Innovative Teaching Grant
“Innovation is the calling card of the future.”
- Anna Eshoo
CONGRAULATIONS TO THE 2024 AWARDEES
Ferry Farm Elementary, Level 2 self contained classrooms - TAYLOR MURRAY and CASSIDY PARSONS for the Sunshine Cart a whole school inclusive activity
Ms. Brawner and her team.
Hartwood Elementary, 4th Grade - REBECCA BRAWNER, JESSICA FLAHERTY, ERIN HENDRICKS, KARI-LEIGH VEGA, ELENA BEARD for Jamestown Field trip
Anne E. Moncure Elementary, ESOL Department - ELIZABETH ROBENS, MINA THOMPSON for The Wednesday Cooking Club: Learning English through Shared Experiences
Ms. Robens and her crew!
Ferry Farm Elementary, Mathematics - MEGAN COVERT, GABI STUMP, KARLY FORREST, MELISSA TERRY, COREY HESDAON for Encouraging Mathematical Discourse and Discovery for Young Learners
Mr. Maynard and the the Autism Cooks team.
North Stafford High School, Student Services Special Education - BRIAN MAYNARD, TIFFANY MORRIS, DUANE BURNETTE for Autism Cooks: Building Independence in the Kitchen
Stafford High School, World Languages - LYNNE LANSFORD, CHEF RAVEN, SARAH JACKSON, BRIAN OURS, BETH CARAFIOL, STACEY STROUD for Learning to Appreciate Cultural Differences at Stafford High School Global Citizenship for our Students
Ms. Lansford sharing her grant with Frida Kahlo
Colonial Forge High School, Special Education - RYAN CUPPS for LEAD Coffee Cart, a post graduate small business project
Stafford High, Colonial Forge, Conway ES and Ferry Farm ES, District Wide Deaf and Hard of Hearing Population - JALYN WADE, LYNDA DUVALL, KRISTIN POWELL AND LISA HIGHT for Increasing Literacy in Stafford County's Deaf and Hard of Hearing student population.
Mr. Sekinger sharing the joy with a plant in the Gayle Carden
Gayle Middle School, Library - NATHAN SEKINGER, JULIE RHOADS for Gayle’s Growing Garden Supports English Language Learners
North Stafford High School, School Counseling - JULIE DIAZ-CASTILLO, SUZANNA ERLICHMAN, VIKKI PACKWOOD for “Glow Wherever You Go”
Hartwood Elementary School, All HES students - CASEY CLARK, MARLA GARCIA for Hartwood Elementary School Community Garden
Ms. Clark showing the bee her grant.
North Stafford High School, ESOL ELD - DAYARELIS QUINONES for STEM Design Challenge
Congrats Ms. Terrill and Ms. Thomas for teaming up across school boundaries!
Stafford and Mountain View High Schools, Learn and Serve - LAUREN TERRILL, TAMMIE THOMAS for Branching Out: Understanding the Power of Trees
Park Ridge Elementary, 5th Grade Classrooms - DENAE VARGAS, MICHAEL GRIBIK, VAL SLEPPY for Empowering Minds: Introducing Wipebooks for Innovative 5th Grade Learning
Colonial Forge High School, Biology - BRITTANY FULMER for Preserved Wonders: Exploring the Animal Kingdom
Ms. Fulmer thinking about the animals!
Mountain View and Colonial Forge High Schools, Business Department - ANNA KILLION, ROBIN ALTHOFF for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School, 4th Grade - JACLYN WHEELER, HALEY REISLINK, LAURA MARKS, TONI JOHNSON, KATIE MCNELLY, MICHELLE STEWARD-STEPNEY for Jamestown
Shirley Heim Middle School, Mathematics - PHILL GRIFFIN, JESSICA SHEIDY for Modeling Math: Three Dimensional objects to analyze and compare fractions, area, volume, and perimeter/circumference
Innovative Teaching Grants are designed to provide teachers with the opportunity to improve student achievement and learning through innovative and creative practices. All full-time educators employed by Stafford County Public Schools (SCPS) who work directly with SCPS students at the pre-kindergarten through post-secondary level are eligible to apply for Innovative Teaching Grants offered by the Stafford Education Foundation.
The 2025/26 application period will open on May 23, 2025 and close on September 8, 2025
2024 INNOVATIVE TEACHING GRANTS
Purpose
Innovative Teaching Grants provide teachers with the opportunity to improve student achievement and learning through innovative and creative practices.
