Grant Application

Maple Education Foundation

INSTRUCTIONAL INITIATIVE GRANT

APPLICATION GUIDELINES

Please read carefully to fully understand guidelines and expectations.

Award Range:

Up to $______________/ District

Up to $______________/ Campus

Up to $______________/ Team of Teachers

Up to $______________/ Individual Teacher

To provide funds for Maple Heights City School District Personnel to develop instructional opportunities that are consistent with the established Maple Education Foundation mission, vision and goals in addition complements the Maple Heights City School District’s Strategic Plan and/or Campus Improvement. Instructional initiatives that may include, but are not limited to, math and science labs, technology, fine arts, career and technology, and internet-based programs for Advanced Placement. The number of initiatives funded will depend upon available Foundation funds determined by the Board of Directors on an annual basis.  

Application Deadlines:  Deadline is September 15. Should the deadline fall on a day the Maple Heights City Schools are closed, the grant application must be received by 3 p.m. the following school day.

Notification of Recipients: Recipients will be notified approximately 6-8 weeks from submission of the proposal in each funding round.

Date for Awarding Funds: Funds for approved applications are payable  by the Maple Heights City Schools no later then November 1^st of the application school year. Should the deadline fall on a day the Maple Heights City Schools are closed, the funds will be available the following school day.

Length of Project: The projects are funded for twelve (12) months. Any unexpended funds will revert to Maple Education Foundation. At the conclusion of the twelve (12) month period.  

Applicant Eligibility: Projects are limited to Maple Heights City School District personnel. In the case of a team based proposal, a Project Director must be designated to assume overall administrative responsibilities for the project, and all related correspondence will be so directed. Simultaneous funding of projects for the same individual, department, team or campus will not occur.

Eligible Projects: All projects must address the needs to enhance the learning experience. The identified need must be aligned with the instructional goals of the District’s. Projects will be judged based on their potential to impact instruction. Funds may not replace normal funding from tax based sources. Products purchased with grant funds become the property of the Maple Heights City School District, not the individual(s). The proposal must describe some quantitative or qualitative method to evaluate the success of the project.

Proposal Review: Before review, the Superintendent or his/her designees will screen projects for the purpose of assuring no funding conflict exists and compliance with instructional goals of the District are met, not for selection of recipients. Proposals shall be competitively reviewed by the Board of Director’s appointed Review Committee. All proposals will be subject to a blind review process. Accordingly, specific reference to the applicant should be limited to the information on the cover page. Recipients will be selected and recommended to the Board of Directors who will make the final award decision.

Initiative Summary. An Instructional Initiative Evaluation Summary is required no later then June 30 of the school year in which grant was implemented, on forms provided by the Foundation along with a copies of all receipts for expenditures. A grant applicant that fails to submit a summary will not be eligible to submit another proposal until the summary is received by the Foundation.

Guidelines for Completing the Application:

The project is appropriate for submission if the following questions can be answered in the affirmative:

• Is the project important to learning?
• Is the project congruent with the District’s overall Strategic Plan?
• Is the project consistent with the Foundation’s established vision, mission and goals?  
• Can the project be done?
• Are the objectives measurable?

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