NEA Foundation Grants: Who says labor doesn’t pay?
October 22, 2008
Looking for some money for your professional development or classroom? The NEA has a grant program that could help you out. They have several grants available for educators, including:
Learning & Leadership Grants: provide opportunities for teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to engage in high-quality professional development and lead their colleagues in professional growth. The grant amount is $2,000 for individuals and $5,000 for groups engaged in collegial study.
Student Achievement Grants: provide $5,000 to improve the academic achievement of students by engaging in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students’ habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and critical reflection.
Some recent winners used grant money for teacher training for the Numeracy Project (a program from New Zealand); implementnig a faculty mentorship program; and training in a culture program in Italy for a foreign language instructor.
Application deadlines are February 1, 2009 and June 6, 2009. -ALICE MERCER
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