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Departments: Resources
Cartoonist View
Editorial cartoonists' pens respond to terrorism with gripping insight and a biting wit. You'll find a diverse collection from a variety of artists expressing everything from sympathy to outrage, including a selection from international publications. http://cagle.slate.msn.com/news/attack/main.asp
Fly the Flag
Here's a way to put a patriotic reminder on your desktop. It's free from Rhode Island Soft Systems. "We Will Not Forget'' as a free downloadable screensaver showing the American flag waving in the breeze. Go to: www.screensaver.com/wwnf.htm.
Toward Understanding
W.H. Auden's poem "September 1, 1939" may have been written in response to Germany's invasion of Poland on that date. But the many people who've passed it around the Net via E-mail find an uncanny relevance to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here's the poet's home in cyberspace. Go to: www.poets.org/ poets/poets.cfm?prmID=121.
Help for Kids
The American Counseling Association, expressing concern about the emotional and psychological after-effects of the terrorist attacks, provides some tips on how to help children cope with traumatic situations and, if necessary, how to find professional assistance. Go to: www.counseling.org/tragedy/tragedy.htm.
Relief from Disasters
From the Federal Emergency Management Association comes this site to help kids understand how to be prepared for disasters and how disaster damage can be prevented. You can also learn what causes disasters, play games, read stories, and become a Disaster Action Kid. Go to: www.fema.gov kids/
Announcements
UniServ Internships
As part of an ongoing commitment to state and local affiliates, the NEA is seeking potential eligible candidates for the 2002 UniServ intern program. Individuals who successfully complete the 41/2-week training program and the three-month field experience will be certified by the NEA as eligible for UniServ staff work in an NEA state or local affiliate.
All individuals must be committed to moving for the three-month field experience.
Requirements:
1. Female or ethnic minority as designated by the United States census.
2. Active NEA member for at least one year.
3. Basic knowledge and understanding of the Association at the local/state level.
4. Committed to pursuing UniServ staff employment upon successful completion of the program.
5. Excellent interpersonal skills.
6. Willingness to participate in intensive training.
7. Willingness to resign all Association offices at the local, state, and national level.
8. Willingness to work in a learning environment during day and evening hours and learn new skills and attitudes.
The NEA does not guarantee employment of UniServ staff; employment is a state/local decision.
Interested persons should send a letter of interest to: Brenda Vincent, UniServ Intern Program, NEA membership and affiliates, 1201 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036.
All letters of interest must be received at the NEA by December 7, 2001 by United States mail or FedEx. Faxed copies will not be accepted.
An application packet along with basic instructions will be sent after a letter of interest is received at the NEA office starting December 3, 2001. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2002.
For more information, call your local UniServ director.
Violence in Perspective
Educators for Social Responsibility, a national organization dedicated to making teaching social responsibility a core practice in education, has developed a free guide called "Talking to Children About Violence and Other Sensitive and Complex Issues in the World." This guide, available at www.esrnational.org, provides answers to parents' and teachers' questions about how to
discuss violent national and world events with children.
Grandparents Day Kit
Boost family involvement in your school and build closer connections across generations through the national "Something to Remember Me By" Legacy Project. There's a Grandparents Day Activity Kit that includes K-12 activities, a planning guide for a school event, curriculum connections, reproducibles, and more. There's also a new Holiday Activity Kit. And for the Holiday Essay Contest, students can write about their family history. The grand prize is a Lane cedar chest with handcrafted keepsakes made by older adult artisans from Geezer. com. Kits free online at www.somethingtoremembermeby.org, or for info call 800/772-7765.
Fulbright Scholar Program
The Fulbright Scholar Program for faculty and professionals is offering more than 70 awards in education
for lecturing and/or doing research abroad during the 2001-02 academic year. For more information, visit the Web site at www.iie.org/ cies. U.S. citizenship is required. Non-U.S. citizens should contact the Fulbright agency or U.S. embassy in their home countries. The Fulbright Scholar Program is sponsored by the United States Depart-ment of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 3007 Tilden St., N. W., Suite 5L, Washington, DC 20008-3009, 202/686-7877; Fax 202/362-3442, www.iie.org/ cies.
Teachers Talking about Learning
Join teachers from around the globe to explore ideas, discuss issues, and take actions about their learning experiences with students. Teachers Talking About Learning is a Web site sponsored by UNICEF to support the professional development of teachers around the world. Go to www.unicef.org/teachers/.
Keeping Current
Written by a team of educators and Time editors, the Time school publishing program uses a cross-curricular guide to analyze social studies, history, government, economics, and science events covered in Time Magazine. Weekly copies of Time
are available to participating classes at a discounted rate. For more information, or to subscribe, call 800/882-0852.
Fulbright Memorial Fund
To date, 2,900 American primary and secondary school teachers and administrators have been selected to participate in a unique three-week study-visit to Japan sponsored by the Fulbright Memorial Fund Program (FMF).
