Tennessee Arts Commission is accepting applications for its Arts Education Teacher Training Grant to support for providing intensive professional development in arts education.
Donor Name: Tennessee Arts Commission
State: Tennessee
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000-$14,000
Grant Duration: 11 months 15 days
Details:
Funds support outstanding professional development activities that promote curriculum-based arts education and/or arts integration which correlate with state and/or national standards. Activities may involve visual, performing, traditional folk, and/or literary arts. Teacher Training grant-funded projects are intended for immersion-style professional development opportunities with in-depth hands-on involvement and curriculum planning sessions for participants. Lecture-oriented workshops, clinics, or conferences with minimal immersion activities will not be funded under this category.
Funding Information
This category provides two tiers of funds:
- Tier One:$1,000-$12,000 for curriculum-based arts education or arts integration professional development with a minimum of two, one-day intensive professional development workshops or institutes, but the days do not need to be consecutive. The subsequent workshop must be a continuation of the first workshop to deepen or extend learning by participants. Additionally, the majority of participants should attend both one-day workshops.
- Tier Two:$1,000-$14,000 for curriculum-based arts education or arts integration professional development. Training session must extend over a minimum of 4 consecutive days. Workshop series (2 or more) are eligible only if each workshop in the series is a minimum of 2 consecutive days serving a minimum of 50 educators at each workshop.
Grant Period
A project may not begin until July 1, 2023 and must conclude by June 15, 2024.
Program Requirements
In order to be eligible for funding under the Teacher Training category, projects must meet the following requirements:
Tier One Requirements:
- Professional development trainees should include classroom teachers, arts specialists, curriculum coordinators, teaching artists, principals, and/or administrators.
- Training must be participatory and hands-on but not limited to “make it and take it” workshops.
- Projects must have a strong instructional component that includes collaborative planning and lesson plan development and implementation in curriculum-based arts education or arts integration instruction. The instructional component should detail the content of the project: how subject matter will be taught and reinforced, the goals of the project, collaborative lesson planning, hands-on activities, etc. When linking content to state and/or national standards, do not simply list the standards. Explain how the standards will be incorporated as part of the instruction and how they relate to the project outcomes being evaluated.
- Clinicians must be highly trained and recognized professionals in the field of arts integration and/or education. Applicants may be asked to provide resumes of clinicians.
- Include a method of evaluation that effectively measures the professional development activity. Applicant organizations seeking to train teachers are expected to demonstrate a thorough and effective evaluation plan for the proposed project. Evaluations should effectively measure the goals and objectives of professional development activity. Recently funded continuing projects must demonstrate to what extent outcomes were met.
Tier Two Requirements:
- Training must be for teams of educators (minimum 2 from each school) and be inclusive of any combination of classroom teachers, arts specialists, curriculum coordinators, teaching artists, principals, and/or administrators.
- Institutes for professional development training must be based on national models.
- Include a Monitoring Plan – The Commission is interested in programs that provide ongoing assistance and communication with educators after the training activity. Provide a brief explanation (limit one page) of how the applicant organization will provide assistance and communication after the project concludes.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be one of the following:
- nonprofit arts organizations
- arts councils
- public or private (with 501(c)3 status) schools or school districts
- institutions of higher learning
Applications MUST have a single project focus. Organizations with expansive education programs should narrow their focus to one component of their overall educational programming.
For more information, visit Arts Education Teacher Training Grant.
