Grants to individuals fund participation in high-quality professional development experiences, such as summer institutes or action research;
Grants to groups fund collegial study, including study groups, action research, lesson study, or mentoring experiences for faculty or staff new to an assignment.
Great resource. Teachers at Harwood Union Middle High School applied for a Learning & Leadership Grant to explore iPad apps in a fairly informal PLC-type setting and received $5,000 to support their work. It helps that the application for the grant was fairly easy to complete.
To be eligible for a garden grant, applicants must be a ... nonprofit K-12 school that is developing or currently maintaining a school garden project that will help children engage with fresh fruits and vegetables. Garden projects may be at any stage of development; planning, construction or operation."
At the conference there were a number of schools interested in the work being done by Peter and Tom. This might be good "seed" money to start similar programs.
"...the DOE Weekly Field Memo, a compilation of the messages sent to principals and superintendents in a single, concise format."
This is a great way to keep up on coming events, courses, workshops, topics being explored at the state level, grant opportunities, and in general what is happening in education.
"...funding to support efforts in the school community to 'make a difference' through the collaboration and involvement of schools and local communities."
"...Farm-Based Education Conference. The goal of the conference is to provide networking opportunities and support to the farm-based education community." There is a "scholarship" offered through the VT Dept. of Agriculture to attend the conference. Conference Scholarship
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