The Brookline Education Foundation Collaborative Grants is designed to promote cooperative efforts across disciplines, across grade levels, and among schools.
Donor Name: Brookline Education Foundation
State: Massachusetts
Town: Brookline
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This category of grants enables the BEF to bring the core value of Collaborative Relationships to the forefront by promoting opportunities for professional teamwork and cooperative learning throughout Brookline. Collaborative Grants are funded up to $20,000 per grant. Applicants seeking funding for projects with budgets $8,000 or above are required to submit a Concept Paper to assess how well their proposal fits within the BEF grants program.
Funding Information
- Provide funds up to $20,000
- Support meaningful collaborative relationships among staff within a school, in different schools, and/or across different grade levels or disciplines
- Require the participation of two or more educators and the support, though not day-to-day involvement, of an administrator (principal, assistant principal, dean, curriculum coordinator)
- Are awarded for one or two years
- Are opportunities to employ a “team” approach to innovations in teaching practice, curriculum design, understanding changes in student populations, etc.
- Funds may be used to pay costs such as stipends, consultants, guest lecturers, travel to professional meetings/research sites, books, tuition, subscriptions, duplicating, postage, and/or supplies directly related to the project. Travel outside the US will not be funded.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications from groups of teachers, administrators, or other professional and paraprofessional personnel are welcome. Each educator must be under contract with the Public Schools of Brookline and must have the intention of returning to teach in Brookline in the consecutive school year.
For more information, visit BEF.
