Grants

The Teaching Equity Network (TEN) offers grant opportunities for organizations to develop and host their own Teaching Equity events.

These events are intended to gather regional stakeholders in a collaborative space to further equity initiatives and contribute to a statewide movement on equity in the teaching profession. To foster these initiatives, the Teaching Equity Network will provide grants of up to $5,000.

Grant Eligibility

To be eligible to receive a grant, applications must include partnerships with other education stakeholders, including local school districts, preparation programs, the WEA local association, and local community organization(s). Events must be held by September 3, 2021. The event gatherings must focus on racial justice, defined as the systemic fair treatment of people of all races that results in equitable opportunities and outcomes for everyone. TEN uses the racial justice lens from RaceForward.org to analyze equity in public schools. In addition, proposals must also focus on at least two of the following:

• Embed opportunities for youth, pre-service and professional educators to collaborate or learn together and/or from each other (e.g., building relationships across categories of difference, culturally responsive literacy practices, development of multicultural text sets, values-based grading and assessment)

• A youth focus/component of the event ("Youth Summit" or something similar) that explores the profession of education

• A positive focus on highlighting educator roles and opportunities for an educator career path for underrepresented groups (eg. access & identify, prepare, place, retain, grow & develop)

• Recruit and retain a more diverse educator workforce in local communities

• Professional growth opportunities for in-service professional educators (e.g., certificated educators are eligible to earn clock hours)

• Inclusion of research and/or data on key equity topics (e.g., opportunity gap, education laws, discipline reporting)

• Gatherings for local community members to increase knowledge and exposure of teaching opportunities and pathways

Expectations of Grantees

Expectations of awarded grantees include a space at the gathering for statewide representatives of PESB, WEA, and the Careers in Education Center of Excellence to see the work in action and promote TEN efforts.

Your grant-funded event must take place by September 3, 2021. Grant recipients are required to submit a post-event report to the Teaching Equity Network within 45 days of the event.