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GRANTS FOR SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS Money for educators and schools. National Arts Education Initiative: An Entertainment Industry Foundation Program Barbie Arts Teacher of the Year Search™: www.eifoundation.org The NEA Foundation Supporting a variety of efforts by teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to improve student learning in the nation's public schools, colleges, and universities: www.nfie.org/grants.htm National Science Teachers Association Awards, Grants and Competitions for Teachers, Principals and Students: www.nsta.org/awardscomp AFT (American Federation of Teachers) Educator Award and Recognition programs: www.aft.org/teachers/awards.htm Grant and Funding opportunities: www.aft.org/teachers/grants.htm Grant Opportunities A long list of grants detailing dollar amount, eligibility, deadlines, etc.: knox.k12.il.us |
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Grants for Educators Grant writing tips and resources: www.udel.edu/itug/grants_info.html WWW Focus on Fundraising Grant writing tips and resources: www.geocities.com/world_of_websites EDS Technology Grants The EDS Technology Grant Program helps teachers of children ages 6 through 18 purchase information technology products and services that will improve their students' ability to learn: www.eds.com/about The Center for Educator Development in the Fine Arts This site contains a whole host of links to grants opportunities. Scroll down to access national opportunities (listed after Texas): finearts.esc20.net Travel Grants for Educators The Travel Grants for Educators provide support to educators from any country in attending Association-sponsored meetings that are held outside the educators' own continent. Applicants must be members of the International Reading Association or one of its affiliated groups: www.reading.org/awards |
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Ed.gov U.S. Department of Education This program supports the implementation of high-quality professional development model programs in elementary and secondary education for music, dance, drama, and visual arts educators. Funds support innovative instructional methods, especially those linked to scientifically-based research.Projects include professional development programs for teachers working in high-poverty schools. Designed for K-12 arts teachers, programs must focus on: the development, enhancement, or expansion of standards-based arts education programs; or the integration of arts instruction into other subject area content: www.ed.gov/programs Grant Writing Tips and Tutorials members.tripod.com/exworthy Education World: Grants Center Learn about current education grants, discover additional grant sources, and find grant writing tips and resources: www.educationworld.com |
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RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS Lesson plans, professional development, research papers, databases, and discussion boards, and in some cases links to find grants. Illinois Arts Alliance Click to download the PDF of Committing to Quality in Education: Arts at the Core, the first arts education guidebook specifically designed for Illinois teachers, principals, superintendents, parents, and community partners. Visual Understanding in Education www.vue.org/download.html Chicago Architecture Foundation Schoolyards to Skylines: www.architecture.org/schoolyards.html Art Discovery A resource of links for teachers: www.artdiscovery.org/ Electronic Media and On-Line Arts Resource Center A huge list of on-line arts links: www.cedarnet.org/emig/nj.html Art:21 PBS's online contemporary arts series with resources for classrooms and teachers: www.pbs.org/art21/ ARTSEDGE the National Arts and Education Network Supports the placement of the arts at the center of the curriculum and advocates creative use of technology. ARTSEDGE empowers educators to teach in, through, and about the arts. ARTSEDGE offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, as well as professional development resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment: artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ The Smart Museum's Educator Resource Page smartmuseum.uchicago.edu My eCoach This site provides resources and a forum for educators: www.my-ecoach.com/ This section of the site deals specifically with integrated and inquiry based curriculum: www.my-ecoach.com/resources CES National Web: Essential Resources for School Change Follow the "resources" link for a database of resources: www.essentialschools.org |
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Teaching for Change A list of links to resources for social change: www.teachingforchange.org/ The NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education "Inspires public education employees to ensure that all students succeed. Created by the National Education Association, the foundation makes grants to improve public education nationwide." www.nfie.org/ Learner.org: Critical Issues In School Reform Links to web and PDF information and resources related to specific progressive school activities: www.learner.org/ Principles of Good Arts Integration for Teachers, Artists, Administrators "Examples of arts programs, resources, and discussions that can support and animate teaching and learning." www.arts4learning.org/ Steinman Studios, CAPE visual artist Jenny Steinman Jenny has a detailed account of her past integrated units with photos of classrooms in action. The link below will take you directly to her CAPE page: steinmanstudios.com/teaching.html PBS TeacherSource Links to lesson plans, activities and other resources for teachers. Search by subject or topic: www.pbs.org/teachersource/ The Art Room A virtual art classroom with links to art teaching resources: /www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/ The Drama Teachers' Resource Room www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/ Literacy websites for students in grades 5-6 Links to a number of websites for students and teachers: www.literacy.uconn.edu ArtsEdNet The Getty's Art Education Website with teacher discussion board, lesson plans and curriculum ideas: www.getty.edu/artsednet |
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STUDENTS Web sites with links to web sites for kids, interactive web sites, and models usable for classroom activities. On the Line "On the Line was a millennium project that explored and celebrated the lives of people who live along the zero degree meridian line a line which passes through Togo, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali, Algeria, Spain, France and the UK." This site can be used to research these countries or as a model for a similar project exploring local geographies:www.oxfam.org.uk A Research Guide for Students A very comprehensive resource for teachers and students: www.aresearchguide.com/index.html Art Safari Students learn how to look at art and write about what they see: www.moma.org/momalearning |
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What Kids Can Do "What Kids Can Do is a national nonprofit organization founded in the winter of 2001. We document the value of young people working with teachers and other adults on projects that combine powerful learning with public purpose for an audience of educators and policy makers, journalists, community members, and students." www.whatkidscando.org Volco An interactive site where students from classrooms around the world work together to create brand new worlds complete with new forms of life and laws: www.volco.org/ Web sites for Spanish-speaking students Good resource for research: www.spanish.sbc.edu/ FirstGov for Kids Government site for art project ideas and web research resources for students: www.kids.gov/k_arts.htm |
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iearn.org: International Education and Resource Network "iEARN is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world." www.iearn.org Whitechapel Art Gallery's "Download Project" "A series of downloadable resources for teachers and parents. Entitled ÔDownloadÕ the project is focused on artistic practice in the age of electronic media and the familiarity and confidence that children and young adults bring to handling instruments of new technology." www.whitechapel.org/content63.html |
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TECHNOLOGY Education with New Technologies: Networked Learning Community "Designed to help educators develop, enact, and assess effective ways of using new technologies."learnweb.harvard.edu |
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Tech-Learning Don't be deceived by the name, this website offers a wealth of resources for all teachers: www.techlearning.com Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers Lessons on integrating technology into classroom practice: www.tammyworcester |
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Technology for Teachers Lots of links: server.remc11.k12.mi.us/ |
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