Kids in Need Teacher Grants

Description

From the Kids in Need Foundation website:

"Kids In Need Teacher Grants provide K-12 educators with funding to provide innovative learning opportunities for their students. The Kids In Need Foundation helps to engage students in the learning process by supporting our most creative and important educational resource—our nation's teachers."

"The purpose of the grants is to provide funds for classroom teachers who have innovative, meritorious ideas. Your project may qualify for funding if it makes creative use of common teaching aids, approaches the curriculum from an imaginative angle, or ties nontraditional concepts together for the purpose of illustrating commonalities."

Sponsoring Organization
Kids in Need Foundation
Eligibility Requirements

"All certified K-12 teachers in the U.S. are eligible."

Application Deadline
Award Amount
$100-$500
Website
http://www.kinf.org/grants/
Location
Nationwide

Beveridge Family Teaching Prize

Description

From the AHA:

Established in 1995, this prize honors the Beveridge family's longstanding commitment to the AHA and K–12 teaching. Friends and family members endowed this award to recognize excellence and innovation in elementary, middle school, and secondary history teaching, including career contributions and specific initiatives. The prize will be awarded on a two-year cycle rotation: in even-numbered years, to an individual; in odd-numbered years, to a group.

The next prize will be awarded to an individual.

Sponsoring Organization
American Historical Association
Eligibility Requirements

The candidate must be a K–12 teacher. The individual can be recognized either for individual excellence in teaching or for an innovative initiative applicable to the entire field.

Application Deadline
Award Amount
Cash reward, unspecified
Website
http://www.historians.org/teaching/Beveridge.htm

Annual California Council for the Social Studies Conference

Description

From the California Council for the Social Studies Conference website:

"The California Council for the Social Studies is the largest state professional organization for teachers, administrators, and curriculum specialists in California Social Studies Education. With a membership of 1200, CCSS includes professionals at elementary, middle, senior high, college and university levels spanning the disciplines of history, geography, political science, economics, sociology, anthropology, and psychology as well as the humanities and visual and performing arts. All of these levels and areas of interest are represented at the conference by attendees and presenters."

Website
http://www.ccss.org/2010_conference.htm
Sponsoring Organization
California Council for the Social Studies
Location
Pasadena, CA
Start Date
End Date

National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference

Description

From the National Council for the Social Studies website:

"Travel West and join NCSS in Denver this fall to celebrate 90 years of the nation's premier social studies professional development conference. With the theme Vista, Visions & Voices, the 2010 NCSS Annual Conference will bring together top professionals in social studies education and highlight the central role of social studies in our schools—preparing 21st century citizens who have learned from the voices of the past to envision an interdependent global society of the future.

Hosting the NCSS Conference for the first time in almost 40 years, Denver offers an ideal social laboratory to explore the conference theme, combining a thriving art and cultural scene, diverse neighborhoods, proud and active residents, and world-class universities, all in a breathtaking natural environment.

The conference includes more than 400 sessions, workshops, poster presentations, clinics, tours, speakers and panels, and social events addressing the conference subthemes."

Website
http://www.socialstudies.org/conference
Sponsoring Organization
National Council for the Social Studies
Location
Denver, CO
Start Date
End Date
Submission Deadline

Social Studies Council of Alabama Conference

Description

The theme of this year's conference is "Deeds and Dreams: The Civic Mission of Schools."

Website
http://www.socialstudies.org/content/alabama-ssca
Sponsoring Organization
Social Studies Council of Alabama
Contact email
mlee@madison.k12.al.us
Location
Birmingham, AL
Contact name
Mary Lee
Phone number
2568522557
Start Date
Submission Deadline
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