2014-2015 Eagle Pass Education Foundation
Grant Application
Are
you a teacher who "thinks outside the book?" We understand that to help students achieve
greater success and engage in creative learning, teachers need exciting
projects, upgraded technology, and extra resources. Crafting the minds of the next great
generation may mean going beyond the typical school budget and asking for a
little extra help in the classroom.
With
the help of the Eagle Pass ISD Education Foundation teachers have the
opportunity to take creative ideas and
make them into realities. Each EPEF grant, allows funding for teachers
with bright ways of enhancing the learning environment and inspiring their
students through innovation and excitement. When
learning is fun, learning is easy. The Eagle Pass Education Foundation
Classroom Grants encourage educators to create innovative and exciting educational
programs for their students.
The Eagle Pass Educational Foundation (“EPEF”)
is a non-profit organization created to develop and expand educational opportunities
for students of the Eagle Pass Independent School District. One of its
principal goals is to identify and fund worthy innovative projects whose
costs exceed the limitations of the district’s regular budget.
EPEF
will direct it’s funding to single campus and single classroom projects.
General project qualification guidelines;
1. Projects must enhance and support the instructional program;
- Campus projects must be approved by the campus principal;
- Project grant requests must be submitted on time
EPEF
has elected to limit the number of grant requests that will be accepted from a
given campus to three (3).
Please
follow the instructions below in order to apply for funding consideration. The
process requires that all grant requests be submitted to EPEF by September 26,
2014:
The
following items will not be funded
by the foundation:
- Personnel stipends/salaries and staff development costs
- Capital outlay items (fixtures, furnishings, and
equipment) such as computer hardware, cameras, and bookshelves.
- Travel costs and lodging (field trips).
- Food, candy, drinks or any promotional items (stickers,
pencils, pads, erasers, etc.).
Grant Request Submittal
Instructions:
- 1. Please download and fill out the EPEF Innovative Teaching Grant Application. This will be considered as the “official version” of your grant request and submittal. Applications are available on the Eagle Pass I.S.D. website.
- Please do not modify the document formatting or try to substitute an “equivalent” document.
- Upon completion of the Innovative Teaching Grant Application, please print a hard copy for signature(s) and submit.
- Please do not submit any pamphlets, brochures, price lists, photos, or other material with the signed hard copy of your submittal.
- Secure the required approval signatures. Failure to secure the required signatures will be cause for the submittal to be rejected.
- Send a hard copy of the grant request application form with the signature page to:
Mr. Gilberto Gonzalez, Superintendent of Schools
Eagle Pass I.S.D. District Service Center - Superintendent Office
Faxed transmissions will not be accepted.
Time Table
We will begin accepting project grant applications beginning Tuesday, September
2, 2014.
- Deadline for the grant application submission is no later than 5:00pm (Central Time), Friday,
September 26, 2014.
Extensions of the
deadlines will not be considered. Grant Review Committee's decisions are
final. Don’t take a chance –
please submit early.
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