Grants totaling $24,000 will be awarded exclusively to educators in Barry, Branch, and Calhoun Intermediate School Districts. Administrators, teachers, parapros, librarians, and other school staffmay submit a proposal to this program.
Individual Mini Grants of up to $500
Individual Mini Grant proposals must focus on increasing student achievement and be linked to building/district school improvement goals.
Career Pathways Collaboration Grants of up to $1,000
Career Pathways Collaboration Grant proposals must support Career Pathway implementation or augmentation of an existing program for students in an individual classroom or building. Projects should provide career contextual learning through speakers, mentoring programs, and/or activities related to Career Pathway identification and investigation. Additionally, the proposals must be collaborative with at least two additional parties, such as teachers, classrooms, grade levels, employers, community groups, etc.
Additional Information
Proposals must be submitted following the format listed on the applications pages located at the links to the right.
All grant funded activities must occur during the 2009-2010 school year and must be completed in time to submit a final evaluation form and receipts for grant funded expenditures by April 30, 2010.
The Mini Grant program, coordinated by the Calhoun Intermediate School District, is made possible through the generous support of the Guido A. and Elizabeth H. Binda Foundation. The program recieves additional funding from the Barry, Branch, and Calhoun Intermediate School Districts.
