Grants for Teachers
The Curriculum Foundation (TCF) is Curriculum Services Canada's learning resource charity. TCF applies high standards of quality, reliability, and convenience to the creation of critically needed new materials that have been conceptualized and developed by teachers. Meet three members of the team of education professionals who carry out the mission of TCF.
TCF funds the creation of teacher-developed classroom learning resources that support student learning of existing Canadian curricula in either French or English. It also funds Professional Learning programs for teachers. TCF offers a limited number of $2,000 grants each year to teachers who have identified a critical need and have a solution to offer.
Purpose and Conditions
TCF helps students by helping teachers. Through our Grants for Teachers Program, we fund the development of classroom learning resources for teachers. These resources fill areas of critical need identified by teachers and provide enriched learning opportunities for Canadian students.
With the support of private donors, and selected corporations and foundations, Canadian educators can put their experience, knowledge, and creativity to work and make a real difference to student learning. Each year, a number of grants are awarded to teachers who propose innovative ideas for creating learning resources to share with their colleagues. An independent selection panel chooses the most promising proposals. We partner recipients with knowledgeable, experienced mentors who work with them to deliver the project to a high standard as well as to provide participants with a unique professional learning opportunity.
To date, more than $200,000 has been dedicated to teacher-developed resources, which are available to download for free on our website. For more information on projects that have been completed through TCF funding, please see Teacher-Developed Projects.
Who We Are
Kathryn McFarlane
Executive Director
"The Curriculum Foundation is delighted to offer downloadable teacher-developed resources for free to any teacher. These are critically needed resources that we are proud to host on our website."
To make a donation, contact Kathryn at kmcfarlane@curriculum.org or 1-800-837-3048 ext. 222.
Kathryn McFarlane has been Executive Director of Curriculum Services Canada (CSC) and The Curriculum Foundation (its affiliate) for eleven years. Her career in education spans teaching in elementary and secondary schools and teaching faculty of education courses. She has held senior positions in the corporate world and at TVOntario in Youth Programming and in Marketing capacities. She conceived of The Curriculum Foundation as a way for CSC to invest in education. CSC uses net income, plus donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations, to fund teacher-developed projects.
Pauline Beggs
Director, Curriculum Resource Services
"Our greatest sense of accomplishment comes from helping young people gain the knowledge, skills, and values that will equip them to meet the challenges of the future."
Pauline has worked with CSC since 1998 and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience on both the local and national levels to her position as Director, Curriculum Resource Services. As such, Pauline oversees the development of CSC's measurement criteria for evaluating learning resources and the evaluation process. She is also responsible for training mentors and supervising the mentoring of resource development.
After spending several years in the classroom, Pauline joined an educational consulting firm where she held positions in program development, operations, and marketing. During her tenure there she managed the development of numerous national education and information programs — Kindergarten to post-secondary — for use in schools, colleges, and universities. She has also designed, organized, and presented program implementation workshops and training sessions across Canada.
Keith Clark
Director, Evaluation Services
"It is a pleasure to talk to educators about their projects and to hear the excitement in their voices as they describe how their work will make a difference to students."
For general information, contact Keith at kmcfarlane@curriculum.org or 1-800-837-3048 ext. 234.
Keith has been active in education for more than 40 years. He was a classroom teacher, department head, and instructional leader with the Halton District School Board. In addition, he taught AQ summer courses for OISE/UT. Keith has received numerous awards, including the Jack Bell Award for Leadership in Science Education from the Science Teachers' Association of Ontario, and the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence in Science, Technology, and Mathematics. He has been involved in the CSC evaluation process since its inception. He administers the Grants for Teachers program of The Curriculum Foundation.