This year, the program will identify another 600 teachers who are interested in integrating international experience into the classroom and send them on the 2002 trips. The FMF Teacher Program, which is fully funded by the Japanese govern-ment, aims to increase understanding between Japan and the United States by exposing American teachers to the educational system and culture of Japan. The FMF program is designed to extend far beyond the educators who participate. Participants are asked to commit themselves to sharing what they have learned with their students, colleagues and schools.
Primary and secondary school teachers and administrators are encouraged to submit applications for the 2002 FMF study visits (June, October, and November).
Interested individuals may request a 2002 application packet by calling the Institute of International Education at 888/527-2636 or by visiting www.iie.org/pgms/fmf/. The deadline for applications is December 18, 2001.
Sorting It Out
Oceans of information spill into our students' hands daily. The question is what to do with all of it. The George Lucas Educational Foundation suggests an article by NEA member Kathy Schrock that teaches students how to question, search, evaluate, and properly cite information they find both on and offline. Go to: http://glef.org/.
Plays Like a Girl
The phrase "playing like a girl" has taken on a whole new meaning. Once used as an insult on the elementary school playground, it is now the driving force behind Jane Gottesman's new book Game Face, What Does a Female Athlete Look Like?
The book contains pictures of female athletes compiled by Gottesman.
It includes work by some of America's most celebrated photographers, including Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams.
Calling All Student 'Cooks' Newman's Own, the charitable foundation set up by actor Paul Newman, is giving young people a chance to change the world.
This fall, Newman's Own is launching a community-action program to encourage charitable entrepreneuership and innovative giving. The first annual "Cookin' Up a Better World'' program challenges high school students in the Northeast to develop a creative "recipe for success'' that will change their local communities.
Newman's Own is challenging students to think "outside the box" and come up with imaginative ways to either raise money or uniquely serve a charitable organization. Newman's Own will recognize the most creative ideas by either matching the funds raised or by making a contribution to the charity in the school's name. Newman's Own will award 24 grants, ranging in value from $250 to $1,000 each. These grants will fund local community action programs and will put the winning students' plans into action. All high schools in New York and New England are eligible. Deadline is December 7, 2001.
To find out more information, call the "Cookin' Up a Better World'' hotline at 888/241-3215 or log on to www.newmansown.com or www.youthmedia.com for details.
AAUW Fellowships
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation's Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Fellowships program rewards the work of outstanding women public school teachers by supporting their professional development and by funding projects designed to promote gender equity in classrooms and schools.
This year, their professional development fellowships will provide up to $5,000 to fund attendance at the five-day Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Institute and Forum on Educational Equity held in July 2002 in Washington, DC; support additional professional development activities (such as workshops, courses, conferences); and provide seed money for planning a gender-equity school-based program. Application deadline: January 10, 2002. Go to www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/ertf.html.
Grants/Awards
Free Speech
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) provides grants of up to $10,000 to support innovative school and/or community-based programs that promote education and equity for women and girls.
Women of color and women from other under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Application deadline: January 15, 2002. Go to www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/cag.html.
First Amendment Grants
The First Amendment Schools project, co-sponsored by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the First Amendment Center, will award ten grants of $12,000 each.
Project schools will use the grant funds, along with other resources the project provides, to transform how the school community models and teaches students the rights and responsibilities that flow from the First Amendment. Applications are due March 15, 2002. http://webserver2.ascd.org/web/firstamendment/abouttheproject.cfm.
Technology Grants
Information on up-to-the-minute grant programs, funding sources, and technology funding is available at www.eschoolnews.org/funding.
K-12 Funding Opportunities Here's an all-purpose source of K-12 funding opportunities with links to grant-seeking for teachers, learning technology, and more. Go to http:// fdncenter.org/pnd/ 20000328/funding.html.
Ed Department Grants
Along with a wealth of other information, the United States Depart-ment of Education Web site pro- vides comprehensive information on applying for grants and listings of current funding opportunities.
Go to www.ed. gov/funding.html.
Looking for Help?
Here's a good place to start for a collection of resources and tips for K-12 educators. You can apply for and obtain special grants for a variety of projects. Go to www.schoolgrants.org
The Foundation Center
An independent nonprofit information clearinghouse on grants available throughout the United States. With headquarters in New York, and additional libraries in Washington, DC, Atlanta, Cleveland, and San Francisco, the center offers publications, including directories of foundation and corporate grantmakers, research advice, custom research and database searching. The Web site includes online training in grantseeking, proposal writing, and funding research as well as an online librarian. www.fdncenter.org
E-mail: library@fdncenter.org
Phone: (800) 424-9836 or (212) 620-4230
The Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003-3076
Government Information Services/Education Funding Research Council (GIS/EFRC)
Offers a complete listing of all GIS/EFRC publications that focus on grant and funding issues. GIS/EFRC publication subscribers have access to a special section that provides resources such as grant deadlines, highlights of funding issues and links to related Web sites.
