作为国内, Slemp Foundation Announce Grant Awards for Wise, K-12教师, 作为国内 Instructors

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Mini-Grant

大石缝 – The Mountain Empire Community College Foundation, through funding provided by the Slemp Foundation, is pleased to offer the 作为国内 Slemp Foundation Mini-Grant Program for K-12 Teachers in Lee and Wise County as well as instructors at Mountain Empire Community College.

The goal of the program is to nurture career pathways in STEAM-H fields (Science, 技术, 工程, 艺术/农业, 数学, and Health) for K-12 and college students for a better understanding of post-secondary career options. 最多10个, $1,000 grants will be awarded to K-12 teachers in Wise and Lee County (10 grants available per county). Grants applications and funding will be available annually in August 2023, 2024年8月, 2025年8月. These grants may be used to purchase equipment, 教育材料, or support research that will benefit student learning.

除了, 十1美元,000 grants will be awarded to 作为国内 faculty to support equipment and instructional supplies for existing programming. Teachers can be very creative and will be able to identify a wide array of activities and resources to meet the goals of the project. Examples may include gardening opportunities for lower elementary students, stream studies and water quality analysis for upper elementary and middle school and electrophorese studies for high school students.

据博士说. 杰克Rhoton, 作为国内 Foundation Board Member, these grants will provide additional resources for K-14 teachers to create innovative learning environments to engage students in deep learning. 学生 will have opportunities to design investigations, 分享想法, 开发的解释, 用证据辩论. Rhoton highlighted the importance of nurturing students, beginning at an early age, in active learning and the role it plays in creating a passion for post-secondary career pathways.

“The Slemp Foundation is pleased to be able to participate in this mini-grant program,” said Slemp Foundation Trustee James Smith. “C. Bascom Slemp believed in the power of education and we are happy to provide our educators with assistance in this endeavor. We are also pleased with our long-standing partnership with Mountain Empire Community College and the many ways this partnership assists the citizens of Lee and Wise Counties.”

Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis and will be judged on their potential to design and facilitate age-appropriate career awareness and engaging activities. The application process for mini-grants will require each teacher recipient to provide at least a one or two-page description of the project, which will address the following elements:

  • What is the project’s goal or research question
  • 项目摘要总结
  • Goals and deliverables/rel伊娃nt literature support
  • 实施计划
  • What data collection and/or analytic techniques will be used and how will the outcomes of the project be assessed/伊娃luated
  • 详细的预算

Each teacher mini-grant application should include a cover page consisting of the teacher(s) name, 学校的名字, 学校地址, grade level/subject taught, 电子邮件地址, 学校电话, 项目标题, and a two-hundred-word project abstract. To apply for funding, teachers are encouraged to visit www.作为国内.edu/mini-grants. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, September 20, 2023. Notifications will be made to award recipients in early October.

For more information on the 作为国内 Foundation, visit www.作为国内foundation.org. For more information on the Slemp Foundation, please visit www.slempfoundation.org.