• Classroom teachers of grades K-12

• Must improve reading, writing, and math skills, music and art appreciation, science and community, or increase social studies knowledge

• Classroom teachers of grades K-12

• Classroom teachers of grades K-12

• Teachers at Adams, Buchanan, Cannella, Carrollwood, Chamberlain, Citrus Park, Claywell, Dorothy Thomas, Essrig, Forrest Hills, Gaither, Lake Magdalene, Lutz, Maniscalco, Martinez, McKitrick, Northwest, Schwarzkopf, Sickles or Walker

• Must improve reading, writing, and math skills, music and art appreciation, raise environmental awareness, or increase social studies knowledge

• School-based groups and teachers of grades Pre-K-12

• Must enhance reading skills in the classroom

• Application must have approval of the Hillsborough County Council International Reading Assocation rep at your school. Applicant must be a member of the HCC IRA. New members should pay $4.00 for membership to their HCC IRA rep.

• Classroom teachers of grades K-12

• Must stimulate writing projects for K-12 classrooms

School-based groups and teachers from:

High Schools: Bloomingdale, Brandon, Durant, East Bay, Lennard, Newsome,Riverview and Spoto

Middle Schools: Burns, Dowdell, Eisenhower, Progress Village, Randall, Rodgers, MacLean, Giunta and Turkey Creek

Elementary Schools: Alafia, Apollo Beach, Bevis, Bing, Boyette Springs, Burney, Clair-Mel, Corr, Cypress Creek, Doby, Dover, Fishhawk Creek, Frost, Gibsonton, Lithia Springs, Palm River, Pinecrest, Riverview, RMCA Charter School, Ruskin, Sessums, Summerfield, Symmes, Trapnell, Valrico and Wimauma

• Must enhance science, tech, math or Environmental Education

• Principals and administrators of a school site

Principals are constantly challenged to find ways to improve various aspects of their schools - academic achievement, community support, parental involvement, student attendance and civility in the school environment, etc. As with challenges in any organization, the solution is not one simple action, but typically a matrix of efforts. This grant is designed to support such efforts. It is a matching grant, which requires the school to raise an equal amount in new funding from external sources by the end of February 2007. Once it is received by the Foundation, that money will be matched and the total amount released to the school. In your grant application, make sure you:

1. Clearly define the issue to be addressed.
2. Describe what "success" is in resolving the issue, and mention how you involved teachers, parents, and students (if appropriate) in defining the desired outcome.
3. Show the link between what the money will be used for and reaching that outcome.
4. Explain the measurement system used to determine progress towards the desired outcome.
5. Include expenditures for entire amount of the project (total amount, not just the matched portion) when you complete the budget page of the application.

This is a competitive grant, and applications will judged on certain criteria: judges will be looking for creative solutions, well thought-out and planned activities, projects that impact as many students as practical, and planning and/or activities that involve all stakeholders.

• Classroom teachers of grades K-12

• Grants should promote an engaging and exploratory experience for students

• Grants should directly impact the learning experience of the students

• Classroom teachers of grades K-12

• Lesson plans and projects must incorporate the use of The Tampa Tribune.

The Tampa Tribune-News In Education Grant is offered to all Hillsborough County public school teachers in grades k-12 for the purpose of improving students’ skills in any selected subject area. The grant requires that lesson plans and projects incorporate the use of The Tampa Tribune. Creative projects utilizing the converged elements of Tampa Bay Online (TBO.com), WFLA-News Channel 8 and the Tampa Tribune are also encouraged. Grant award amounts will be up to $2,500.

• Team of at least one veteran teacher and one new classroom teacher

• Classroom teachers of grades K-12

Projects must incorporate a new creative program into existing classroom curriculum. This award can be used to fund any creative or technological classroom project.

Priority will be given to programs uniquely designed to do one or more of the following:

• Incorporate alternative learning strategies into your classroom by using both old and new ideas, as well as technology
• Provide new ways for veteran teachers and new teachers to work together on a project that reaches students with an innovative approach to learning
• Involve parents, business, community organizations and/or social service agencies
• Motivate students and teachers to activate their eagerness towards lifelong learning and instruction
• Promote interdisciplinary learning

Please note: New teachers are categorized as teaching for five years or less. Teachers who have been in the classroom for more than five years are considered veteran teachers.