Teacher/Parent Grant Awards for 2012-2013

General Information

I. Grants Policies

1. To award grants once a year in the spring, for initiatives contemplated for the following

academic calendar year which are aligned with and enhance and enrich curriculum;

2. To encourage and support collaborative efforts among teachers, administrators, parents, and

community organizations;

3. To maintain a focus on innovation while linking the grants to system-wide goals;

4. To support major grants that impact a significant number of students;

5. To support grants that demonstrate the potential to impact students, educators, and the

community beyond its initial scope for lasting benefit;

6. To support grants which include a feasible plan for establishing a secondary pool of

beneficiaries and re-use of materials and equipment purchased within the grant &

7. To provide feedback to grant applicants through BEVERLY EDUCATION

FOUNDATION’s grants review process.

II. Application Procedures

Applicants are required to submit a 200-word (or less) “CONCEPT PAPER” for a grant proposal idea. Grant proposals should include the following information:

a. A brief description of the project;

b. The ultimate goal and several objectives of the project and any activities attached to it; c. Demonstration of how this project is innovative and/or collaborative

(does it affect multi-grades/cross school);

d. The estimated number of students involved; and

e. A preliminary cost of the project (your best estimate – including equipment).

An original concept paper and four copies (double sided) should be received at the BEVERLY EDUCATION FOUNDATION OFFICE, PO Box 407, Beverly, MA 01915 no later than 5:00 P.M. on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. THE BEVERLY EDUCATION FOUNDATION (BEF) will announce the Grant Awards on Wednesday, June 13, 2011.

III. Proposal Considerations

Proposals are encouraged which demonstrate innovation[1], are collaborative[2], have a potentially broad impact[3] upon the school system, and include a plan for establishing a secondary pool of beneficiaries and the re-use of materials and equipment purchased within the grant and support the goals and on-going priorities of the Beverly Public School system. Equal consideration is given to proposals which are designed for an individual classroom or program. All proposals should promote rigor, provide challenge for all students, and enrich students’ growth. The replicability of a proposal, whether collaborative or individual, is alsoconsidered.

1Innovation: change, expansion, adaptation, enhancement, improvement, challenge, risk, or a new technique which is supported in the literature. 2Collaboration: working together in a joint effort. This can be among and/or between schools, departments, classes, disciplines. Any combination of parents, students, faculty, administration, and community groups may collaborate. However, at least one representative from the faculty must be involved in every collaborative proposal. For example:• Special Education and classroom teachers• School Improvement Councils and a teacher• Two or more teachers at different grade levels• Parents and teachers• Specialists and classroom teachers• Students and teachers. 3Broad Impact: proposals that will impact a significant number of students/teachers over an extended time. Proposals are encouraged which support the goal of establishing collegial cross school and cross grade projects or which assist in transitional issues from elementary to middle school, or middle school to high school.

IV. Some Topic Ideas for 2012

The following suggested topics are not meant to preclude other topics, but are encouraged by the School Department. Proposals are encouraged which address a wide variety of curriculum-based topics. BEF will support the wonderfully creative ideas of our teachers and parents which enhance teaching and learning in a 21st Century global environment.

1) Science, technology, engineering and mathematics, particularly in its application to everyday

living (how do we use science and mathematics and in conjunction with technology and

engineering);

2) Literacy at the K-5 level and at the middle school level (proposals which support reading and

literacy);

3) Professional development, particularly at the middle schools and high school (proposals

which develop new strategies of teaching that deal with the application of technology, which

rethink the areas of directed studies, and academic support centers); and

4) Use of technology to enhance and enrich learning in all grades: Director of Technology

must assent to the proposal before being submitted;

4) Standards-based responses to MCAS and study skills at the high school level.

V. Grant Awards

The Beverly Education Foundation has set no limit on the number of grants that may be funded this grant cycle. All funding of Teacher Grant Proposals is subject to availability of funds and comparison with other grants. The Beverly Education Foundation reserves the right to partially fund proposals in some cases should it deem it to be appropriate.

VI. 2012 Grantmaking Schedule

Wednesday, April 25, 2012: Application Deadline (5:00 p.m.)

Wednesday, June 13, 2012: Grant Awards Announced

Grants are awarded for programs and initiatives for the 2012-2013 academic year.

VII. Proposal Review

After initial screening, The BEVERLY EDUCATION FOUNDATION Grants Committee may contact applicants for further information before recommending and making a final decision on the proposal. The BEVERLY EDUCATION FOUNDATION Grants Committee then makes its recommendations on proposals to the Board, which has final approval.

For more information about our Teacher Grants please contact us at info@beverlyedfoundation.org.

Click here to download a Teacher/Parent Grant Application.

