Teacher's Pets: Information About Programs, Scholarships Contests, and More! [September & October 2005 Archive]
Teaching For Team USA
USA Today has just announced the members of its eighth annual "All USA Teacher Team", composed of some of the most dynamic educators in the country. Recipients come from around the country and teach varying grade levels and subjects, ranging from a high school chemistry teacher to an elementary teacher from New Orleans who's motivated her students to begin rebuilding their school. Find out more about the contest here:
www.usatoday.com/news/education/2005-10-12-all-usa-teachers_x.htm
Deadline Extended for President's Environmental Youth Program
Young people in all 50 states and the U.S. territories are invited to submit projects which demonstrate their commitment to the environment. Maximum Award: National Ceremony. Eligibility: students with adult sponsor. Deadline: October 31, 2005.
epa.gov/enviroed/awards.html
Nickelodeon Announces Giveaway Program to Encourage Healthy Play
The Nickelodeon network will distribute more than $1 million from September 2005 to June 2006. The "Let's Just Play" Giveaway offers kids around the United States the opportunity to take action and enter for a chance to improve their school or community program's fitness resources. Maximum Award: $5000. Eligibility: Kids 6-15 years of age partnering with teachers and other community-based leaders. Deadline: rolling, until May 31, 2006.
www.nick.com/all_nick/everything_nick
Youth Garden Grants Program
150 child-centered, outdoor garden programs will receive Home Depot gift cards. Program emphasis is on education, plant-to-food connections, environmental awareness, entrepreneurship, or social aspects of gardening. Maximum Award: $500 gift cards for the purchase of gardening materials and supplies. Eligibility: Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational groups throughout the United States. Applicants must plan to garden in 2006 with at least 15 children between the ages of three and 18 years. Deadline: November 30, 2005.
www.kidsgardening.com/grants.asp
Grants for Implementing Service Learning Projects
One hundred grants, funded by the State Farm Companies Foundation, are available from Youth Service America for teachers, youth (ages 5-25), and school-based service-learning coordinators to implement service-learning projects for National & Global Youth Service Day April 21-23, 2006. State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants enable youth and educators to bring the benefits of service-learning to more young people across America. Maximum award: $1,000. Eligibility: teachers, youth (ages 5-25), and school-based service-learning coordinators. Deadline: October 17, 2005.
www.ysa.org/awards/award_grant.cfm
Siemens Westinghouse Competition
The Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science & Technology recognizes remarkable talent early on, fostering individual growth for high school students who are willing to challenge themselves through science research. Through this competition, students have an opportunity to achieve national recognition for science research projects that they complete in high school. Students may submit research reports either individually or in teams of two or three members. Students whose projects are selected for further competition are invited to give an oral and poster presentation at one of the six regional events hosted by partner universities. At each of these regional competitions an individual and a team are selected as Regional Winners to receive scholarships of $1,000 each as a regional finalist (including team members) and $3,000 each as an individual regional winner. The winning team will receive $6,000 to be divided among team members. Regional winners then receive an invitation to advance to the National Competition in New York City, where students' presentations are judged by research scientists recruited for their specific expertise in the area of research for each project. The top individual and team winners receive additional scholarships of $100,000. Runners up receive scholarships ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. Deadline: October 3, 2005.
www.siemens-foundation.org/competition
ASCD Outstanding Young Educator Award
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Outstanding Educator Award seeks to recognize a teacher under the age of 40 who demonstrates excellence in his or her profession. Criteria include a positive impact on students, creativity in the classroom, and leadership in his or her school or district. Maximum Award: $10,000. Eligibility: teachers under age 40. Deadline: October 15.
www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.749fb3b35fb740a98d7ea23161a001ca/template.article?articleMgmtId=e87c3f4062520010VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD
Do Something BRICK Awards
The Do Something BRICK Awards honors 6 outstanding youth leaders who develop projects to improve their community. Maximum Award: $5,000 scholarship and a $5,000 grant. Eligibility: Students age 18 and under.
Deadline: November 1, 2005
www.dosomething.org/awards/brick/index.php
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence Awards
The 2006 SeaWorld/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence Awards recognize the outstanding efforts of students and teachers across the country who are working at the grassroots level to protect and preserve the environment. Maximum Award: $10,000. Eligibility: All schools (grades K-12). Deadline: Wednesday, November 30, 2005.
www.seaworld.org/conservation-matters/eea/about.htm
Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program
The Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program (JFMF) provides U.S. primary and secondary school teachers and administrators with the opportunity to participate in three-week study visits to Japan and to return home with a follow-on plan designed to introduce Japanese culture to American students. Each year, up to 600 teachers and administrators are selected to participate in the JFMF program. The JFMF Program features an orientation to Japan followed by visits to primary and secondary schools, teacher training colleges, cultural sites, and industrial facilities. Meetings with Japanese teachers and students and a homestay with a Japanese family are also key components of the program. Participants return home to share their new knowledge with students, colleagues, and the local community, ensuring that more than just the individual participants profit from the experience. As an additional benefit to participants, graduate level credits are also available. The deadline for applications for the 2006 program is December 10, 2005.
www.iie.org/jfmf
Call for Papers: The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing's Annual Bergamo Conference
JCT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing is an interdisciplinary journal of curriculum studies. Aligned with the "reconceptualist" movement in curriculum theorizing, and oriented toward informing and affecting classroom practice, JCT presents compelling pieces within forms that challenge disciplinary, genre, and textual boundaries. The 26 Annual JCT Bergamo Conference is October 20-22, 2005 at the Bergamo Center in Dayton, Ohio. While the deadline for submissions of papers to present has now passed, you can still come to listen and learn!
www.jctbergamo.com