www.grantsandfunding.com
Phone: (800) 876-0226
GIS/EFRC, P.O. Box 22782, Tampa, FL 33622
Technology & Learning Online
The online version of the print magazine contains a Grants and Contests section with a searchable database of regularly updated grant, scholarship, professional development and other funding opportunities for both educators and students. The site recently integrated with Gwen Solomon's Well Connected Educator, producing a much more extensive site that includes an interactive forum, software reviews, and other resources. Published eight times a year. www.techlearning.com
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The Foundation Center
An independent nonprofit information clearinghouse on grants available throughout the United States. With headquarters in New York, and additional libraries in Washington, DC, Atlanta, Cleveland, and San Francisco, the center offers publications, including directories of foundation and corporate grantmakers, research advice, custom research and database searching. The Web site includes online training in grantseeking, proposal writing, and funding research as well as an online librarian.
www.fdncenter.org
E-mail: library@fdncenter.org
Phone: (800) 424-9836 or (212) 620-4230
The Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003-3076
Government Information Services/Education Funding Research Council (GIS/EFRC)
Offers a complete listing of all GIS/EFRC publications that focus on grant and funding issues. GIS/EFRC publication subscribers have access to a special section that provides resources such as grant deadlines, highlights of funding issues and links to related Web sites.
www.grantsandfunding.com
Phone: (800) 876-0226
GIS/EFRC, P.O. Box 22782, Tampa, FL 33622
FastWEB
The largest online scholarship search available, with 400,000 scholarships representing over one billion in scholarship dollars. Provides students with accurate, regularly updated information on scholarships, grants, and fellowships suited to their goals and qualifications, all at no cost to the student.
www.fastweb.com
E-mail: webmaster@fastweb.com
Phone: (847) 785-8000
FastWEB, 2550 Commonwealth Avenue, North Chicago, IL 60064
SchoolGrants
A collection of resources and tips to help K-12 educators apply for and obtain special grants for a variety of projects. The site offers various fundraising ideas, sample proposals, grant writing tips and scholarship information.
www.schoolgrants.org
E-mail: help@schoolgrants.org
WestEd
WestEd is a non-profit research, development and service agency dedicated to improving education and other opportunities for children, youth and adults. The Funding, Grants and Reports section of their Web site provides a listing of corporate and foundation grant sources, publications, and links to grant information on the Web, as well as "Tips on preparing a successful proposal."
www.wested.org/tie/grant.html
E-mail: dlrn@wested.org
Periodicals with Grant Information
Electronic Learning
Electronic Learning, a pull-out section of, but also distributed separately from Instructor Magazine, focuses on the use of technology in the classroom. The EL Web site will soon be expanded to include grant information.
www.teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor.htm
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc., Jefferson City, MO
E-mail: InstructorEditor@scholastic.com
Phone: (800) 541-5513
Scholastic, Inc., 2931 East McCarty Street, Jefferson City, MO 65102
MultiMedia Schools
This print magazine, published five times a year, addresses multiple technologies used in K-12 schools today. Selected full-text content is now available online. Includes a NewsWatch section, which posts technology-related funding news and links.
www.infotoday.com/MMSchools
Publisher: Information Today, Inc., Medford, NJ
Phone: (609) 654-6266
Technology & Learning Online
The online version of the print magazine contains a Grants and Contests section with a searchable database of regularly updated grant, scholarship, professional development and other funding opportunities for both educators and students. The site recently integrated with Gwen Solomon's Well Connected Educator, producing a much more extensive site that includes an interactive forum, software reviews, and other resources. Published eight times a year.
www.techlearning.com
Publisher: Miller Freeman, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Phone: (800) 607-4410
Miller Freeman, Inc., 600 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Corporate and Foundation Grants
Corning Foundation
The Corning Foundation educational grants support community service programs for students, curriculum enrichment, student scholarships, facility improvement, and instructional technology projects for the classroom. The Foundation directs resources primarily toward initiatives that improve the quality of life near Corning Incorporated locations. Each year, the Foundation fulfills approximately 225 grants totaling some $2,250,000. Support goes to institutions that are tax-exempt under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which are public charities as defined in Section 509(a) of the Code.
www.corning.com/inside_corning/foundation.asp
Polaris Grants Central
Polaris specializes in organizational grant programs working with schools to get grant funding for curriculum development. They also work with non-profits and health care organizations to fund clinics or health education programs. Polaris provides step-by-step, how-to instruction and training in grants acquisition, they publish how-to books and other publications, provide technical assistance and support services to help people acquire grant funding, and they provide online advice on their Web site.
www.polarisgrantscentral.net
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