The New Jersey Department of Education is accepting applications for its Minority Teacher Development Grant Program to identify effective programs and strategies that school districts, educator preparation programs and supporting organizations may employ to increase the number of minority teachers in New Jersey schools.
Donor Name: New Jersey Department of Education
State: New Jersey
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/21/2023
Size of the Grant: $250,000
Grant Duration: 13 months
Details:
The mission of the New Jersey Department of Education is to support schools, educators and districts to ensure all of New Jersey’s 1.4 million students have equitable access to high quality education and achieve academic excellence. In committing to providing a first-class education to all students, the Department must also ensure that each student has access to a diverse pool of high-quality educators.
This NGO will provide funding to eligible organizations that recruit, train, and place new teachers, with special emphasis on minority teachers, in one or more high poverty school districts in the State. Recipients will identify, substantiate and document effective programs, strategies and resources to increase the placement, and support of minority teachers.
The goals of this grant program are to:
- Establish partnerships with at least one high poverty school district to place minority teacher candidates;
- Increase the number of minority teacher candidates hired into teaching positions; and
- Identify effective strategies, resources and best practice that can be implemented by school districts, educator preparation programs, and/or other organizations to increase the placement, support and retention of minority teachers.
Funding Information
A total of up to $500,000 ($250,000 per grant) from State funding will be used to fund planning and implementation activities related to the Minority Teacher Development Grant Program NGO for the year one grant period of May 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024 (13 months).
Eligibility Criteria
The Minority Teacher Development Program is a two-year limited competitive grant program open to eligible organizations located in the state of New Jersey that can provide evidence of successful implementation of programs that recruit, train and place minority candidates in high needs school districts. An eligible organization must apply on behalf of a partnership that includes, at minimum, at least one high poverty school district. A high poverty school district is defined as a school district in which the percentage of students designated as at-risk pupils, is equal to or greater than 40 percent. A list of eligible high poverty school districts is included. The partnership may also include additional school districts, IHEs (both two- and four-year institutions), and other educational or community organizations.
For more information, visit New Jersey Department of Education.
