Excellence in Education grants available for teachers
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[April 10, 2012]
SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Retired
Teachers Association Foundation is making $15,000 in grant money
available to 32 counties in Illinois. This special grant program
will provide additional funds to public school educators in
pre-kindergarten through 12th grade so that their students will have
the means to participate in special projects.
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The program rotates annually among northern, central and southern
Illinois. For the current year, the grant is available in IRTA Areas
3 and 4. The following counties are included: Adams, Brown, Calhoun,
Cass, Champaign, Cook -- South Suburban, Cook -- Southwest Suburban,
Cook -- West Lake Shore, DeWitt, DuPage, Ford, Fulton, Greene,
Hancock, Henderson, Iroquois, Jersey, Kankakee, Logan, Macoupin,
Mason, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Morgan, Peoria, Pike, Sangamon,
Schuyler, Scott, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, and Will.
Educators can participate by visiting the IRTA website at
www.irtaonline.org to download the application. Applicants
should complete the grant proposal by describing their needs for the
grant, telling how they will use it and explaining the difference
their project will make in the lives of their students. Applications
should be submitted by mail to the IRTA Foundation, 620 N. Walnut
St., Springfield, IL 62702. All proposals must be postmarked by
Sept. 7.
The IRTA Foundation designed this program based on the idea that
educators often do not have additional revenue sources available for
unique student projects or classroom materials. A special committee
will select the recipients of the grant money in October. Recipients
will be notified shortly after that.
[Text from file received from
Illinois Retired Teachers
Association] |
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