Grants for Texas Teachers

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Teachers during the United States usually can not find the money for added assignments and plans for their pupils if they are not coated by the college's price range. Texas educators are no exception. With college spending budget cuts and teacher layoffs, funding is dwindling for supplemental tasks. There are foundations and associations that supply grants to teachers for classroom use.

Classroom Support Grants

The Texas Retired Teachers Foundation delivers Classroom Help Grants to general public college teachers in Texas. The grant is $500 and can be utilized for a undertaking or plan to improve college student studying possibilities. Because 2008, the foundation has awarded $8,000 to teachers. Current grants had been produced to a teacher at Academy Higher College in Irving for a undertaking known as "The Crime Scene," and to a teacher at Mirabeau Lamar Elementary in San Antonio for a challenge known as "Fingers on Phonics." Plans are usually accepted in the drop.

Texas Retired Teachers Foundation
313 E. 12th St., Suite 250
Austin, TX 78701-1956
512-476-1622
trtf.org

Humanities Texas

Humanities Texas provides two award applications that supply funding for K-12 humanities teachers in Texas. The Exceptional Coaching of the Humanities Awards offers $5,000 to eleven teachers each yr. Each winner also gets $500 for their college's humanities plan. The Linden Heck Howell Exceptional Coaching of Texas Background Award method delivers $5,000 to a humanities educator coaching Texas Background, and an added $500 for their college to buy coaching materials on Texas Heritage. Qualified plans are complete-time personal and general public teachers in Texas who teach English, social research, humanities, arts and foreign language, as lengthy as it pertains to coaching of Texas Historical past.

Humanities Texas
1410 Rio Grande St.
Austin, TX 78701
512-440-1991
humanitiestexas.org

Texas Council for the Social Research

The Texas Council for the Social Reports (TCSS) provides the Stalwart Mini-Grants to teachers in Texas who were TCSS members for two consecutive many years. 4 mini-grants are awarded each year in the volume of $500. These funds may possibly be utilized to buy classroom material or manage instruction or journey to social scientific studies-connected conferences. The deadline is in March.

Texas Council for the Social Research
P.O. Box 360123
Dallas, TX 75336
txcss.org