Applications Now Open
MCIEA is excited to be offering a series of mini-grants for the 2020/2021 school year. Teachers recently face a whole new series of hurdles - time, money, and energy are scarce. MCIEA seeks to support consortium educators to pursue their goals and further the MCIEA mission while overcoming these challenges. Through these new mini-grants, teachers have the opportunity to focus on the work that is most important to them while helping to transform student assessment in Massachusetts.
MCIEA is awarding grants of up to $5,000 to consortium educators interested in dedicating time to performance assessment design, school quality measures, or for receiving coaching around equity and classroom transformation. Each mini-grant will go towards stipends, hiring substitute teachers, purchasing materials, and more.
MCIEA is awarding grants of up to $5,000 to consortium educators interested in dedicating time to performance assessment design, school quality measures, or for receiving coaching around equity and classroom transformation. Each mini-grant will go towards stipends, hiring substitute teachers, purchasing materials, and more.
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Who can apply?
Any current MCIEA cohort member is welcome to apply for a mini-grant. We hope to receive applications from at least two schools from each of the eight MCIEA districts.
How do I get started?
Proposals will be considered on a rolling basis until 30 proposals have been accepted.
Proposals will be reviewed by Center for Collaborative Education (CCE) staff and approved by the MCIEA Steering Committee. Approval criteria will include whether the application proposes a body of equity-based work within MCIEA; collaborative work among groups of educators, students, and/or parents; and a budget that aligns with the proposed body of work. All proposals should be for activities that will occur before the end of the fiscal year - June 30, 2020. All proposed grants should further the mission and vision of MCIEA. |
To review the full proposal guidelines and apply for a mini-grant, download the application below. Please submit your completed proposal to mciea@ccebos.org. Any questions can be directed to Peter Piazza.
What does a mini-grant project look like?
Design, Validate, and Implement Performance Assessments |
Multi-Disciplinary, Cross-School, Cross-District CollaborationMini-grants offer a unique opportunity for educators to collaborate on performance assessment design or SQM research.
Create Professional Development Opportunities for TeachersMini-grants are an opportunity to get creative about teacher learning. Use SQM data to explore a racial justice or equity issue and develop a school-based improvement plan
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Create an SQM Study GroupMCIEA's School Quality Measures helps educators build a holistic portrait of what a great school looks like. With an MCIEA mini-grant, educators can work together to really dig into this framework and examine how research and help make changes in their schools and districts.
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