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Opportunities for all educators​
MCIEA Mini-Grants
2020/2021 School Year

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.
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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, 2021. 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. 
Download the Application

What does a mini-grant project look like? 

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Design, Validate, and Implement Performance Assessments 

  • Learn more about how Lincoln Elementary School brought performance assessments to each of its classrooms
  • See how Pyne Arts Magnet School used MCIEA funds and support to build its performance assessment model.
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Multi-Disciplinary, Cross-School, Cross-District Collaboration

Mini-grants offer a unique opportunity for educators to collaborate on performance assessment design or SQM research. 
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Create Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers

Mini-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 Group

​MCIEA'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. 
  • See how Winchester Public Schools convened an SQM study group to address students' needs
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