GRANTS

$800,000 Target Field Trip Grants Program

$800,000 to help support school field trips
Grant Title: Target Field Trip Grants Program
Organization: Target
Eligibility: K-12 educators and school officials
Value: 800 awards of $1,000 each
Deadline: November 1, 2006

Applications will be available online beginning in September. In the face of budget shortages, field trips are often one of the first elements eliminated from the curriculum. Target hopes that teachers can use this grant to continue using the valuable experiential learning gained from field trips to enhance students' classroom studies. As a cornerstone of the giving program, Target educational programs focus on teachers and classrooms, and early childhood reading. Target also supports schools and educational organizations through local grant donations.

Contact:  http://www.target.com/teachers

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$6,500 Surdna Foundation Arts Teachers Fellowship Program

$6,500 for arts teachers
Grant Title: Surdna Foundation Arts Teachers Fellowship Program
Organization: Surdna Foundation
Eligibility: Full- and part-time high school arts teachers
Value: $6,500; number of awards varies
Deadline: November 17, 2006

The Surdna Foundation announces the seventh year of a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in specialized, public arts high schools. Surdna recognizes that arts teachers often lack the time and resources to reconnect with other arts professionals and with the artistic processes they teach. Through the program, fellows will design individualized courses of study that will provide both immersion in their own creative work and the opportunity to interact with other professional artists in their fields. Surdna believes that this approach to professional development will enhance the effectiveness of arts teachers and will directly benefit the young people they teach. All fellows accompanied by school leaders will convene in fall 2007 to share experiences and discuss relevant issues and concerns.  (Convocation expenses will be paid by Surdna.) Fellows will also be expected to work with colleagues and school administrators to carry out post-fellowship plans, and submit a report on the impact of the fellowship.

Contact:  http://www.surdna.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=3
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