Both individual and group grants are available. School, district, college, or university administrators are not eligible. Preference will be given to members of the National Education Association. Proposed activities may begin no earlier than March 2002. The Foundation will award approximately forty-five individual grants and ten group grants per year.
Groups consist of two or more educators.
Such skills include implementing academic content standards, integrating technology into instruction, and involving parents, business, and community in student work. Recipients are expected to exercise professional leadership by sharing their new learning with their colleagues. These needs should be demonstrated by assessment or evaluation data specific to the school, college, or university. An elementary school teacher determined, in consultation with her colleagues, that students were not adequately prepared to meet graduation requirements in mathematics, science, and community-based learning. She undertook intensive training in environmental field study techniques, to be used by students working in a local nature area.