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PTA Mini Grants for Teachers

HOW TO APPLY:

  1. To fill out the short application form online (preferred) simply click here and the form will be submitted to the PTA automatically.
  2. If you prefer to download a form to print out on paper (instead of the online form above) click here, and you can leave the form in the PTA mailbox.
  3. Proposal will be evaluated by a committee

Purpose:
The objective of the grant is to support enhancements to the K-5 curriculum through the Purchase of materials or resources neither covered by ACPS budget nor by a PTA budgeted program. The PTA encourages individual teachers or teams of teachers per grade to present projects or items for their own classrooms.

Funds:
The PTA has set aside $ 8,500 from its Budget to be assigned among the approved projects.

Grant Amounts:

  • Individual Classroom/teacher grant project up to $ 300.00
  • Entire grade grant project up to $ 900.00
  • Department Project (Reading, Math, Science, etc.) can exceed $ 1,000 but no more than $ 1,200

When to Apply:
Applications can be submitted on a rolling basis and will be reviewed within 4 weeks.

Support to Applicants:
The Grants Team will support application development (meaning, if you would like to meet with a grants team member to ‘interview’ you and help fill out the application, we will do our best to facilitate).

Evaluation:
By Grants Committee that will be composed as follows:

  • 1 – VP of Fundraising
  • 1 – Funding Committee
  • 1 – Representative of Staff/Teachers
  • 1 – Representative at large

Evaluation Criteria:

  1. Compliance with the objective of the grants: Enhance the Curriculum
  2. Compliance with the PTA bylaws
  3. The project and grade cannot or will not be funded by ACPS
  4. The number of students that will receive benefit from this (the more the better)
  5. The funds are available

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