The Innovative Teaching Grants program is a Junior League of Memphis (JLM) project designed to improve the quality of life for children by encouraging and supporting excellence in teaching.
Donor Name: Junior League of Memphis
State: Tennessee
City: Memphis
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/11/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $2,500
Details:
The grants will enable teachers to implement original and creative learning experiences beyond the curriculum allocated through school budgets.
Focus: Providing their partners and the surrounding community with support where they demonstrate a need, the focus of the 2022-2023 Innovative Teaching Grants will be providing excellent academic and social/emotional instruction.
Grant Category
- Professional Development: Professional development must foster insightful and innovative professional training and growth focused on improving teaching practice during at-home or socially-distanced learning; improve practice, curriculum and student achievement. Recipients must put professional leadership into practice by sharing what they learn with their colleagues. Cannot be used to fund a degree. Funds may be used for registration for PD, PD speakers and other professional development expenditures. May not be used for transportation.
- Improving Students’ Social and Emotional Learning Skills: Create a plan/project that fosters social and emotional learning in students and aims to expand their comprehension and integration of social and emotional learning knowledge, skills and mindsets across their school experiences. High impact projects that engage 75 or more students are encouraged. May not be used for transportation or other field trip expenditures.
- Improving Students’ Academic Skills: Create a plan/project that fosters academic learning in students and aims to improve students’ academic knowledge and skills across their school experiences. High impact projects that engage 75 or more students are encouraged. May not be used for transportation or other field trip expenditures.
Funding Information
- Professional Development: Up to $2,500
- Improving Students’ Social and Emotional Learning Skills: Up to $2,500
- Improving Students’ Academic Skills: Up to $2,500
Eligibility Criteria
This program awards grants to PK-12 teachers in need in the Memphis metro area. If you have been a JLM Innovative Teaching Grants recipient in the past, you are eligible for the 2022-2023 grant cycle.
For more information, visit JLM.