CSC | Janice Thomson Memorial Grant for Teachers Application Form

General Grants for Teachers Application Form

For Ontario Secondary School Teachers Only

Deadline Extended. The deadline for applications for the General Grants for Teachers and for the Janice Thomson Memorial Grant is extended to April 30th, 2008.

One Janice Thomson Memorial Grant is given annually to a teacher, or teachers, for the development of creative and innovative learning resources. Projects may focus on History or the Arts, or may focus on special education or at-risk students in any secondary school subject area and grade level, or projects may be a resource for secondary school teacher professional learning in one of these areas.

Criteria for proposals for the Janice Thomson Memorial Award must:

Support the existing Ontario curriculum in the Arts, History, "at-risk" programs, or special education programs.
Assist secondary school teachers.
Identify a critical educational need for the resource.
Use resources that are readily available to teachers.
Have the potential to be used by a wide variety of learners.
Address a current or future critical need for student or teacher learning in the areas mentioned above.
Demonstrate potential for improved classroom instruction and student achievement.
Show a potential for sharing and application in other settings or grades (i.e., in schools, school systems, or communities).

The proposal must be an idea that has not yet been developed. The Curriculum Foundation provides grant recipients with an experienced mentor who assists in the development of each resource. All teacher-developed resources must be web-capable projects because they are posted on the TCF website so that any teacher may download them free of charge. The copyright for all other uses of projects will reside with the teacher-developer(s).

The deadline for applications for this grant is April 30^th of the year in which you are applying. Your proposal must show how the project addresses all of areas outlined above. The project should be developed in a format that will allow it to be published on the Internet.

Remain connected to the Internet and complete the following online application.
All submissions must be made online.

Project Topic and Leader Information:

Project Topic:
Project Leader:
Teacher Certification Number or equivalent:
Educational Experience:
(a brief overview of two or three sentences)
Home Address:
Telephone:
Email:
Name of School/Institution:
School Address:
School Telephone:
School Email of
Project Leader:

Other Participating Members:

Name of Participant

Teacher Certification No. or equivalent

Educational Experience
(a brief overview)

Project Overview:

Discipline/Subject Area:
Grade Level(s):
Number of students in your school that will benefit from this project:
Approximate number of students in your school district that can benefit from this project:
Approximate number of days required to develop this project: Allow time for initial writing, reviewing, editing, etc. Consider the time of all participants.
Over how many weeks will the work be done?

Areas of special focus, if any: (e.g., LD, ESL, at-risk, etc.)
Project Goals:
(i.e., purpose, how the project supports instruction and learning)
Rationale:
(Why is this project critically needed to support teachers and students? How do you know that this is a unique project?)
Format:
(Will the project be in print form or will it include other media? Describe briefly.)
Identify the key content you plan to cover in your proposal and the educational context for your idea: (in a brief paragraph)

Please click on the "Submit" button to send your form and complete the application process.

After you click the Submit button, the system will acknowledge receipt of your application and display what it received. If this does not happen, please:

1. Click the back button and, if possible, print what you entered.
2. Contact us at the address below.

The Curriculum Foundation
439 University Avenue, Suite 1450
Toronto, ON M5G 1Y8
Phone: 416-591-1576 or toll -free 1-800-837-3048
Fax: 416-591-1578
tcf@curriculum.org