Eligibility
All full-time educators employed by Stafford County Public Schools (SCPS) who work directly with SCPS students at the pre-kindergarten through post-secondary level are eligible to apply for Innovative Teaching Grants offered by the Stafford Education Foundation.
Timetable
Application Deadline: September 6, 2024
The Stafford Education Foundation accepts applications once a year. The 2024/25 Application is due on or before 11:59 p.m. on September 6, 2024. Recipients of grants and their principals should expect notification by Monday, October 14, 2023
The grant is for projects commencing in the 2024-2025 academic year. Each project coordinator must agree to submit a report to the Foundation at the completion of his or her project describing the results of the project and evaluating its effectiveness.
Criteria
Grants in amounts "up to" $600 for an individual teacher and "up to" $1,200 for a team of two or more teachers will be awarded once a year to Stafford County Public Schools teachers who seek to increase and enhance the learning opportunities of their students. Funds support classroom instruction by providing funds for the purchase of unique or innovative classroom equipment and/or instructional supplies, outside the classroom experience, classroom speakers and other related initiatives. The larger grants of "up to" $1,200 are available to teams of teachers who are working collaboratively on projects that can have a greater impact on a school. Successfully funded programs will do the following:
Support instruction, either inside or outside the classroom
Be designed to improve student achievement and learning
Be innovative, creative, and capable of serving as a model for other teacher
Compliments at least one of the Stafford County Public School C5W concepts – communication, creativity, critical thinking, citizenship, collaboration or wellness
Application Process:
Teachers interested in applying for an Innovative Teaching Grant may view the online application when it opens on May 20, 2024.
Applications must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. on September 6, 2024.
Announcements of the grant recipients are on or before Monday, October 14.
A grant application must have a "primary coordinator," for those grant applications that have multiple teachers involved in a project. A "primary coordinator" may submit only one grant application per year for funding through the Innovative Teaching Grants program.
Those receiving grants must agree to provide a brief evaluation of the project's value and impact. It is due via email to the Stafford Education Foundation within six months of the project's implementation.
If you have any questions, please contact the Foundation by email at staffordeducationfoundation@staffordschools.net.
2022 - 2023 Innovative Teaching Grant
Congratulations to the 2022 - 2023 Innovative Teaching Grant Recipients!
The Stafford Education Foundation awarded Innovative Teaching Grants at 8 schools for the 2022 - 2023 School Year. Approximately $10,000 was awarded to educators at:
Margaret Brent Elementary
Park Ridge Elementary
Rocky Run Elementary
Brooke Point High
Mountain View High
Brooke Point High
Ferry Farm Elementary
Phoenix Center for Innovative Learning
2021 - 2022 Innovative Teaching Grant
Congratulations to the 2021 - 2022 Innovative Teaching Grant Recipients!
The Stafford Education Foundation awarded 14 Innovative Teaching Grants at 11 schools for the 2021 - 2022 School Year. Approximately $13,500 was awarded to educators at:
Rising Star Early Childhood Education Center
Grafton Village Elementary School
Hartwood Elementary School
Margaret Brent Elementary School
Park Ridge Elementary School
Widewater Elementary School
Winding Creek Elementary School
Dixon-Smith Middle School
T. Benton Gayle Middle School
Brooke Point High School
Stafford High School
2020 - 2021 Innovative Teaching Grant
2020 - 2021 ITG North Star Early Childhood Education Center Video
Congratulations to the 2020 - 2021 Innovative Teaching Grant Recipients!
The Stafford Education Foundation awarded 11 Innovative Teaching Grants for the 2020 - 2021 School Year. Approximately $7,300 was awarded to educators at:
Brooke Point High School
Dixon-Smith Middle School
Hampton Oaks Elementary School
Margaret Brent Elementary School
North Star Early Childhood Education Center
Rockhill Elementary School
T. Benton Gayle Middle School
Winding Creek Elementary School
2019 - 2020 Innovative Teaching Grant
2019 - 2020 Innovative Teaching Grant Gallery
Congratulations to the 2019 - 2020 Innovative Teaching Grant Recipients!
The Stafford Education Foundation awarded 15 Innovative Teaching Grants for the 2019 - 2020 School Year. Approximately $13,000 was awarded to educators at:
Colonial Forge High School
Edward E. Drew Middle School
Hampton Oaks Elementary School
Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School
Mountain View High School
North Stafford High School
Rockhill Elementary School
Stafford Elementary School
Stafford Middle School
Gayle Middle School
Widewater Elementary School