NJ Amistad Commission - Exemplary Award

A Message from the NJ Amistad Commission:

Please see the 2009-2010 Exemplary Award Application for the New Jersey Amistad Commission. To ensure that New Jersey teachers are supported to effectively teach the revised social studies core curriculum content standards via the Amistad curriculum, and to provide funding and programmatic assistance to teachers we offer the Amistad Annual Exemplary Awards. Up to 10 recipients are selected each year to receive the $5000 grant to enhance their programmatic initiatives in the classroom. The New Jersey Amistad Commission will identify and catalog EXEMPLARY PRACTICES in schools across the state that incorporate and infuse African American history into the school's curriculum and lesson delivery. The purpose of this program is to recognize and celebrate the excellence achieved by New Jersey's public schools and to make information available describing designated exemplary practices readily accessible to educators throughout the state.

Exemplary practices are those exemplary and/or innovative strategies that (1) infuse African-American history into the school's curriculum; (2) promote high student achievement; (3) address specific educational needs of students and the Core Curriculum Content Standards; (4) yield documented results meeting set objectives, and (5) can be replicated. Any New Jersey teacher, group of teachers, or school is eligible to participate. The competition is open to public schools serving students in pre-kindergarten to grade 12. The practice must have been in place for a minimum of one year prior to submission. Only one application per applicant may be submitted. Commercially developed practices will not be considered. In addition practices that are solely implemented around black history month will not be considered. There is no limit to the number of teachers within a school or district that may propose a practice for consideration.

The application is due back to the Amistad Commission on April 3, 2009. If you have any questions, please feel free to visit the Amistad Commission website at http://www.nj.gov/state/divisions/amistad/ Thank you and we look forward to receiving your application! The Amistad CommissionTashanna N. WilliamsNew Jersey Department of StateAmistad Commission225 W. State St.P.O. Box 458Trenton, NJ 08625Phone: 609-826-5325 Fax: 609-633-8168

Back to School Grants

The Dollar General Back to School Grants provide funding to assist school libraries or media centers in meeting some of the financial challenges they face in implementing new programs, or purchasing new equipment, materials or software. 

Grant Deadline:  May 22, 2009

Grant Announcement:  August 21, 2009

Maximum grant amount is $5,000.

 

 

 

Beyond the Basics Grant Writing Course

Give Me the Money is a new course from the Neighborhood Leadership Institute at the Center for Leadership Community and Neighborhood Development at Cumberland County College in Vineland, New Jersey.

 

The course is divided into four sessions; the first beginning on Sat.,

March 31st. The rest are scheduled for April 4th, & 18th, and May 2nd.

The hours are from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  A continental breakfast will

be served at 9.

 

Feel free to contact Jill Lombardo-Melchiore, Director, Center for Leadership, Community and Neighborhood Development.

 

 

 

 

 

 

School Breakfast Grant Release

 

 

 

March 4, 2009 – Increasing the number of children eating breakfast at school to start their day right is the goal of a new grant program. Action for Healthy Kids, with generous support from Kellogg’s Corporate Citizenship Fund, is offering grants to schools that currently participate in the School Breakfast Program with greater than 50 percent eligibility for free and reduced-price meals. The goal is to increase their average daily student participation by 25 percent.

 

School buildings in every state meeting minimum grant requirements are eligible; however, priority will be given to schools in states with the lowest average daily student participation in school breakfast as a percentage of school lunch participation.  According to the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) 2007-2008 School Breakfast Scorecard, these states are  South Dakota, Minnesota, Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois, Alaska, Nebraska, New Jersey, Wisconsin and Connecticut.

 

School breakfast plays a critical role in addressing the epidemic of overweight and undernourished children. Research shows both educational and nutritional benefits to children who have school breakfast.

 

“We believe that schools are an incredible equalizer in ensuring that all kids have daily access to healthy foods,” said Rob Bisceglie, executive director of Action for Healthy Kids. “These grants will help schools expand participation through creative programs and marketing practices so students are fit, healthy and ready to learn.”

 

The grants are intended to fund implementation of alternative breakfast programs, innovative marketing and promotions, and/or enhancement of the school breakfast experience through educational enrichment activities. Awards will range between $500 and $2,000.

 

According to FRAC, 8.5 million low-income children participated in the national School Breakfast Program last school year. While that’s an increase of four percent over the previous school year, the program still misses more than half of America’s eligible low-income children. And, with the worst economy in decades, it’s likely that substantial numbers of new children will become eligible for the school breakfast program as families lose jobs or have their incomes cut. 

 

Click here to view the School Breakfast RFP and you can also find it on our website.

 

More information can be found at www.actionforhealthykids.org or by contacting Sarah Titzer, director of team programs at (317) 884-0321 or Sarah@ActionForHealthyKids.org

 

FY 2009 Early Reading First Grant Competition

 

The FY 2009 Early Reading First notice has been published by the Federal Register (Volume 74, Number 40: Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-030309-001). The instructions package and notice inviting applicants is now available to download on  Grants.gov.  You should register for Grants.gov and review the submission tips provided on the site as several features have changed.  You are also reminded to visit the ERF website at www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading to determine eligibility, download the ERF Eligibility Verification Document (Attachment A), and review additional submission tips. PDF and Word versions of the complete FY 2009 application package and a link to the Federal Register Notice are available on the applicant info section of the ERF website. We are currently working on updating the eligibility information available on the ERF website. We will have the updated information posted by COB today. We will send out a follow-up email as soon as it has been posted.

 

ERF staff will be hosting two technical assistance webcasts on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, one for novice applicants and one for experienced applicants.  The one hour webcast for novice applicants will be held at 1:00pm Washington, D.C. time and the one hour webcast for experienced applicants will be held at 3:00pm Washington, D.C. time. 

 

Due to the large number of potential applicants, applicant participation for both webcasts will be limited.  Interested applicants will have to sign-up in advance to participate.  Additional information on how to register for the webcasts will be forwarded shortly. Due to the large number of potential applicants, applicant participation for both webcasts will be limited.  Interested applicants must register in advance to participate.  In order to accommodate representatives from as many organizations as possible, please limit registration to one representative from your organization. Information on how to register for the webcasts will be distributed via email later this week.

 

Both webcasts will be recorded for individuals unable to participate in the live webcast. A link to access the recorded information will be distributed via email shortly after the webcast occurs.