7 Teacher/Parent Grants were awarded totaling $3,200.00 for the school year 2011-2012. These grants are made possible through proceeds from the Annual Momball Tournament and Honor a Teacher Campaign. They are as follows:

1. "Beverly High School Advanced Placement Art Multiple Visit Partnership at the Peabody Essex Museum", a project proposed by Paula Borsetti, advanced placement studio art teacher at Beverly High School, to allow students access to the considerable resources of the Peabody Essex Museum to assist in investigating photography, the use of technology and other important techniques in contemporary art and to allow the students to meet the people behind the decision making at the museum; $500.00.

2. "Language Enhanced Archive and Research Network (LEARN)", a project proposed by Melissa Keys, Sheri Hewett and Barbara Fecteau, to help English Language learners and Language based students at Beverly High School to access the mainstream history and science curriculum with content rich information which are at a low-reading level. This will support students who are struggling with language, will allow teachers to differentiate instruction and will allow easy access for all students who may need help understanding content in a different way; $1,000.00.

3. "Social Reading", a project proposed by Sharon Ozereko of Ayers Ryal Side Elementary School to provide multiple copies of well received and requested books to encourage readers (reluctant and otherwise) to read and share their reading experiences with a friend; $250.00.

4. "Extracurricular Enrichment of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) in Elementary School Children" a project proposed by Sherri Otterbein, parent and Coordinator of the Centreville Elementary School Family Math and Science Night to provide Centerville 2^nd grade students the opportunity to work with their parents on math and science activities in the area of "Wonders of the Waters: Insight into Marine Biology" and to provide Centerville 4^th grade students the opportunity to plan, promote and to construct activity materials for an "Build It! Engineering Design Challenges"; $500.00

5. "It's Not Just Fun and Games", a project proposed by Cove Elementary School Adjustment Counselor Ilene Conway to provide Cove School students with high quality Social Skills games to benefit from cooperative activities and game playing to help develop strategies for coping with negative emotions, to increase social problem solving skills, and to assist with oral communication skills with one another; $150.00

6. "Literature Connection to ‘Word of the Month'", a project proposed by Cove Elementary School Equity Coordinator Margy Roy to provide enriching literature to all Cove students to demonstrate and connect the "Word of the Month". Words are chosen which model the behaviors and principles of the Cove School Community; $600.00.

7. "Launch Physical Education II", a project proposed by Sherry Zide, Launch Supervisor, to educate post-high school students on the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and to help incorporate fitness into the daily routine of the students as well as the opportunity to collaborate positively with community organizations such as the Beverly Athletic Club and the YMCA, $200.00.

7 Teacher/Parent Grants were awarded totaling $3,272.00 for the school year 2010-2011. The grants are as follows:

1. "Beverly High School Multiple Visit Partnership at the Peabody Essex Museum", a project proposed by Paula Borsetti, advanced placement studio art teacher at Beverly High School, to continue to allow students access to the considerable resources of the Peabody Essex Museum to promote understanding of how artists use symbolism in their work so that students may use their own ideas and symbols to create deeper meaning in their own portfolios, $600.00.

2. “Extracurricular Enrichment of Science & Mathematics in Elementary School”, a project proposed by Sherri Otterbein, Parent and Event Coordinator and Karla Pressman, Principal of Centerville Elementary School, to provide Centerville School students the opportunity to work with their parents on math and science activities and to plan, promote and to construct activity materials for “Wonders of the Waters: Insight into Marine Biology” for Centerville’s 2^nd to 4^th graders and their families, $650.00.

3. “Therapeutic Learning Center”, a project proposed by Jennifer Flewelling, Principal of North Beverly Elementary School, and Maureen Schug, Special Educator and Kathy Barton, Occupational Therapist, to provide a resource for North Beverly School students who struggle to meet the academic, social, emotional and organizational expectations of their grade level. The Therapeutic Learning Center will be used to support students in developing those strategies and skills necessary to function as independent learners while also developing a positive sense of self, $495.00.

4. “Providing Classic Novels in Graphic Novel Form to Resistant & Developing Readers”, a project proposed by John F. Crowder, Special Education, to benefit remedial, resistant, and developing readers in grades 6-8 at Briscoe Middle School by providing an opportunity to those students to be involved in a form of reading that will motivate them sufficiently to read and to comprehend, $400.00.

5. “Launch Physical Education”, a project proposed by Sherry Zide, Launch Supervisor, to educate post-high school students on the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and to help incorporate fitness into the daily routine of the students as well as the opportunity to collaborate positively with community organizations such as the Beverly Athletic Club, $350.00.

6. “Interwrite MOBI”, a project proposed by Pam Fall and Dale Miller-Bouton, Elementary Enrichment Center teachers, to integrate technology into diverse and stimulating tasks for academically talented students using an INTERWRITE MOBI in an interactive and innovative manner to motivate, engage, and challenge students, $427.00.

7. “Learning Cards Lead to Reading” is a project proposed by Virginia Frazier, Reading Specialist of North Beverly Elementary School to further expand Mrs. Barbara Maver’s project to provide struggling readers in grades 2-4 with decodable books and practice learning cards, $350.00.

The Beverly Education Foundation, Inc. is a private non-profit organization supporting Beverly Public Education.