[CASL-L] NEA grants

[IRENE KWIDZINSKI]

FYI


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From: Ruth McCauley <ruth_mccauley at usd465.com>
To: aaslforum at ala.org
Sent: Thu, January 31, 2013 11:42:29 AM
Subject: [aaslforum] Re: NEA grants

The NEA page says "teacher counselor or support professional" - surely we are in 
there!! 



On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 6:19 AM, Sarles Patricia  (18K500) 
<PSarles at schools.nyc.gov> wrote:

Has anybody out there applied for an NEA grant? Are librarians considered 
"teachers" for NEA grant purposes?
>
>I have already contacted the NEA grant contact, Jesse Graytock, to please advise 
>but I was just wondering if any school librarians on AASLforum have applied and 
>won.
>
>Here is the information on the grant if you'd like to apply yourself:
>
>"Any practicing U.S. teacher, counselor, or education support professional 
>employed by a public school is eligible to apply for a grant from the NEA.
>
>"The NEA Foundation Provides Grants To Improve The Academic Achievement Of 
>Students In U.S. Public Schools In Any Subject Area(s). The Proposed Work Should 
>Engage Students In Critical Thinking And Problem Solving That Deepen Their 
>Knowledge Of Standards-based Subject Matter. The Work Should Also Improve 
>Students’ Habits Of Inquiry, Self-directed Learning, And Critical Reflection."
>
>http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/grants-to-educators/
>
>
>____________________________________________
>Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS
>Librarian
>Jerome Parker Campus Library
>100 Essex Drive
>Staten Island, NY 10314
>718-370-6900 x1322
>psarles at schools.nyc.gov
>http://www.scoop.it/t/help-with-the-common-core-state-standards/
>http://paper.li/psarles/1332609247
>
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>of the many. - John Naisbitt, Megatrends
>
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>books are scattered on the floor.  - D.C. Denison, Boston Globe
>
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>
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>discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from 
>the fiction ... The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think 
>intensively and to think critically. - Martin Luther King, Jr. The Purpose of 
>Education
>


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Ruth McCauley
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