UWSP offers professional development grants to rural school districts
By Patrick Lynn
Rural school districts seeking to enhance professional development opportunities for their faculty and staff now have the chance to apply for $10,000 grants provided by the Harju Center for Equity in Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
To submit an application, districts should furnish the following materials by December 1, 2023, each limited to 250 words:
- A succinct, one-page overview of the district’s professional development requirements
- A brief outline detailing the intended use of the grant, encompassing a timeline and budgetary plan
- An explanation of the district’s present financial commitment to professional development initiatives
- Should the application be approved, the $10,000 grant will be allocated accordingly. Following the completion of the professional development activities, the district is obligated to furnish the Harju Center with an account of fund allocation towards advancing faculty and staff professional development.
- The district should prepare a concise, five-minute recorded video presentation.
The Harju Center for Equity in Education operates within UWSP’s School of Education and was established through a generous $5 million donation from alumna Dorothea Harju’s estate.
The center concentrates on mitigating educational disparities within Wisconsin by extending support to diverse and first-generation elementary education instructors. It also strives to empower current and future elementary educators to acknowledge and tackle persistent challenges, bridge achievement discrepancies, and surmount obstacles to furnish students with impartial, comprehensive, and adaptive instruction.
Go to www.uwsp.edu/harjucenter for more details.
