MCTE Classroom Grants
General Information
Each fiscal year, MCTE will grant up to six (6) grants to members.
The number of grants given each year will depend upon the finances of the organization and the quality of the grant proposals received.The MCTE Executive Board will review all grant applications and select the grant recipients.
MCTE is under no obligation to award grants if the Executive Board believes an application does not meet the stated criteria of the grant program (listed below).Grants applications will be reviewed twice a year: once in the summer (submission deadline: June 15),
once in the winter (submission deadline: November 15).
A grant applicant must be a current MCTE member at the time of application.Grant parameters
1. Grants are available to MCTE members to encourage creative and enriching opportunities for
professional development and improved student achievement.
2. Grant requests may be up to a maximum of $400.
3. Grants must meet one or more of the following criteria:
a. Improve literacy of students
b. Implement technology creatively to improve student learning
c. Promote diversity of thought
d. Increase student performance in reading and/or writing
4. Grant requests may not replace ordinary institutional funding.
5. Grant recipients must submit an expense report to the MCTE Executive Secretary within six months of receiving the grant.
6. Grant recipients must present their projects as a session at the MCTE Spring Conference or
write an article of publishable quality to be printed in the Minnesota English Journal.
This presentation of one’s project must be done no later than 18 months after receiving
the grant or the grant funding must be returned to MCTE.Deadlines
Winter Grant: November 15
All applications must be received by November 21.Summer Grant: June 15
All applications must be received by June 21.
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