FOR EDUCATORS


The Broward Education Foundation's Teacher Grant Fund
The purpose of the Broward Education Foundation Teacher Grant Fund is to reward teachers and school-based administrators by funding their original and innovative projects. These projects should enrich the standard curriculum and explore new alternatives to traditional methods of learning. Grant applications should address needs for which funding is not available through state, federal or district revenues.

This year’s priority will be given to projects designed to enhance and expand the students and teachers integration of technology in the classroom. (Grant funds may not be used for expansion and/or maintenance of existing programs or as a personal honorarium for the applicant.)

Pre K – 12 Broward County public school educators are eligible to apply for a Broward Education Foundation Teacher Grant.

For more information please contact Coco Burns at
Colette.Burns@browardschools.com.
Citi Foundation’s “Ready, Set, and College Bound” Program
Citi Foundation’s “Ready, Set, and College Bound” Program will develop a team approach in low-performing high schools to help 11th grade students not only make a college goal, but also learn the skills needed to apply and succeed in college. Low-income, families and first generation college students will be targeted. Earning a family wage without some further education or training beyond high school is getting more and more difficult. College provides students with a higher level of earnings and even access to health care is often affected by one’s educational level. Students may not know what steps they need to take in high school to attend college, for example, preparing for entrance exams, completing applications, and applying for financial assistance. Especially first-generation college students face these same barriers. By transforming a team of educators into college advocated, students will have a stronger support structure for success.

For more information please contact Mari-Lee Baxter at
Mari-Lee.Baxter@browardschools.com.
Free School Supplies at the Kids in Need Resource Center
Who can Visit?

All Title I Schools

How do I get an appointment?

An invitation is sent to the School’s Kids in Need Resource Center liaison. The liaison will notify all the teachers.

Confirmed reservation will be sent to all teachers. Once teachers receive their pass they must visit the center on the pass day.

How do I Volunteer and Earn and Extra Visit?

For more information please contact Mari-Lee Baxter at
Mari-Lee.Baxter@browardschools.com.
IMPACT II
What is IMPACT II?

Broward Education Foundation’s IMPACT II recognizes and rewards outstanding teachers through grants, workshops, schoolsite visits, publications and dissemination of program information. Teachers who have developed successful programs within their classrooms are called “disseminators” and are awarded funding to help package and promote their programs. Teachers use grant money to publicize their ideas and to interact with other interested colleagues, called “adapters,” who then receive funding to customize the original concept to fit their individual classroom needs. Disseminators want to help others improve their work; adapters search for ways to make their own classrooms better.

Disseminator Grants allow teachers to further develop and disseminate exemplary programs that they have developed within their classrooms. Disseminators receive $1,000 grant awards: $500 to improve their projects and $500 to package and market them. Disseminators showcase their projects and present workshops to interested colleagues from Broward County at the annual IMPACT II Idea Expo held in February. Successful programs are outlined in the IMPACT II Idea Catalog on a DVD-ROM. Adapter Grants are awarded to teachers who wish to incorporate disseminator programs into their own educational curriculum. Adapters receive up to $600 to purchase the necessary supplies to facilitate these programs. Adapters learn about successful programs either through review of the IMPACT II Idea Catalog or attendance at the annual IMPACT II Idea Expo. Once a program is selected, the Disseminator furnishes the Adapter with an Idea packet that outlines the program in detail, including lesson plans, budgets, and step-by-step guides to successfully implement all components.

IMPACT II is an ongoing program of the Broward Education Foundation. The IMPACT II program reaches out to teachers who have developed successful classroom teaching methods. These “disseminators” are given grants to package and market their proven projects through the Ideas with IMPACT catalog, the Idea Expo and Idea Packets that contain curriculum materials such as lesson plans, worksheets and resource lists. “Adapter” grants are available to help teachers incorporate IMPACT II ideas into their classroom.

2009 IMPACT II - IDEA PACKETS

For more information please contact Coco Burns at
Colette.Burns@browardschools.com

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Education First - Payroll Deduction Program
The Foundation administers a successful Payroll Deduction Program in the Broward County School District.  All proceeds from this program are allocated to the BRACE Scholarship Program, Teacher Grants, The Teacher Fellowship Scholarship Program and Project Opportunity Scholarship Fund for District Personnel.

For more information please contact Mari-Lee Baxter at
Mari-Lee.Baxter@browardschools.com.

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