Innovative Grant Awards
The Innovative Grants program was established in 1998 to encourage teachers at all levels to be innovative in their approach to teaching; to help motivate and inspire their students to learn by developing an activity or approach outside the normal curriculum/teaching patterns.
Objective: To enhance learning; to foster creative problem solving; to inspire students; to create a dynamic learning environment.
Criteria:
- Capacity to inspire students and/or teachers to new avenues of learning and innovation.
- Demonstration of enhanced performance.
- Specific measurable outcomes.
- Positive impact on a specific student population.
- Numbers of students impacted by grant.
- Potential for replication or adaptation by others in the future.
Innovative Teacher Grants are awarded the second semester of each year. The Foundation normally earmarks $15,000 for Innovative Grants; though in some years that amount increases due to the quality of innovative proposals. Grants may range from $250-$5000. The grant process gives teachers a venue to creatively enhance the curriculum. It will be exciting to see what will be submitted this year! Recipients will be notified by the end of the school year.
Click here for the Innovative Grant application |
