Food for Thought - Grants for Educators with and Appetite for Learning
Grant Application
Teacher Leadership Grants 2008
*Please read this page completely before beginning your application.
- Completed applications must be received by Monday, March 31, 2008, at 5 p.m. This includes both the online application, a letter of recommendation from a principal at your school, as well as the required signed form that must be faxed in. (You will receive this form and a reminder to submit a letter from your principal when you submit your application; more information below.)
- The entire application process is online (except for the required signature form and letter from your Principal). After reading this information and the guidelines and proposal requirements, click on the link at the bottom of this page to begin the online application. Do NOT begin the online application process until you have read the guidelines and prepared your proposal.
- Once you begin the online application process, you must complete your application. You cannot save the online application pages after you start. Be sure to read all instructions and have all materials ready when you begin the online application. This includes your proposal saved as a word document and budget as an excel document (see below).
- Do not include your name, your school's name, or any other identifying information in the proposal. Your name and your school's name should only be listed in the online application process.
- Prepare your 2-3 page proposal as a Word document in 11-point font.
- Budget information is separate from the two-page Word document. You will need to complete the form (in Excel) and attach it to your online application. IMPORTANT: After you click on the link to download the BUDGET FORM -- When the dialogue box opens and asks if you want to "open" or "save" this file, click "save" and then open that saved file to begin entering your budget.
- You will receive an e-mail confirmation of successful submission of your proposal.
- With the confirmation e-mail, you will receive an e-mail form that must be printed, signed by your principal and collaborators, and faxed to Candace Wolfenbarger, Wake Education Partnership, 919-919.821.7637 by the deadline of Monday, March 31, at 5 p.m. Your grant submission is invalid and cannot be considered without this signed form without the letter from your principal.
- Recipients will be notified by late-April 2008 if their grant is selected.
- The Lead applicant of each recipient grant will be required to attend an orientation meeting at Wake Education to familiarize his/herself with Wake Education Partnership policies and procedures regarding fiscal responsibility and implementation strategies.
- The recipient school of each grant will receive checks at the beginning of the school year. For year round employees this will be July, for traditional calendar employees this will be August. ALL CHECKS MUST BE CASHED BY AUGUST 31, 2008.
- In the event that the Lead applicant of a recipient grant leaves the school, the alternate grant facilitator will assume all fiscal and organizational responsibility for implementation of the grant.