Job postings for teachers, principals, supervisors and educators at all levels can be found at www.agentk-12.org. School and district recruiters may post jobs 24/7.
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!
Job postings for teachers, principals, supervisors and educators at all levels can be found at www.agentk-12.org. School and district recruiters may post jobs 24/7.
Employers and jobseekers alike can benefit at no charge from the Foundation Center nonprofit sector job postings of jobs in the United States at fdncenter.org/pnd/jobs .
Schools as Centers of Community: A National Search for Excellence
Each year the KnowledgeWorks Foundation and its partners search across the country for excellent schools that successfully model the growing trend to build schools as centers of community. The top selected school, chosen by a panel of national experts, receives the "Richard W. Riley Award for Excellence" and a $5,000 grant. The panel also selects several schools with innovative design elements and initiatives to be members of the "Schools as Centers of Community Honor Society" which will be included on the National Search website. Submissions will be accepted from March 1 through June 24, 2005. For details, visit:
www.nationalschoolsearch.org
National Endowment for the Arts
The NEA has recently posted several grant opportunities on its site in the "Grants for Arts Projects" category which supports exemplary projects in dance, design, folk and traditional arts, literature, local arts agencies, media arts, museums, music, musical theater, opera, presenting, theater, visual arts, and multidisciplinary art forms. The following are included:
Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
Purpose: To advance arts education. Deadline June 13, 2005.
www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEA/NEA/NEA/NEA-LITA-2006/listing.html
Access to Artistic Excellence
Purpose: To foster and preserve excellence in the arts and provide access to the arts for all Americans. Deadline March 14, 2005.
www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEA/NEA/NEA/NEA-AAE-2006/listing.html
Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants
Purpose: To enable organizations, particularly those that are small or mid-sized, to extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. Deadline June 1, 2005.
www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEA/NEA/NEA/NEA-CAFT-2006/listing.html
Excellence in Summer Learning Award
The Center for Summer Learning announces its annual Excellence in Summer Learning Award which recognizes outstanding summer programs that demonstrate a commitment to and promote academic achievement for students in Kindergarten through 12th grades. Each year, this award is given to an organization based on its history and mission, need, goals and objectives, organization and management, staff development, community and family involvement, and research and evaluation. Applications due: March 4, 2005.
www.summerlearning.org/about/excellence.html
Human Rights Scholarship
Amnesty International USA's Patrick Stewart Human Rights Scholarship are awarded to promising student human rights activists to complete summer internships or other creative human rights projects in the U.S. or abroad. Most combine development of activist skills with training or research, typically last from 4 weeks to 3 months, and range from $600 to $1,800 to be used for travel, lodging, meals, etc. The scholarship is open to high school, college and graduate students of any nationality attending U.S. schools and to U.S. citizens studying abroad. Deadline: March 1, 2005
www.amnestyusa.org/patrickstewart
Public Library Immigrant Program Funding
The MetLife Foundation Reading America Program is designed to use literature, film, and the neutral ground of the library to stimulate discussion that positively affects the relationship between the generations, especially those of new immigrant families. Applications are encouraged from public libraries of all sizes as well as libraries that have not previously engaged in systematic outreach to newcomer families. Applicant libraries must work with one or more community organizations as partners. Libraries selected to participate in the program will receive a cash grant of $5,000 to help initiate the program and cover their expenses. Deadline: March 4, 2005
www.lff.org/news/RA05_rfp.html
