ELIGIBILITY:
All Washington County Public Schools Educators
GUIDELINES:
Innovative Grant and Agricultural Innovative Grant Projects should be innovative, creative, and unique, directly impact WCPS students, and should be aligned with the school system’s goals, procedures, and curriculum.
INNOVATIVE GRANT proposals should reflect specific areas of need and should include one or more of the following: literacy, financial literacy, college & career readiness, encouragement of student participation in science/math (STEM), interdisciplinary instruction, at-risk students, support for the arts, multicultural education, digital learning, and agricultural. Examples of proposals under the agricultural category include horticulture, crop & soil science, animal science, farming, bio-systems, entomology, dairy science, environmental science, fisheries and forestry. Interdisciplinary and/or team teaching projects are encouraged.
Funding Amounts:
Grant funding is available up to $1000. Requests for funding projects over $1,000, that are not a $5000 major grant, must include details about how the balance will be funded. Occasionally major grants with a budget of up to $5000 will be considered.
CONSIDERATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:
- A detailed itemized project budget is required.
- Each Innovative Grant application must be approved by the applicant’s principal before submitting the grant application. This is the responsibility of the applicant.
- Any technology requested to meet the goals of your project must be supported, approved, and purchased through the WCPS Technology Department.
- Grant funds may not be used for salaries, childcare, snacks and/or refreshments, or county funded textbooks.
- All materials and equipment purchased with grant funds become the property of the school, not the individual teacher or grade level.
- Grant funds are awarded to the school for the identified project on behalf of the applicant. If for any reason the project is not implemented by the end of the 2023-2024 school year, the grant funds must be returned to the Education Foundation of WCPS.
SCORING:
Each grant application received will be evaluated by the Education Foundation of WCPS Innovative Grant Committee on the basis of the project’s creativity, its benefit to students, the efficient use of funds, and the potential to be replicated in other schools.
GRANT REPORT:
Innovative Grant and Agricultural Innovative Grant recipients are required to submit an After Action Report of the funded project within 60 days of the completion of the project to the Education Foundation of WCPS for their use. Due no later than May 1, 2024. The following should be emailed to execdirector@educationfoundationofwcps. Failure to submit a complete report will result in a request for return of all funds.
- Number of students involved and/or impacted by the project
- Names and positions of all WCPS personnel involved
- Budget reconciliation, including any other sources of funds used to support the project
- A three+ paragraph narrative of how the project impacted students and the outcomes achieved
- A minimum of three (3) social media ready photographs
GRANT CYCLE PROCESS:
January 15, 2023 - Applications Open
March 31, 2023 - Applications Close
Recommendation of awards will be made by the Innovative Grant Committee and awards will be presented to applicant(s) by the end of the 2023 school year.
QUESTIONS?
If you have a question that was not answered above, please contact Education Foundation of WCPS Executive Director, Sheila Evers, execdirector@educationfoundationofwcps.org
All Washington County Public Schools Educators
GUIDELINES:
Innovative Grant and Agricultural Innovative Grant Projects should be innovative, creative, and unique, directly impact WCPS students, and should be aligned with the school system’s goals, procedures, and curriculum.
INNOVATIVE GRANT proposals should reflect specific areas of need and should include one or more of the following: literacy, financial literacy, college & career readiness, encouragement of student participation in science/math (STEM), interdisciplinary instruction, at-risk students, support for the arts, multicultural education, digital learning, and agricultural. Examples of proposals under the agricultural category include horticulture, crop & soil science, animal science, farming, bio-systems, entomology, dairy science, environmental science, fisheries and forestry. Interdisciplinary and/or team teaching projects are encouraged.
Funding Amounts:
Grant funding is available up to $1000. Requests for funding projects over $1,000, that are not a $5000 major grant, must include details about how the balance will be funded. Occasionally major grants with a budget of up to $5000 will be considered.
CONSIDERATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:
- A detailed itemized project budget is required.
- Each Innovative Grant application must be approved by the applicant’s principal before submitting the grant application. This is the responsibility of the applicant.
- Any technology requested to meet the goals of your project must be supported, approved, and purchased through the WCPS Technology Department.
- Grant funds may not be used for salaries, childcare, snacks and/or refreshments, or county funded textbooks.
- All materials and equipment purchased with grant funds become the property of the school, not the individual teacher or grade level.
- Grant funds are awarded to the school for the identified project on behalf of the applicant. If for any reason the project is not implemented by the end of the 2023-2024 school year, the grant funds must be returned to the Education Foundation of WCPS.
SCORING:
Each grant application received will be evaluated by the Education Foundation of WCPS Innovative Grant Committee on the basis of the project’s creativity, its benefit to students, the efficient use of funds, and the potential to be replicated in other schools.
GRANT REPORT:
Innovative Grant and Agricultural Innovative Grant recipients are required to submit an After Action Report of the funded project within 60 days of the completion of the project to the Education Foundation of WCPS for their use. Due no later than May 1, 2024. The following should be emailed to execdirector@educationfoundationofwcps. Failure to submit a complete report will result in a request for return of all funds.
- Number of students involved and/or impacted by the project
- Names and positions of all WCPS personnel involved
- Budget reconciliation, including any other sources of funds used to support the project
- A three+ paragraph narrative of how the project impacted students and the outcomes achieved
- A minimum of three (3) social media ready photographs
GRANT CYCLE PROCESS:
January 15, 2023 - Applications Open
March 31, 2023 - Applications Close
Recommendation of awards will be made by the Innovative Grant Committee and awards will be presented to applicant(s) by the end of the 2023 school year.
QUESTIONS?
If you have a question that was not answered above, please contact Education Foundation of WCPS Executive Director, Sheila Evers, execdirector@educationfoundationofwcps.org
Supporting Innovative Ideas in Education
Each year the Education Foundation of WCPS awards thousands of dollars in grants to Washington County Public Schools educators to implement their innovative project ideas.
Outstanding innovations from years past include: Bluetooth Basketballs, Makerspace, Band Instrument Repair, Chess Giants and the NMS Family Garden. To view these past recipients and more please click on the links below:
2020
2019
2018
2017
2017 Success Stories
2016
2016 Success Stories
2015
2014
2013
2008-2012
Outstanding innovations from years past include: Bluetooth Basketballs, Makerspace, Band Instrument Repair, Chess Giants and the NMS Family Garden. To view these past recipients and more please click on the links below:
2020
2019
2018
2017
2017 Success Stories
2016
2016 Success Stories
2015
2014
2013
2008-2012
