Other Grants—From eSchool News
October, 2007
Other Grants—From eSchool News
$1,000 for innovative
physics teachers
Grant Title: High School Physics Teacher Grant
Organization: American Association of Physics
Teachers
Eligibility: AAPT members
Value: $1,000
Deadline: November 1, 2007
It is the goal of the AAPT to encourage high school teachers to experiment and improve on their teaching practices. The AAPT believes that as teaching practice improves, then physics enrollment and excitement among students increase, and as a result, this grant can provide the funds to kick start the implementation of these practices. The grant(s) are given each year to teachers whose proposal meets the goal of the grant. Proposals should contain innovative ideas, such as using a new teaching method or an adaptation of an existing idea.
Contact: http://www.aapt.org/Grants/hsgrant.cfm
Grant Title: Using Music to Teach
Mathematics
Organization: National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics
Eligibility: Grades K-2 teachers
Value: Up to $3,000
Deadline: November 2, 2007
The purpose of this grant is to incorporate music into the elementary school classroom to help young students learn mathematics. The applicant must be a current NCTM member or teach in a school with a current NCTM membership, and currently teach mathematics or collaborate with teachers of mathematics in grades K–2. Activities are to be completed between June 1, 2008, and May 31, 2009.
Contact: http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=1318
Grant Title:
Improving Students' Understanding of Geometry Grants
Organization: National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics
Eligibility: Grades K-8
Value: Grants up to $3,000
Deadline: November 2, 2007
The purpose of this grant is to develop activities that will enable students to better appreciate and understand some aspect of geometry that is consistent with the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics of NCTM. For 2008–2009, grants with a maximum of $3,000 each will be awarded to persons currently teaching full time at the grades K–8 level. The project should include applications of geometry to, for example, art, literature, music, architecture, nature, or some other relevant area and may integrate the use of technology into the teaching of geometry. The activities may use published materials. Any published sources must be documented. Proposals must address the following: geometry content, the appropriateness of the application, the link between the Geometry Standard and the project's activities, and the anticipated impact on students' learning. The applicant must be a current NCTM member or teach at a school with a current NCTM membership. Project activities are to be completed between June 1, 2008, and May 31, 2009.
Contact: http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=1324
Grant Title:
National Education Association's Books Across America
Organization: NEA Foundation
Eligibility: PreK-12 educators; see site for
additional details
Value: 50 awards of $1,000
Deadline: November 12, 2007
The NEA Foundation will make $1,000 awards to public schools serving economically disadvantaged students to purchase books for school libraries. The NEA Foundation makes these awards in collaboration with the National Education Association. The 2008 NEA's Books Across America Library Books Awards are made possible with support from individuals who donated to NEA's Books Across America fund to bring the gift of reading to students.
Contact: http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/BAA_2007.htm
$10,000 for programs
that enhance K-12 education
Grant Title: Braitmayer Foundation Education
Grants
Organization: Braitmayer Foundation
Eligibility: Educators
Value: Up to $10,000
Deadline: November 15, 2007
These grants support organizations and programs that enhance K-12 education through curricular and school reform initiatives, professional development for teachers, and local community efforts. Typically the grants are used as seed money, challenge grants, or to match other grants to the recipient organization.
Contact: http://www.braitmayerfoundation.org/guid.htm
$1,000 for reading and
language arts educators
Grant Title: Eleanor M. Johnson Award
Organization: International Reading Association
and Weekly Reader Corporation
Eligibility: Reading/language arts teachers with
five years of experience
Value: $1,000
Deadline: November 15, 2007
This award recognizes a current outstanding elementary classroom teacher of reading/language arts.
Contact: http://www.reading.org/association/awards/teachers_johnson.html